Happy Birthday, Doris Day

Romance on the High Seas, above

Today a legend turns 88. The only woman to be the number one box office attraction four years in a row, Doris Mary Ann Kappelhoff aka Doris Day celebrates her birthday today. TCM, the amazing classic movie channel is helping her celebrate by showing 28 of her movies starting April 2 thru April 6. Some of my favorites include:' Romance on the High Seas ' [ her film debut with the always acerbic Oscar Levant ], ' It's a Great Feeling ', ' Young Man with a Horn' [ a great movie inspired by the life of trumpeter Bix Biederbecke ], ' Love Me or Leave Me ' [ biopic of  singer Ruth Etting and possibly Miss Day's best performance ] . Others I haven't yet seen but plan to are ' Storm Warning ' with Ginger Rogers and the 40th President Of The United States, ' My Dream is Yours ', supposedly Martin Scorsese's inspiration for his 1977's musical ' New York, New York '. Some of the films missing in action include ' Calamity Jane ', ' Pillow Talk ' her first with Rock Hudson and probably her best known film, and Hitchcock's ' The Man Who Knew Too Much ' which features her signature song ' Que Sera, Sera ' . But I won't complain, just glad these movies are still around to enjoy and TCM is in the business of showing them. Happy Birthday, Doris!