My Dream Is Yours
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Movie Reviews of My Dream Is Yours
Movie Review: Doris Day, often copied, never duplicated!
Summary: 5 Stars
I haven't seen this film in more than 55 years. I recalled some scenes especially saving Lee Bowman's comeback vocal in the closing scenes. This was only Doris' second film but her on screen charisma, beauty and sensational voice made it seem like she had been at it for years. The casting was a director and producers dream: Doris, Jack Carson, Lee Bowman, Eve Arden, S.Z. "Cuddles" Sakall, Adolphe Menjou and the delightful Duncan Richardson who played Doris' son Freddie without screen credit. The story line is almost an exact duplicate of Doris' real life rise to fame: Girl singer wants her big chance, goes to Hollywood and runs into one closed door after another. Finally her unofficial agent (Jack Carson) gets her the fill in spot on a national radio show for the star who is unable to perform. The station owner hears her, loves her and she is signed. In real life, Doris rebounding from a broken marriage to a musician, is set to go back home to her mom when her agent gets her a spot to sing at a private Hollywood party where top song writer Sammy Cahn is a guest and hears her sing EMBRACEABLE YOU. The rest is Hollywood history. She is signed and put in the film ROMANCE ON THE HIGH SEAS.
Doris, beyond any other major star had it all: an unmatched gorgeous voice, physical beauty, innocent freshness, personality developed with years of big band singing, most notably with Les Brown's big band, a natural presence on the screen and the best smile of anyone in pictures. Today, at 87, she is still ranked the #6 FAVORITE STAR OF ALL TIME. In this day of bad music, talent challenged singers and personalities, forgettable films, we realize the treasure we have in Doris Day with her many great records and films. Long may she reign.
Movie Review: Charming Musical!
Summary: 5 Stars
I just saw this movie for the first time and it is absolutely delightful! This was Doris Day's second movie (She had just finished "Romance On the High Seas")and second film with Jack Carson. She is Martha Gibson, a talented singer, who is trying to provide for her little boy, Freddie (he is really cute and a great actor!) after her husband died in the war. Talent agent Doug Blake (Jack Carson)discovers her in New York and take her to California with him where she is going to replace the arrogant singer Gary on "The Hour of Enchantment." Well, things don't go as planned, and Martha ends up falling in love with Gary (well, she thinks she is). Gary ends up getting drunk before his show, get fired and goes away, she ends up taking his place and becoming famous. When Doug proposes she tells him of her feelings for Gary and he plans a party for the two of them to get together. While she is with Gary she realizes how prideful and selfish he really is and her true feelings for Doug. This is a great movie that I would recommend!Movie Review: Atom-Francid Mottletry
Summary: 4 Stars
Quite an enjoyable late 1940s musical, very unprepossessing (in a good way). While director Michael Curtiz could have staged much of this with considerably greater flourish and "artsiness" (as Vincente Minnelli might have), he chooses instead to tell the story directly, with little adornment, save for the deep resonance of the Technicolor palette (which is also restrained compared to other color musicals of the period) and the late-deco shininess of the urban landscape and the radio station in particular. The performances, likewise, are mostly cool and tempered, with Doris Day admirably containing the hamminess that would be her stock-in-trade during the 1950s. Given the sobriety of the narrative up until the third act, the ending is especially hard-hitting and emotionally effective.
There is the drawback of the musical number with Bugs Bunny (directed by Friz Freleng, Warner Bros,' least imaginative animation director), which halts the narrative flow rather than enhancing it, while some of the minor attempts at comedy fall flat in comparison to the dramatic elements.
Beyond that, this is a moving and understated musical melodrama that deserves a place alongside the better-known classics of the era.
Movie Review: Absolutely Loved It!
Summary: 4 Stars
I am a big Doris Day fan and I love nearly every movie I've ever seen her in, but this is absolutely one of my favorite. She and Jack Garson proved to be a wining team with a wonderful supporting cast! A must see for the music, the story line, but especially the laugh lines!