Shortly after moving to one of londons wealthiest neighborhoods with her husband, kit is threatened by an unknown party. In london, a recently wed american womans sanity comes into question after she claims to be the victim of a threatening stalker. Doris day segued from a successful series of comedy smashes into this, producer ross hunters take on a hitchcockstyle thriller, midnight lace. Official video content provided by universal studios home entertainment or one of its authorized agents. 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. She plays the wealthy wife of rex harrison, who is having financial problems, running the family firm. I cant think of many people with the characters insecurities kit who would not feel threatened and unravel emotionally. Doris day in hitchcock imitator, midnight lace popmatters. Doris day and rex harrison star in the shocking thriller, midnight lace.
Midnight lace is quite different from the movies we generally expect to see from ms. Because of that, she chose to stick with comedy throughout the rest of her career in films. 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. Her performance is one of the best that i have every seen. Kit preston day is the elegant newlywed wife of british financier anthony preston harrison. Midnight lace this was doris days last dramatic film. Doris day overacts in some areas, probably due to direction, but gives an all around good performance along with rex harrison. An american woman doris day living in london is terrorized by an obscene. 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.
Midnight lace 1960 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Midnight lace is a really good psycological thriller. Midnight lace is as gripping if not more so than a lot of hitchcock films, in fact i often forget that this isnt hitchcock. With doris day, rex harrison, john gavin, myrna loy. Read the full synopsis of midnight lace, 1960, directed by david miller, with doris day, rex harrison, john gavin, at turner classic movies. Doris day did a fantastic portrait of the terrified victimtobe. Doris day as kit preston in midnight lace 1960 imdb. Although day received a number of positive notices at the time, her performance. 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. Having spent an acting career making mostly wonderful comedies, this beautifully and artfully acted mystery,midnight lace, firmly established day as a.
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. 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. I just received the dvd of this movie which i didnt even know existed until i saw it mentioned by someone on. After lentz was out of the film industry for nearly ten years, doris day requested her services for the production midnight lace universal, 1960. Rent midnight lace 1960 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. Watch midnight lace online stream full movie directv. Doris day, as an american married to an englishman, is being terrorized in midnight lace, also starring rex harrison, myrna loy, roddy mcdowall, and john. 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. The film, adapted from the play matilda shouted fire, was oscarnominated for. Preston, an american woman newly wed to her british husband living in london.
Movie fans alike know doris day was one of hollywoods most adorable and popular leading ladies for her roles in lighthearted romantic comedies and her signature singing in many of her films. I take issue with it but thought it would be a catalyst for further discussion and another point of view. Her close friend doris day whom lentz dressed in the early60s films lover come back and midnight lace still fondly remembers her. Doris day, rex harrison, midnight lace 1960 the films. Doris day was in her second year of a remarkable seven year run as the biggest feamel box office draw in hollywood when midnight lace 1960 was released.
Doris day, john gavin, myrna loy, rex harrison, roddy mcdowall. An american woman doris day living in london is terrorized by an obscene phonecaller just three months after her arrival. How wonderful it would be to see midnight lace on the big silver screen again, along with doris other great films. Midnight lace the 1960 movie, trailers, videos and more at yidio. Midnight lace, like pillow talk, was a ross hunter production and so the appointments were swank, to say the least. Midnight lace 1960 a change of genre for the sunny doris day. Doris day, rex harrison, john gavin, myrna loy en roddy mcdowall. Midnight lace by joe lubin and jerome howard see more. The movie ads were incredible and doris day was at her zenith at the boxoffice. Doris day midnight lace 1960 the lace outfit retro fashion, thank you doris day. Midnight lace is a fauxhitchcock thriller, essentially routine, but with enough flair to make it worth catching.
This fact makes kino lorbers new bluray of her 1960 thriller, midnight lace, in which her character is constantly threatened with an untimely end. Although lacking in genuine scares or a threatening villain, midnight lace compensates with great cinematography and acting. Earl wilson miss day gives a golden imitation of a lovestruck heiress scared out of her wits, and mr. Day plays kit preston, elegant newlywed wife of british. Doris day doris day in midnight lace gives the kind of performance that oscars are made of. Moviegoers were lined around the block to get in to see the film, very much like psycho. 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. 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.
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 coming down the steps becoming more and more upset until she is totally hysterical is the best depiction of its type i had ever seen in a movie reading the trivia item about this particular scene was interesting. 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. 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. One day kit is menaced by a highpitched voice during a thick fog in the. Midnight lace 1960 challenged doris day to perform at a nerve shearing level and as usual she rose to the occasion. Midnight lace by david miller david miller, doris day.
Doris day proves her talent as an actress of depth and remarkable skill. It was this image that moviegoers fell in love with in her musicals the pajama game, 1957 and lightweight sex comedies pillow talk, 1959, making her one of the. Watch midnight lace starring doris day in this drama on directv. Neither her businessman husband rex harrison nor the police believe. Doris day and rex harrison star in this thriller about mrs.
On the tonight show, johnny carson told doris that he felt that she deserved an oscar nomination for the picture. Rent midnight lace 1960 starring doris day and rex harrison on dvd and bluray. Midnight lace is een film uit 1960 onder regie van david miller. Before discussing the movie, its appropriate to rescue day from a longtime canard.
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