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| 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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Deadwood, Dakota Territory, is largely the abode of men, where Indian scout Calamity Jane is as hard-riding, boastful, and handy with a gun as any; quite an overpowering personality. But the army lieutenant she favors doesn't really appreciate her finer qualities. One of Jane's boasts brings her to Chicago to recruit an actress for the Golden Garter stage. Arrived, the lady in question appears (at first) to be a more feminine rival for the favors of Jane's male friends...including her friendly enemy Wild Bill Hickock. Written by Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>
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song and dance | horse drawn carriage | native american attack | saloon | stagecoach |Taglines:
Brand-new song hits by the stage load! See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
4 November 1953 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Calamity Jane See more »Filming Locations:
Stage 1, Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA See more »Company Credits
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Written by Sammy Fain
Lyrics by Paul Francis Webster
Performed by Doris Day
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Warner Bros. studio head Jack Warner decided to make "Calamity Jane" after he tried - and failed - to buy the movie rights to "Annie Get Your Gun" as a vehicle for Doris Day. He not only drew on another legendary "wild woman" of the Old West for his heroine, he hired the same male star, Howard Keel, who'd appeared in the film of Annie Get Your Gun (1950). See more »Goofs
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. See more »Quotes
Calamity Jane: That's better. Next time I tell a story, keep your hands in your *pockets* you toothless old buffalo!See more »
Soundtracks
Introducing Henry MillerWritten by Sammy Fain
Lyrics by Paul Francis Webster
Performed by Doris Day
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Calamity Jane with Doris Day was my first experience with musicals. i was so entranced I talked my mother into letting me stay to watch it again. I was left with an unknown women who had come to watch the next showing. (Something unheard of in this day!) The sheer joy of the singing, dancing and innocence of a time past is something that is sorely missed today.
Doris Day's Calamity Jane is a story of love between men and women and women and women during a time when this love was innocent and people did not worry that someone might look at it in a sexual way. Women could hold hands and hug to support each other in happiness as well as grief.
Songs like 'Secret Love' and 'Take Me Back to the Black Hills' are beautiful even to the audiences today. this type of music will never die.