Kit doris day and anthony preston sir rex harrison never had a real honeymoon, and the midnight lace pajamas are for when they can finally get out of london on a trip to venice. Midnight lace by david miller david miller, doris day. After lentz was out of the film industry for nearly ten years, doris day requested her services for the production midnight lace universal, 1960. In london, a recently wed american womans sanity comes into question after. After watching most of her other films, with rock hudson, and james garner, this is a major departure for doris day. Tvpg 1h 40min drama, mystery, thriller tv movie 9 february 1981 a tv reporter mary crosby is mercilessly stalked by a mysterious assassin whom she does not understand why he wants to kill her.
With doris day, rex harrison, john gavin, myrna loy. Then there is a new man on the to the prestons vintage apartment. Midnight lace is a 1960 american eastmancolor neo noir mystery thriller film directed by david miller, and stars doris day and rex harrison about a woman. At the height of her popularity, after the romantic comedy pillow talk, doris day changed pace and made the domestic thriller, midnight lace. Doris day movies on dvd ultimate 9 movie collection set calamity jane love me or leave me midnight lace pillow talk lover come back send me no flowers the thrill of it all please dont. Doris day and rex harrison star in this thriller about mrs. Kit and anthony preston never had a real honeymoon, and the midnight lace pajamas are anthonys business is very pressing these days. The movie ads were incredible and doris day was at her zenith at the boxoffice. On the tonight show, johnny carson told doris that he felt that she deserved an oscar nomination for the picture. Midnight lace 1960 challenged doris day to perform at a nerve shearing level and as usual she rose to the occasion. Doris day proves her talent as an actress of depth and remarkable skill.
The following year she did the costume design for another day film, lover come back 1961, and during 1962 worked on her last production, a gathering of eagles released in 1963. Midnight lace is as gripping if not more so than a lot of hitchcock films, in fact i often forget that this isnt hitchcock. This was a pretty good movie about a woman doris day who is being stalked by someone unknown to her. The filmography of american actress doris day consists of 39 feature films, released between 1948 and 1968. Watch midnight lace online stream full movie directv. Every girl should know and the other she remade for a 1960 single which coincided with the release of this movie. He also falsely reported that doris day was under so much pressure to make the picture work that she collapsed. Doris day as kit preston in midnight lace 1960 imdb. Launched to superstardom after being paired with rock hudson in the racy romantic comedy pillow talk 1959, this film allowed her to play against type in a hitchcockstyled thriller. An american woman doris day living in london is terrorized by an obscene phonecaller just three.
Doris day and rex harrison star in the shocking thriller, midnight lace. When the american wife of a wealthy londonbased financier starts receiving frightening phone calls, she believes her life is in danger, but when she protests to her family following a nearfatal accident, they and the police doubt her claims and even her. Doris day doris day in midnight lace gives the kind of performance that oscars are made of. The screenplay by ivan goff and ben roberts is based on the play matilda shouted fire by janet green the film was remade as a television film by universal television for nbc in 1981. Doris day in hitchcock imitator, midnight lace popmatters. Moviegoers were lined around the block to get in to see the film, very much like psycho. Although day received a number of positive notices at the time, her performance. Watch midnight lace watch movies online free youtube. Everything in it is expensiverex harrison, doris day, his suits. Dictating his memoirs near the end of his life, sir rex harrison barely mentioned this movie, except to say that he wasnt fond of the script. I take issue with it but thought it would be a catalyst for further discussion and another point of view. Official video content provided by universal studios home entertainment or one of its authorized agents. Color melodrama is at the music hall doris day costarred with rex harrison.
Known for her musicals and romantic comedies, this movie is a complete departure from those types of films and was a surprise the first time i saw it. Midnight lace is a fauxhitchcock thriller, essentially routine, but with enough flair to make it worth catching. On your big day, all eyes will be on you so you definitely want to look your. Doris day overacts in some areas, probably due to direction, but gives an all around good performance along with rex harrison. While many people might think of doris day as only a romantic comedy actress, she did make many dramatic films. From looking at the pictures on this thread, doris looks sooo beautiful in this movie. Day plays kit preston, elegant newlywed wife of british. Doris day, rex harrison, john gavin, myrna loy en roddy mcdowall. Midnight lace 1960 doris day, rex harrison, john gavin. Doris day was in her second year of a remarkable seven year run as the biggest female box office draw in hollywood when midnight lace 1960 was released. Shortly after moving to one of londons wealthiest neighborhoods with her husband, kit is threatened by an unknown party. Midnight lace with rex harrison, john gavin,doris day movie a description of workinprogress bluebeard, a feature film adapted from a classic novel.
An american woman doris day living in london is terrorized by an obscene phonecaller just three months after her arrival. Always loved this movie and doris day is great as usual. This is the doris day movie that, over the years, has come to be my favourite. Her performance is one of the best that i have every seen. Midnight lace whose was the silken voice in the night. I havent seen this movie yet, but if im remembering correctly, midnight lace is part of a new dvd collection coming out april 7th. Day was indeed under strain, though it was due to her personal form of method acting that caused her breakdown, not from the script or the.
Slightly improbable but very engrossing and glossy suspensethriller. Before discussing the movie, its appropriate to rescue day from a longtime canard. Rent midnight lace 1960 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. Midnight lace is quite different from the movies we generally expect to see from ms. Earl wilson miss day gives a golden imitation of a lovestruck heiress scared out of her wits, and mr. This fact makes kino lorbers new bluray of her 1960 thriller, midnight lace, in which her character is constantly threatened with an untimely end. Doris day, rex harrison, midnight lace 1960 the films. Doris day in a studio publicity portrait for her 1960 film midnight lace. Like the earlier julie, lace is an attempt to showcase doris days dramatic skills in the kind of victimized role that often gets a lot of attention. Doris day in midnight lace gives the kind of performance that oscars are made of. Doris day, john gavin, myrna loy, rex harrison, roddy mcdowall.
Although lacking in genuine scares or a threatening villain, midnight lace compensates with great cinematography and acting. Then kit is frightened one day in a london fog by a voice behind a statue. The pair who had teamed so well in 1959 with pillow talk, netting day an oscar nomination as best actress, once again satisfied audiences with this slightly improbable but very. Having spent an acting career making mostly wonderful comedies, this beautifully and artfully acted mystery,midnight lace, firmly established day as a. Universal international pictures midnight lace doris day wears a hot silverwhite two piece sequin gown by irene imdb 1960 the mystery thriller midnight lace starring doris day and rex harrison has been released on bluray. Neither her businessman husband rex harrison nor the police believe. Midnight lace is een film uit 1960 onder regie van david miller. Preston, an american woman newly wed to her british husband living in london. Midnight lace, requires an actress of considerable ability, but day proves up the task. Harrison is virtually sterling as her chinup, stoutfellow spouse. She plays the wealthy wife of rex harrison, who is having financial problems, running the family firm. Watch midnight lace starring doris day in this drama on directv. Midnight lace the 1960 movie, trailers, videos and more at yidio. Whereas pillow talk introduced us to the glamorous doris day, midnight lace certainly focused on both the glamorous and the outright beautiful woman.
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