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Doris Day as a Young Woman???!!

posted 16 years ago by FramingJune
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Puh-leeze!

I could not even watch it half the time because the site of the horrid makeup that the makeup artist caked on her fact to try to make her appear younger. All I could think was that she looked like a thirty year old woman trying to appear as a teen ager, and sure enough when I looked the movie up she was 30!

Not only was the casting truly silly, Doris's hair looks like someone in the salon get a little scissor happy. It's almost tougher to look at then her makeup job!

I wanted to like this, I really did - but even after trying so hard to get past the age thing and the makeup, the characters just weren't developing. I kept waiting for the aunt to have a real story line or flesh out the character, and for Sinatra's character to have more depth...but that never came.

I've not seen Four Daughters, but it's got to be better than this!

[–] cherwhit 16 years ago

Puh-leeze yourself!

I don't know how old you are, but Doris looked very close to the style of the times in the movie. Dorothy Malone was just a year younger than Doris, and Elisabeth Fraser was 5 years older than Doris. So you see none of the three actresses were the correct age for the parts of the sisters.

It was a great movie regardless.

[–] FramingJune 16 years ago

They were made out to be young women, as in just graduated high school young women and the two older sisters looked every bit of their ages. It was just silly and extremely distracting to me.

If you're not sure, watch the movie again and in the beginning of the film the father tells them 'now girls, go upstairs' which they do and climb into bed and talk about their lives just like teens. Which, clearly, they are not.

And regardless of the styles of the times, Doris Day's makeup was absolutely HORRID - not to mention the hairstyle.

I simply couldn't keep watching it. Which is a shame because I love Doris Day and Sinatra. This one was just horribly cast.

[–] sbell25999 15 years ago

Doris looks radiant & beautiful in this film. I can only guess that you saw it on a bad TV, or you need glasses.

[–] droche-3 15 years ago

I agree. She looked great. Whatever..... Will Be Wilby.

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[–] marcchanois 15 years ago

1,Doris Day looked older than her age always,her face looked kinda tough. but it's nothing new ,everyone knows..

2 They were not high school graduate girls....not at all teens

[–] FramingJune 13 years ago

She was 32 when this film was made. Do you honestly think that she was meant to be that age in the film?

[–] emc7711 12 years ago

I don't know what you are talkling about. And really who cares anyhow. Love this movie and Doris looked beautiful in it!

[–] lnoft97 10 years ago

Nonsense. It's a 50's romantic drama, way out there in Norman Rockwell happy-family land, not a documentary or a raw slice-of-life method actor hyper-realistic kitchen sink drama. SUSPEND your belief. You do it for men-in-tights movies, monster movies, horror movies, zombie movies. If you like this kind of thing, just .... enjoy it. And Doris Day can do no wrong, IMO, there was only one sunny funny bright DoDo, she was great in this. A little old? What about been around the block a thousand times jaded alkie Frank Sinatra? If you're gonna get picky, why would Doris Day find wizened, used up, glum little Frank Sinatra attractive? (I think that's part of the fun. They could have picked younger leads, but it wouldn't have been half as much fun.)

[–] first-things-first 10 years ago

Dorothy dressed mature and her make-up was beautiful. What helped her was the sadness the character had because she you was in love with Alex. I believe the other two sisters' make-up had brightens to give the allure of youth, add the clothing to both, and the hair cut to Doris and they could be younger.

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