This was one of the picture-packed oversized volumes of Citadel Press' "Films of" series. Young has a biographical section up front, then a section on each of Day's movies, with excerpts from contemporary reviews and notes by the author on select films. There are also several photo galleries, and each movie has a crop of photos as well. Young makes the point that Day was often under-rated, both as a light musical comedy star and then later as a dramatic actress. Day gave notable performances in Julie, Midnight Lace, Love Me or Leave Me, The Man Who Knew Too Much, and others, and she was extremely adept in comedies, such as the ones she did with Rock Hudson. Still, poor Doris had her haters, including Mad magazine, which made merciless fun of her at every opportunity back in the day.
Verdict: Enjoyable, heavily illustrated romp through Doris-Land. ***.
2 comments:
Would like to take a look at this...my favorite Day bio is the autobiography coauthored by A.E. Hotchner, who wrote Papa Hemingway. Very well done.
-C
I will have to look for that book! I've read bios of Day, of course.
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