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seid that they made doris day look bad cos she was in her 20's. i agree she looked bad but she was around 23 at the tym the film was made

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yeh thats wot i ment 43 soz lol, really should proof read first............

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This is my Doris Day guilty pleasure film. I know I shouldn't like it, but I do. Granted I haven't seen it in a while, as it doesn't get my TV time, so my opinion might change, but I really enjoyed the weirdness of this whole thing as a kid.

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Doris Day was 42 years old when she made "Caprice." In several shots, she looked almost her age, others, she looked like she was in her early 30s. The movie opened in New York to mixed notices, some good, some sarcastic. Remember, this was the period in which Doris begain to get "the Doris Day backlash" during the sexual revolution of pot smokers, psychedelic drugs and free for all sex (Hollywood was involved in that too!). Day was admonished because her image did not coincide with the times.

She left films after "With Six You Get Eggroll" because of a contract her late husband/manager had signed, unbeknownst to her and she was forced into televison. It's a long story.

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I remember those times (vaguely), and viewing the film now on DVD I can see why it recieved a mixed blessing from the contemporaries of pop culture at the time. But, it's still a solid film in my opinion. It's reputation is undeserved, though it's not you're typical Doris Day flick.

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Yeah, her husband sounds like a real "opportunist" to put it mildly. Poor Day had to suffer that guy's decisions, AND the fact that he took advantage of her. To me her husband sounds like a real sociopath. Just my opinion.

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The credits are very trippy in parts. My God, can you imagine dropping acid and watching this, what a total mind f---! Doris looks like a wasp in those black sunglasses. I for one dig the heavy eye makeup and layers of lashes.

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Me too, I thought the look was great and she could carry it off! It was definitely of the time and just because she was in her early forties didn't mean she was mutton dressed as lamb, far from it. She was a stylish lady emulating a look that was going on in certain parts of society (albeit not the flower power sexual revolution ideology) so certainly for me, it was a joy to see someone like Doris Day making the most of themselves at a certain age :-) .... and the film itself is very enjoyable too!

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If you look at the boxoffice receipts of 1968, you 'll see that Doris Day, with "Ballad of Josie," "Where Were You When The Lights Went Out?" and "With Six You Get Eggroll," she should have been listed in the Top Ten Box Office Stars that year. But, when word got out that she was to do a TV series, her name was somehow dropped from the list. It never occurred to Doris that her film career was over after "Eggroll." The surprise that her late husband left her (broke and in debt) and his secret signing her to do the TV series changed her life.

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