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Overview
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Director:
Writer:
James O'Hanlon (written by)
Release Date:
4 November 1953 (USA)
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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
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Awards:
Won Oscar.
Another 2 nominations
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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)
(From WENN. 10 February 2009, 4:00 AM, PST)
Musical Star Howard Keel Dies at 85
(From WENN. 8 November 2004)
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Mighty Pretty
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Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Doris Day | ... | Calamity Jane |
 | Howard Keel | ... | Wild Bill Hickok |
 | Allyn Ann McLerie | ... | Katie Brown (as Allyn McLerie) |
| Philip Carey | ... | Lieutenant Danny Gilmartin |
 | Dick Wesson | ... | Francis Fryer |
| Paul Harvey | ... | Henry Miller |
| Chubby Johnson | ... | Rattlesnake |
| Gale Robbins | ... | Adelaid Adams |
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Runtime:
101 min
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Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)
Certification:
USA:Approved certificate #16445) |
UK:U (video rating) (1989) |
UK:U (tv rating) |
Finland:S |
Sweden:Btl |
Australia:G |
UK:U |
Canada:G |
West Germany:6
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Continuity: After leaving the ball at the fort, we cut to a shot of Calamity's bare back as she is undressing. Once she gets the dress off she is shown wearing undergarments that clearly cover most of her back.
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Calamity Jane:
Excitement? Why, I got more arrows in the back of that coach than a porcupine has got stickers!
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Before Stonewall (1984)
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Soundtrack:
JUST BLEW IN FROM THE WINDY CITY
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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.