In this film , Day is paired up with Gordon MacRae, who after looking at the cast list of all the other Doris Day films I recorded, appears to have been paired up with Day multiple times. MacRae reminds me of Richard Long. They look very similar. While handsome, MacRae's looks are very bland. H e doesn't have that extra pizazz that his contemporaries had. I'll have to admit that while his singing voice doesn't irritate me like Howard Keel's does, I find Day's singing much more pleasant to listen to.
Anyway, I liked the film. It was a very entertaining musical--even though I thought Day seemed a bit too old for this part, but that didn't ruin the enjoyment of the film. Her little brothers were funny. What is with all these films that has the older sibling and the way younger (by at least 10 years) siblings? It seems to be a common characteristic in many of these older films. Rosemary DeCamp and Leon Ames as the parents were effective. They reminded me of Leon Ames and Mary Astor as the parents in Meet Me in St. Louis, except Astor's mother character was a warmer person. I just saw DeCamp in Nora Prentiss and she played a similar character, except a little colder. DeCamp does the cold humorless mother character very well.
Apparently this film has a sequel... By the Light of the Silvery Moon, which I'll have to watch later.
I think I still prefer the films from the later part of Day's career, but I'm finding that her early musicals are entertaining and good ways to pass time or serve as background noise when working on other chores.
Anyway, I liked the film. It was a very entertaining musical--even though I thought Day seemed a bit too old for this part, but that didn't ruin the enjoyment of the film. Her little brothers were funny. What is with all these films that has the older sibling and the way younger (by at least 10 years) siblings? It seems to be a common characteristic in many of these older films. Rosemary DeCamp and Leon Ames as the parents were effective. They reminded me of Leon Ames and Mary Astor as the parents in Meet Me in St. Louis, except Astor's mother character was a warmer person. I just saw DeCamp in Nora Prentiss and she played a similar character, except a little colder. DeCamp does the cold humorless mother character very well.
Apparently this film has a sequel... By the Light of the Silvery Moon, which I'll have to watch later.
I think I still prefer the films from the later part of Day's career, but I'm finding that her early musicals are entertaining and good ways to pass time or serve as background noise when working on other chores.