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Calamity Jane | 
 enlarge | Director: David Butler
Actors: Doris Day, Howard Keel, Allyn Ann Mclerie, Philip Carey, Dick Wesson
Studio: Warner Home Video
Category: DVD
List Price: $19.98
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Rating:  91 reviews
Sales Rank: 1362
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dvd-video, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 101 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: D70598D
ISBN: 1419810839
UPC: 012569705982
EAN: 9781419810831
ASIN: B0007QS2Z2
Theatrical Release Date: November 4, 1953
Release Date: April 26, 2005
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Product Description
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.Running Time: 101 min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: WESTERN/MISC. UPC: 012569705982
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This 1953 musical is very much a vehicle for Doris Day, in the title role, as a wild cowgal who can outshoot and outsing any boy on the range. When an actress arrives in Deadwood and uses her feminine charms on Jane's secret love, Wild Bill Hickock (Howard Keel), Jane tries to mend her tomboy ways. Not exactly up to the feminist code of honor, this is still energetic and Day is very perky. Of course, one could almost detect a homosexual undercurrent with the cross-dressing Jane, but this was Hollywood in the 1950s, so we best not. This won an Oscar for Best Song--"Secret Love," by Sammy Fain and Paul Francis Webster. --Rochelle O'Gorman
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Calamity Jane August 18, 2008
Mary Willett (tucson, arizona)
arrived in a timely fashion, DVD had no blips in it. Satisfied. Thank you
FUN for the whole family! May 26, 2008
Wretched (Roseburg, OR, USA)
Doris Day at her rip-roaring best! Great songs, great dance routines and just a feel-good movie. It takes liberties with the actual events, but who cares? This turns out swell in the end.
 Classic Comedy May 6, 2008
L. Myers (Phoenix, AZ USA)
If you are hungry for humor, music and dance, Calamity Jane will feed that yearning. Doris Day and Howard Keel will blow your socks off in a duet about the black hills of Dakota. You will giggle picking out all the gymnastics in the many dance numbers. How many times does Doris Day slide in and out of a stagecoach window? I definitely recommend this DVD for your viewing pleasure.
One of the best April 29, 2008
Leigh Edwards (Portland, OR USA)
Calamaity Jane is a fun way to spend an hour and a half if you can forget your "enlightened" attitudes of the modern era. Howard Keel as Wild Bill Hickock shows he can act as well as he can sing, and that is saying a lot. If you just watch him and his reactions to whatever is going on, or who is speaking, you will appreciate his ability to throw himself into a role.
Doris Day as Calamity might have been able to look worse in the rough and ready buckskin outfits, but it is hard to imagine.
The idea that girls are only attractive in ruffles and ribbons is mildly offensive if you let yourself dwell on it. And the "I Can Do Without You" duet is surprisingly physical.
The musical numbers are an uneven mix. The love song "Higher Than a Hawk" is well below what Howard Keel could have done with better material. "Secret Love," which earned the greatest popularity in its time, is sappy and pedestrian. The best song in the whole show is "The Black Hills of Dakota," a duet with Howard Keel and Doris Day, accompanied by a chorus.
If you can overlook two people falling in love because of one kiss as highly improbable, it is a nice story.
Despite its flaws, it is well worth the price of including it in your library, and you will want to take it out to watch whenever you want some good, cheery entertainment.
Calamity Jane March 17, 2008
Niccole Delgado (Athens, OH United States)
A wonderful movie with humor and romance, as well as great music. Typical of many early movies, the effects are somewhat lacking but overall a very enjoyable story.
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