Doris Day's Vanishing Act . But after the death of her third husband a decade later, she devoted herself to animal- rights work, withdrawing more and more to her pet- filled Carmel estate in the wake of new financial and personal disappointments. In an excerpt from his forthcoming biography of the 8. David Kaufman charts the divide between Day's private struggle and the sunny, champagne- bubble glamour her fans adored. Doris Day and Rock Hudson. Before shooting began, Day and Marty Melcher, her third husband, launched weekly informal dinner parties for the cast and crew at their house on North Crescent Drive, in the flats of Beverly Hills. We played our scenes together as if we had once lived them. Like Day, Hudson was riddled with doubts and insecurities, stemming from a miserable childhood. When he was still Roy Harold Scherer Jr., his father abandoned him, and his mother and stepfather abused him emotionally and physically. At bottom, Hudson was no more the All- American Male than Day was the Girl Next Door. They soon came up with nicknames for each other. He became Ernie; she was either Eunice or Maude. In the course of shooting, Day adopted Hudson's habit of doing crossword puzzles during downtime on the set. She, in turn, wanted to teach him how to play tennis, but he didn't take her up on the offer. Hudson later recalled, . Made for $2 million, it grossed around $7. United States and confirmed Day's star status throughout the world. At its annual Golden Globes event in 1. Hollywood Foreign Press Association declared Hudson and Day the . Later that year Day was chosen to receive the . While previous winners included Rock Hudson, Jerry Lewis, William Holden, James Stewart, and Danny Kaye, Day was only the second woman to be so honored, following Deborah Kerr, who had won in 1. She did not fare as well with her nomination for Pillow Talk at the 3.
Annual Academy Awards. She did, however, present an Oscar that year. While Day was minutes away from losing the one and only Oscar she would ever be nominated for, Pillow Talk managed to win one of the few awards that did not go to Ben- Hur. Hudson presented the Oscar for best actress in a leading role to Simone Signoret for Room at the Top. Yet Day's stardom emerged brighter than ever. Right after Christmas, the Associated Press announced that she had been named . Her runners- up, in order, were Rock Hudson, Cary Grant, Elizabeth Taylor, Debbie Reynolds, Tony Curtis, Sandra Dee, Frank Sinatra, Jack Lemmon, and John Wayne. Frank Sinatra had Melcher banned from the set of Young at Heart (1. Day, telling studio head Jack Warner that he would leave the picture . ABC News reports on United States politics, crime, education, legal stories, celebrities, weather, the economy and more. I've heard too many rotten things about him, and I don't want him around. I also disliked her husband, and I was surprised to discover she did, too. A wheeler- dealer businessman, but of course we all knew where his clout came from, and without Doris he couldn't have driven a truck for the Teamsters. I never knew anyone who liked Melcher. Long before prenuptial agreements became standard among Hollywood celebrities, the Melchers entered into something even rarer: a post- nuptial arrangement. Dated December 2. Melcher union had become more professional than conjugal. In it, Day is referred to as . Terry Melcher (Marty had adopted Day's son from her first marriage) would spend the next decade fighting a legal war with Rosenthal to get some of his mother's money back. The year Marty Melcher died, Day retired from films. Nobel Prize Novelist William Faulkner last week saw his first hockey game. He was SI's guest at Madison Square Garden, where Montreal played the new York Rangers.For the next five years, she starred weekly on television in The Doris Day Show, a sitcom which began with her as a single mother raising two young sons in the country, and later took her to San Francisco, with a job on a magazine. All during this period, animal rights were becoming a larger and larger part of her life. After hearing about a kennel in Burbank that mistreated diseased and abandoned animals, Day helped mobilize a group to liberate the ailing creatures. I said, Ronnie, this is Doris, and we're in big trouble down here in L. A.' And he said, It's a city problem.' He hates Mayor Yorty, and all those politicians do is shift the blame. But the animals suffer. Kaye said, Oh, kid, come on over.' So I went with a friend of mine, and there were about six of us. I was suddenly aware of someone sitting on the couch in the living room. I said, Who is that?' And Kaye said, It's Doris.' I said, As in Day?'. Her hair wasn't blonde blonde. It was sort of a dishwatery blonde, and she had it in a twist. She was wearing a paisley- patterned granny dress, with a little lace collar, lace cuffs, and shapeless all the way to the floor. You have a schnauzer?'. When he mentioned Miller Animal Hospital, she said, . Take them to my vet, in Beverly Hills. How did you find them?' We'd chat every so often, and it was always about our animals. She called hers her kids.' They slept with her at nighttime, and once a week she covered herself with Vaseline before going to bed, and it was a mess because of the dogs' hair on the sheets mixing with the Vaseline. She told me that the maid really hated it. When Bailey asked why he said that, Terry replied, . It's all about animals now. Day said she was on a daily mission to place strays in good homes. Terry had 1. 8 cats at the time, and Don Genson, the producer of Day's TV show. When Doris Day first dined at the Old World Restaurant, in Beverly Hills, sometime in 1. Barry Comden, the ma. Comden, 1. 2 years her junior, was divorced and had a young son and a stepson. He always gave Day special treatment at the Old World (which has since closed). Comden asked Day out, and on their first date he took her to Trader Vic's, in the Beverly Hilton hotel. When he drove her home after their second date, Day rebuffed his advances in the car, and he thought their budding romance was over. But Day continued a flirtatious mating dance by appearing for brunch at the Old World the next day. Comden again tested his luck when he accompanied Day home after another date, which he would describe in a 1. On an impulse, and as a joke of course, I opened the shower door. She let out a yell, and for the first time I laid my eyes on the most beautiful body I had ever seen. Sometime before or shortly after they met, Comden conceived of a line of pet food that would use Day's name. Since Actors and Others for Animals, the organization to which Day devoted herself, had difficulty coping with the overload of injured and homeless creatures, and since Day wanted to establish her own nonprofit foundation for pets, she seized upon Comden's idea as a way of realizing her plan. In the course of developing the pet- food operation, Comden signed up several business partners, including a man named Sol Amen. Amen called his friend the graphic designer Emanuel . Now we're opening an office in Beverly Hills, and I want you to come and work there.' Barry also had his office there. There would be pet bowls, jewelry, collars, and leashes. Large display units for grocery stores were manufactured as well. There were even going to be pet spas and motels, and veterinary services. Hotchner was just finishing his work on Day's memoir, which he had begun a year earlier with the star's cooperation. When he presented her with a completed manuscript of Doris Day: Her Own Story, Hotchner wasn't sure what to expect. We did make changes for the sake of accuracy or to alter things that might hurt others, but she didn't say of anything, I don't want that mentioned in the book.'. You doubtless know the remark dear Oscar Levant once made about me. She was hesitant, but finally overcame her reluctance when Comden agreed to accompany her. Before the tour began, Day taped The Merv Griffin Show in Los Angeles. There she met Barbara Walters, who later interviewed her in NBC's New York studio for the Today show. When asked about her future, Day responded, . I don't know if I want to work again I'm really enjoying my life, as it is now. In a feature about the memoir for the New York Daily News, Kathleen Carroll homed in on characterizations of Marty Melcher in the book. In Carroll's opinion the book described Melcher . The information as to Melcher's true character came from sources other than Doris, and when she heard about it, she was astonished. Did you consider your husband a fool or a heel?' someone asked. I don't know,' said Doris, looking sad for a moment. It just proves I never really knew him.'. Her Own Story appeared on the New York Times best- seller list on February 1. When Bantam brought out the paperback, the initial print run was a record 7. Shortly after the publication of Her Own Story, Day decided to marry for the fourth time. Having opened a branch of the Old World in Westwood, Comden supervised the construction of yet another restaurant, Tony Roma's, in Palm Springs, and Day attended the grand opening. The couple then left for Carmel. Day had long been in love with the place, and her idyllic time there now with Comden cemented their relationship. The couple frequently returned to Carmel during their first year together. In April 1. 97. 6 they checked into the Ventana Inn. During a lunch at the inn's highly rated restaurant, they met its owner, Larry Spector, who invited them to spend time at his cottage nearby. There one morning Day blurted out, . Eight people witnessed Day marry Comden, who were both dressed in clothes fashionable in the 7. When they got home to Beverly Hills, they discovered that Terry Melcher had moved into the house on North Crescent Drive to get away from his volatile relationship with his then wife, Melissa. After the failure of his second solo album, Royal Flush, Terry would move to London and try to relaunch his career as a music producer. A month or so after they married, Day and Comden traveled to Jackson Hole, Wyoming, for a proper honeymoon. That was when Day invited Sheila Smith and Valerie Andrew to stay at their house while they were away. When Day and Comden returned, they were so pleased with how well everything had been cared for that they invited the pair to move in permanently. The Appearance, Disappearance, and Assimilation of the Asian- American Man in American Mainstream Media. Vanishing Son: The Appearance, Disappearance, and Assimilation of the Asian- American Man in American Mainstream Media. By Amy Kashiwabara. University of California, Berkeley. Technical Notes About This Document. This icon indicates a streamed video clip associated with the paragraph in which the icon appears. Jones, and Richard Oehling, among others. In the few films of the first half of this century in which there was an Asian lead, it usually went to a White actor. Griffith, it is also notable for its compassionate portrayal of the Chinese character Cheng Huan, Yellow Man, otherwise referred to in the film as the Chink. Oehling describes Broken Blossoms as the . Marchetti places it in the same category as The Cheat. Hughes, played by Fred Astaire, has an Asian manservant. Hughes' coat and answers the door to receive guests. The Black Widow also featurs the other reigning stereotype of Asian women, the dragon lady. Meers in Thoroughly Modern Millie. Meers, he is code- named Buddha and never appears on- screen. Meers lusted after one of the young heroes. Wong, was offered by Monogram and Paramount in the 1. Moto and Boris Karloff as Mr. Wong mysteries, five of which starred Boris Karloff, Keye Luke had the title role in the last. Wong, San Francisco- based Chinese detective. He has a good haircut, a tailored American suit, no glasses, no mustache and a more casual manner. Wong, Luke becomes James Lee Wong, known to all as Jimmy. Wongs have coolie houseboys, reinforcing their relative status. They're not Japanese anymore. De. Mille film, The Cheat. Fu Manchu which comes from the tension between shifting stereotypes. In addition to Fu Manchu, there is another prototype of the stereotypical Asian villain. All these films show despicable acts being done by Asians who apparently lack any humanity. Dower does an excellent job of showing how stereotypes grew from twisted truths. The Jap (was) a screaming, unshaven, wizened fanatic, crouched low over his machine guns, bombing Red Cross ships. Jap,which is a song Popeye sings over and over. It was probably films like Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects that Choy meant when she wrote . Star- Trek: The Next Generation has an Asian woman character who is married to the White chief of engineering. Kee of Kee investments. Kee is to show his face and financial strength. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles grossed $4. Moto's Last Warning (1. Friedman (U of Illinois Press, Chicago: 1. American Film Melodrama: Griffith, Vidor, Minnelli. War Without Mercy: Race and Power in the Pacific War. Encyclopedia of American War Films. The Bad Guys: A Pictorial History of the Movie Villain. Friedman (U of Illinois, 1. The American Film Musical. Imaging American Women: Idea and Ideals in Cultural History. A New Pictorial History of the Talkies. The Bad Guys: A Pictorial History of the Movie Villain. Skin Deep: Women Writing on Color, Culture and Identity. Boston: South End, 1. American Film Melodrama. New York: Pantheon- Random, 1. Hidden within the dagger is an. Bonner as the evil dragon- lady Madame Ying Su conspires through kidnap. The comedian Billy. Gilbert provides comic relief as a hapless sneezing. Video/C 9. 99: 1. A Hong Kong girl comes to San Francisco for an arranged. Americanized nightclub owner who is. When British scientists discover. Fu captures and tortures them one by one. Wong must find the killer in this first of. Mr. Wong, the. resourceful San Francisco based detective, searches. Fifteen episodes, approximately 1. Film is a fascinating. Asian Americans. that flavored the Hollywood melodrama of the early. After being jilted by Clive Brook, Marlene Dietrich becomes known as Shanghai Lily, a notorious adventuress. During the Chinese civil war, the couple meet on a train which is attacked by Chinese rebels. Dietrich becomes involved with a rebel leader in order to save the man she still loves. Includes. original theatrical trailer. Can you dig it?!) and a. Video/C 9. 99: 5. War- Time Cartoons Warner Bros., et al. Jap - -. Seein' red, white 'n blue - - Bugs Bunny nips the nips. Life of Sad Sack - - Victory thru air power. Thrifty pig - - A golden opportunity. Five for four (advertisement) - -. Wise dwarfs - - All together - - Spirit of '4. Scrap. happy Daffy - - Ductators - - Blitz Wolf - - Tokio jokio. Coal black and de sebben dwarfs. Video/C 9. 99: 1. Directed by Richard Quine. Examines the role of Asian American actors in the U. S. Video/C 1. 96. Copyright . All rights reserved. Document maintained on server: http: //www. Gary Handman, Head, Media Resources Center. Last update 4/2. 9/9. Server manager. webman@library.
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