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Who else loves calamity Jane.

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mrboombasticwhy · 17/12/2023 18:18

Anyone else?

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Fulshaw · 17/12/2023 18:53

Noooooo, it’s not on telly is it?

I’m out for the day!

flapjackfairy · 17/12/2023 18:55

my mother ( aged 84 )started the love for it and I have always adored it. And my 2 daughters ( aged 32 and 24 ) rank it as one of their v favourite movies. In fact oldest dd had a Calamity Jane themed party for her 21st birthday.
Howard Keel is definitely part of the attraction and we all love 7 brides for 7 brothers as well.

Christmassss · 17/12/2023 18:58

Just blown in from the windy city, me I love it.

mrboombasticwhy · 17/12/2023 18:59

No it's not on tv I just put it on randomly today

I actually haven't seen any other of her movies and I know she's a great actress but I don't love Doris day. I love calamity Jane the person

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theconfidenceofwho · 17/12/2023 19:23

I love Calamity Jane & Doris Day Grin

SirChenjins · 17/12/2023 19:26

One of my all time favourite films! I used to watch it with my mum and sister when we were kids in the 70s and would sing along to it - happy memories. The bit where she takes off her cloak at the dance and Howard Keel does a double take is just lovely ☺️

mrboombasticwhy · 17/12/2023 19:33

I did ask another question which would appear no one has seen it?

Would u say calam is a tomboy or a cowgirl?

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theconfidenceofwho · 17/12/2023 19:35

Tomboy

ArsenicInTheAppleTart · 17/12/2023 19:35

She was a sharpshooter

buidhe · 17/12/2023 19:36

I think she's a tomboy. I'm also a long time fan. It would change a fair bit if made today - mainly the depiction of native Americans. But it's pure nostalgia for me, one of,y top movies as a child in the 70s. Love the songs, love the character. Also think Calamity and Kate could have had a lovely life in that cabin!

thatone · 17/12/2023 19:38

I love the scene when they clean up her house.

weirdsibling · 17/12/2023 19:39

That used to be a favourite of me and my friend
Haven't thought about it for years !

CeciledeVolangesdeNouveau · 17/12/2023 19:40

She’s both a tomboy and a cowgirl, and manages to be at least as sexy as Marilyn Monroe (I repeat, the TEETH on her). Excellent multitasker if you ask me.

SirChenjins · 17/12/2023 19:42

mrboombasticwhy · 17/12/2023 19:33

I did ask another question which would appear no one has seen it?

Would u say calam is a tomboy or a cowgirl?

She was a frontierswoman in RL and did various Wild West shows with Wild Bill Hickok. Apparently she was also a prostitute from time to time but let’s let that one go!

CornishPorsche · 17/12/2023 19:45

Calam is a tomboy. She lives in a very masculine world and didn't care for frills and frocks. Like most of us tomboys 😂.

She's a great character and I'm sure that after the wedding she went back to wearing shirts and trousers, just a bit cleaner than she was in the beginning!

Appleass · 17/12/2023 19:46

One of my favourites

LighthouseTheme · 17/12/2023 19:47

Love it! Love her - both as Calamity, and Doris the person. Also Howard Keel, and the other two main characters. For sure, it wouldn't fly today - but it was of it's time, and even then represented an earlier time.
I know all the songs back to front and sing the Deadwood Stage when riding the local hills (on my bike now, but years ago, I sang Secret Love whilst on a horse, just like Calam). I think she looks perfect when she is dressed for that scene, not too fancy, and certainly not too mannish.
I worked hotel reception maaaany years ago, and a group of people cam to stay who were not English. They spent quite some time trying to tell me who they though I resembled, and it was Doris Day!! (I wish) However, I also volunteered at an animal sanctuary where we had a very large pig named Doris, so when the nickname stuck, I was never quite sure which Doris I actually resembled.

Bristolnewcomer · 17/12/2023 19:50

I also think it’s a great lesbian love story that just goes a bit wrong at the end 😂

Honestly I dare you to rewatch this and not think the same https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=b0W3Ih38QEg

Doris Day - A Woman's Touch (Calamity Jane) (1953)

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=b0W3Ih38QEg

applebee33 · 17/12/2023 19:54

I love it I'm 40! Loved it since I was a child I know it line for line Op

mindandsensespurified · 17/12/2023 20:07

One on my absolute favourites!

onlyconnect · 17/12/2023 20:08

I love it. Is there somewhere I can watch it for free?

PostmansKnock · 17/12/2023 20:50

I taught my dc to sing 'a woman's touch' and 'it's a hard knock life' when they tidied up. For my own entertainment.

JoanOgden · 17/12/2023 20:55

Calamity Jane is 100% a lesbian musical. The male love interests are incredibly dull and only there as a grudging acknowledgement of compulsory heterosexuality.

mrboombasticwhy · 17/12/2023 21:26

How is it a lesbian romance if she ends up married to bill and Katie to the lieutenant?

Growing up from a very young age we only had about 3 videos and one was calamity Jane which I fell in love with the film and used to pretend I was her.

When she is taking Katie to deadwood in the coach she climbs down to the inside from up top and I used to try and do that with my bunk beds lol.

Calamity is such a fiesty no nonsense woman who will only do as she wants and I feel I got a lot of those traits from watching the film over and over

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Diversion · 17/12/2023 21:38

Love Doris Day films but my go to at Christmas is always African Queen with Humphrey Bogart and Katherine Hepburn.

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