When Oscar Levant quipped that he knew Doris Day before she was a virgin, he was referring to her pre-PILLOW TALK career in effervescent Warner Brothers musicals like this one. The rough-and-tumble Black Hills of Dakota are buzzing with news about the scheduled appearance of songbird Adelaide Adams (Gale Robbins). When Wild Bill Hickock (Howard Keel) attributes the rumor to his pal Calamity Jane's (Day) idle boasting, the buckskin-clad Jane boards the Chicago-bound stage from Deadwood. Soignee Adams, who's already booked on a European tour, bequeaths her wardrobe to her stagestruck maid, Katie (Allyn Ann McLerie), who nurses her own showbiz aspirations and takes adva...
Released:
1953
Rated:
NR
Length:
100 mins