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#8

I bet we can find 1,000,000 People who think Doris Day deserves an Oscar!

Posted: 6/21/10 at 6:59am

Insufficiently mentioned is Doris Day as a well recognized singer going back to the mid 1940's. Her screen debut in ROMANCE ON THE HIGH SEAS has her singing Jule Styne's "It's Magic". That film also shows off her comic skills to great effect. Doris Day not only acts well in LOVE ME OR LEAVE ME; she sings the wonderful score with great professionalism. I also feel that she deserves a special Oscar.
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#9

I bet we can find 1,000,000 People who think Doris Day deserves an Oscar!

Posted: 6/21/10 at 9:33am

I wonder if anyone really knows who she is anymore. A shame that she seems to be so easily dismissed for those light comedies, which require a degree of skill beyond the abilities of most of the actresses around now. And her work in films like THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH is really excellent: her work in that hideous scene where James Stewart makes her take sleeping pills is as good as anything you'll ever see.

I remember reading or hearing that they've tried to give her an honorary Oscar, even the Hersholt Humanitarian thing for her work with animals, but that she's made it clear that she doesn't want any recognition. Can anyone confirm?
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#10

I bet we can find 1,000,000 People who think Doris Day deserves an Oscar!

Posted: 6/21/10 at 9:43am

Back before AMC had original programming(meaning not that long ago) and was TCM lite you could almost guarantee it that every week there would be two things on the block: A Hitchcock film or a film starring Doris Day. I became obsessed with her because of it. Loved her singing, comedic timing, her vulnerability in her more dramatic roles, and really just everything about her.

I always heard because she would probably not show up the Academy has withheld giving her honors, which is stupid when you think about it. They made Bacall and Corman show up for the actual ceremony but did not let them give their speeches on the telecast, but separately.
#11

I bet we can find 1,000,000 People who think Doris Day deserves an Oscar!

Posted: 6/21/10 at 10:50am

I always thought she deserved an Oscar for Man Who Knew Too Much. That scene Roscoe mentions is the first scene that comes to mind when I think of Doris Day. Also, the scene where she slaps Rock Hudson in Send Me No Flowers. Perfection.
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#12

I bet we can find 1,000,000 People who think Doris Day deserves an Oscar!

Posted: 6/21/10 at 10:58am

I spent the better part of last night catching up on some of my reading and listening to her beautiful voice coming from my iTouch's speakers. Thanks to a special friend I was able to acquire the majority of her recordings, especially her Columbia catalog.
#17

I bet we can find 1,000,000 People who think Doris Day deserves an Oscar!

Posted: 6/25/10 at 9:37am

I had heard she'd been approached a few years ago about a lifetime achievement award, but she told the Academy she would refuse it, saying she didn't deserve one.

Although, she accepted (in a rare personal appearance) her Golden Globe for lifetime achievement. Maybe she thinks she's worthy enough for a Globe, but not an Oscar. Who knows? Doris has always marched to her own beat. She does what she wants to do, convention be damned! And I always found that interesting, since her on-screen persona was usually that of the "conventional" woman.

I think she deserves either the Academy's Lifetime Achievement Award or their Gene Hersholt Humanitarian Award for her behind-the-scenes charitable work with animals and AIDS.

Hell, give her both!
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#18

I bet we can find 1,000,000 People who think Doris Day deserves an Oscar!

Posted: 6/25/10 at 10:19am

I've always been a fan of hers. She has one of the smoothest, purest, no frills, no gimmicks voices ever. "The Thrill of It All" is one of my favorite comedies.

Since they seem to have relegated the honorary awards to a smaller ceremony long before the regular Oscars, she wouldn't even have to put in an appearance at the big show. All Lauren Bacall got this year was a mention and a stand and wave.
#19

I bet we can find 1,000,000 People who think Doris Day deserves an Oscar!

Posted: 6/25/10 at 6:43pm

"All Lauren Bacall got this year was a mention and a stand and wave."

Same with Roger Corman.

The Academy should be ashamed. The only reason they're such a big deal is because of their history, so when they start to sweep their historical "lifetime" awards under the carpet they will also start to lose their cache. It won't be long before nobody cares. Hell, it's happening already. They want to show more of "who's wearing what." The Oscars won't mean more to people than the latest episode of Dancing With the Stars.

And they're actually encouraging it to happen by "playing down" the value of the old-guard members. Nice. You reap what you sow, folks.
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#20

I bet we can find 1,000,000 People who think Doris Day deserves an Oscar!

Posted: 6/25/10 at 10:25pm

It's already on record that she has formally refused the special Academy award as well as the Kennedy Center Honors. Many people want to honor her. She just won't allow them to.
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#21

I bet we can find 1,000,000 People who think Doris Day deserves an Oscar!

Posted: 6/25/10 at 10:33pm

Besty, what always bothered me about that was that you let the Twilight kids introduce a montage for horror films in the history of cinema yet the Academy could have easily coalesced the whole situation by letting Corman, king of the B-movies that had elements of horror and sci-fi, at least introduce it and show off somebody who gets horror. Or maybe just honor Corman with a true horror montage (some films featured in the montage were really stretching it), the man loves his movies that are not just his own. Bacall just needs to speak in any forum. It should be compulsory.
#22

I bet we can find 1,000,000 People who think Doris Day deserves an Oscar!

Posted: 7/6/10 at 5:58pm

ROGER EBERT (Film critic) — “I was starting out as a film critic at just about the time Doris Day’s movie career was ending, and I was not kind to her in several reviews. Perhaps movies like “Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?” deserved to be mocked, but still — I was being a smart-ass and knocking Doris Day because, in the atmosphere of the late 60s, she was a fashionable target. Had I forgotten how much I enjoyed her in “Young at Heart,” or Please Don’t Eat the Daisies,” or “Pillow Talk,” or “Teacher’s Pet?” Later, when I went back and looked at a lot of her films, especially “Love Me or Leave Me,” I saw an enormous talent. I realized that with Day I had not followed Robert Warshow’s advice (“a man goes to the movies, the critic must be honest enough to admit he is that man.”). I had not acknowledged that I liked and admired a lot of what she had done.” (From his book “Roger Ebert’s Book of Film”) In his t.v. review of the motion picture “Down With Love” — “I don’t believe anyone will equal whatever it was that Doris Day had; she was one of a kind. Doris Day was a great star, and some day the record will be set straight on that.”
Who was inspired, excited or intrigued by Doris Day
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#23

I bet we can find 1,000,000 People who think Doris Day deserves an Oscar!

Posted: 7/6/10 at 6:55pm

I TOTALLY agree ,,,,,,, she deserves an Oscar .... she happens to be one of my favorite singers as well .... early Doris Day vocals are outstanding .... her pure voice is unbeatable ...... not to mention her LOVE for the animals ..... OK, LET'S GET HER A WELL DESERVED OSCAR !
#24

I bet we can find 1,000,000 People who think Doris Day deserves an Oscar!

Posted: 7/6/10 at 9:01pm

Thanks to Netflix I've finally been able to check out her television show. What a fun, sweet show with great performances by her and Denver Pyle as her father.
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