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Calamity Jane
It's whip-crack-away with Doris Day and Howard Keel in a welcome rerelease of David Butler's Oscar-winning 1953 musical inspired by the life of the rootin' tootin' heroine, replete with a bouncing ball over the lyrics so audiences can sing along to I Can Do Without You, A Woman's Touch and Secret Love. Calamity Jane (Day) arrives in the aptly named Deadwood to discover the men at the local saloon in a state of unrest. The Golden Garter is pitifully short of female entertainers and the most recent arrival, Frances Fryer, has turned out to be a man. In order to placate the drinkers, Calamity makes a bold promise that she will lure revered singer Adelaid Adams (Gale Robbins) to Deadwood. Wild Bill Hickox (Keel) scoffs at such a ludicrous notion and to underline his point, he makes a bet with Calamity: if she can get Adelaid to perform at the saloon, he will don the garb of a Sioux squaw. The battle lines are drawn and Calamity resolves to wipe the smug grin off Wild Bill's weather-beaten face.
