See the USA in your Chevrolet...
(My baby)
Posted on 06/24/2004 6:32:23 AM PDT by veronica
Doris Day chatted with President George W. Bush about their mutual love of dogs when he phoned to congratulate the iconic performer and animal welfare advocate on receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor. The Prez told Doris that he's an animal person, and talked about his Scottish terrier Barney and about the critters on his ranch.
And then Day advised the president that he'd get more votes if he'd quit hunting.
She tells us that her sentiments about Bush's hunting won't stop her from voting for him. "I'm pulling for him every step of the way," she makes clear.
Day, who starred with Ronald Reagan in two films, remained friends with the Gipper through his presidency. Like him, she switched from Democrat to staunch Republican - part of a Hollywood social set she recalls including Jimmy and Gloria Stewart, George Burns and Gracie Allen, and Jack and Mary Benny.
She remembers once quizzing Reagan as to what he'd done with his giant sheep dog, Lucky, who had disappeared from the White House. Reagan sent her a photo of Lucky at the wheel of an old red Jeep full of dogs on his California ranch with the message, "Look who's in the driver's seat." She says Reagan's recent death was hard to take.
Day, who turned 80 in April and who does not travel by air, opted to stay home in Carmel when the Medal of Freedom presentations were made Wednesday. Still, she's deeply affected. She broke into tears when talking with us about the honor. "To come from Cincinnati, Ohio, for God's sake, then to go to Hollywood, and to get this kind of a tribute from my country ... I love this country so much ..."
Asked whether she'd ever act again, the top box-office movie actress of her time says, "You never know. It's up to God. If I were meant to, I'd be led to it. I pray about everything that comes to me. That way I don't have any hassles in my mind."
I remember her Sister, Ava Shook (sp?) ran a boarding house in Tulsla.
"My Secret Love" - gotta love it! :D From "Calamity Jane" w/Howard Keel - another GREAT singer (and damned good-looking, too).
Wow! No kidding? Oh, I love all those artists...those were the days when you could really call a singer "an Artist"!
I love that movie! I always have felt i grew up in the wrong era, I love the old classics so much more than the movies now. It is so hard to be a parent right now, because there is not many movies you feel comfortable letting your children watch.
Doris Day is nice and all that, however Bush NOT hunting will NOT bring in more votes. If anything those that do NOT hunt ought to be tolerant of those that do. The nonhunters need some education.
Doris is alittle to the left with this leftist advice.
My mom converted to Catholicism when she married my Dad. When He died, we noticed that she was no longer going to Mass. When asked about it, she replied, "I'm a Presbyterian again, just like Doris Day."
When I was a little kid in the 50s, I was in love with Doris Day.
The first movie I remember which really inspired me was with Ms. Day and our great hero Ronald Reagan.
The Winning Team was a great movie about Hall of Famer Grover Cleveland Alexander and a second chance at life.
I saw something with Jim Nabors about a year ago where it was said that he was not gay, just friends with Hudson. It ruined his career because of the inuendo, but he would not denounce his frienship with Hudson.
Ditto. Loved that era. I was born too late.
I think that was Rock Hudson. I remember because while watching I was thinking "Boy, you are going to get REALLY sick later in life."
I agree. That was a very funny movie.
"James Garner is Doris's husband. He is a hypocrondiac who thinks he is dying and he sets out to find another husband for her."
---That was "Send Me No Flowers" with RH, The one with James Garner was "Move Over Darling" --- this was the movie that Marilyn Monroe and Dean Martin were working on when Marilyn died -- then recast with Garner and Day
When I was young and would watch movies with Rock Hudson I would think what a hunk... It wasn't but a year later that it was reported that he had AIDS.. it was hard to watch him in a romantic movie after that.
PRECISELY!
Hey, I love all old things, just about. Usually before I was even born. I too was born too late. ;-)
I remember seeing that movie on TV years ago - probably in the '80s!
"loved the movies where she had all those great dresses modeled for her to pick out a wardrobe for herself."
--I loved that movie too. "That Touch Of Mink" with Cary Grant
(Yes, I'm a Doris Day fan lol)
Well at least I am an x-er, I couldn't imagine bein a teen during the clinton years. I was lucky enough to be a teen during Ronald Reagan's years as President. At least he brought some nostalgia back to the country. All clinton brought back was the hippie years.
BTTT
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