CALAMITY JANE (1953)

Calamity Jane is a "Wild West"-themed film released in 1953. It is loosely based on the life of Wild West heroine Calamity Jane and explores an alleged romance between Calamity Jane and Wild Bill Hickok in the American Old West. The film starred Doris Day as the title character and Howard Keel as Hickok. It was devised by Warner Brothers in response to the success of Annie Get Your Gun.
It won the Academy Award for Best Original Song ("Secret Love", Sammy Fain and Paul Francis Webster) and was also nominated for Scoring of a Musical Picture and Best Sound, Recording.
The songs and screenplay form the basis of a stage musical of the same name that has had a number of productions. The film was also adapted for television in 1963, with Carol Burnett in the title role.

Directed by David Butler
Produced by William Jacobs
Written by James O'Hanlon
Starring Doris Day
Howard Keel
Allyn Ann McLerie
Music by David Buttolph
Howard Jackson
Cinematography Wilfred M. Cline
Editing by Irene Morra
Distributed by Warner Brothers
Release date(s) November 4, 1953 (U.S.)
Running time 101 mins
Language English

Cast:
Doris Day - Calamity Jane
Howard Keel - Wild Bill Hickok
Allyn McLerie - Katie Brown
Philip Carey - Lt. Danny Gilmartin
Dick Wesson - Francis Fryer
Paul Harvey - Henry Miller
Chubby Johnson - Rattlesnake
Gale Robbins - Adelaid Adams
Francis McDonald - Hank
Monte Montague - Pete

Music
The score, with music by Sammy Fain and lyrics by Paul Francis Webster, includes such classic songs as:

"The Black Hills of Dakota"
"The Deadwood Stage (Whip-Crack-Away)"
"I Can Do Without You"
"It's Harry I'm Planning to Marry"
"My Heart is Higher than a Hawk (Deeper Than a Well)"
"Calamity Jane: The Myth, The Woman, The Legend."
"Secret Love", which topped the Billboard and Cash Box musical charts at number one. Bugs Bunny sang "Secret Love" in the 1956 cartoon Rabbitson Crusoe.
"Just Blew in from the Windy City"
"The Right Kind of Honey Bee"
"A Woman's Touch"
The music was included in an album of the same name, though some of the songs from the album were re-recorded rather than taken from the soundtrack.

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[BobigailE]

Hahaha, i loved this film when i was little, i used to watch it over and over again, much to the annoyance of my brothers!

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