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Calamity Jane (1953) -- The story of Calamity Jane, her saloon, and her romance with Wild Bill Hickok.

Overview

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6.9/10   2,388 votes
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Director:
David Butler
Writer:
James O'Hanlon (written by)
Contact:
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Release Date:
4 November 1953 (USA) more
Tagline:
Brand-new song hits by the stage load! more
Plot:
The story of Calamity Jane, her saloon, and her romance with Wild Bill Hickok. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Won Oscar. Another 2 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(2 articles)
Soap Actor Carey Dies
 (From WENN. 10 February 2009, 4:00 AM, PST)

Musical Star Howard Keel Dies at 85
 (From WENN. 8 November 2004)

User Comments:
Mighty Pretty more

Cast

  (Complete credited cast)

Additional Details

Runtime:
101 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Appearing on "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" (1962) in the 1970s, Doris Day recalled seeing early dailies from this film, in which she was stomped about the set in buckskins and leather, speaking in a high, girlishly feminine voice. She immediately brought her line readings down several registers, so she'd sound as tough as she looked. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Calamity is packing Katy's clothes into suitcases after the ball, it is clear that Katy brought more clothes with her than would have fitted into those suitcases more
Quotes:
Calamity Jane: [singing] Hi Joe / say where'd you get them fancy clothes? / I know / off some fella's laundry line. / Hi Bow / aren't you the prairie rose / Smell like a watermelon vine. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Before Stonewall (1984) more
Soundtrack:
HIVE FULL OF HONEY more

FAQ

Chapter Headings, an unofficial version:
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4 out of 5 people found the following comment useful:-
Mighty Pretty, 10 April 2003
9/10
Author: henry-girling from London,England

For a film that is fifty years old 'Calamity Jane' still entertains. It is usually compared unfavorably to 'Annie Get Your Gun' but I always enjoy this more. Doris Day dominates the film; dressed in buckskin or in frills, toting a gun or wielding a broom, belting out a song or doing a pratfall. Certainly a high point of her varied career. Her sheer energy is breath taking and it is no wonder that the rest of the cast seem subdued in comparison. Even Howard Keel is a bit wooden.

The songs are great, scattered through the uncomplicated plot like jewels, from the bouncy 'Deadwood Stage' to the combative 'I Can Do Without You' to the under rated 'High As A Hawk' and climaxing with the anthemic 'Secret Love'. 'A Woman's Touch' is not proof to our modern cynicism (for good reason) but it is still jolly song.

Looking back we can give other readings of the film; the cross dressing, the gay resonances, the treatment of the native Americans, the ownership of land. Which may all be true but it is basically what it is, a colourful and tuneful film that can be enjoyed time after time. It is mighty pretty and on its own terms pretty mighty.



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