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| Director: David Butler
Actors: Doris Day, Howard Keel, Allyn Ann Mclerie, Philip Carey, Dick Wesson
Studio: Warner Home Video
List Price: $14.98
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Rating:  96 reviews
Sales Rank: 22601
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Original Recording Reissued, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: VHS Tape
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 101 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 4.2 x 1.1
ISBN: 0790752336
UPC: 085391876038
EAN: 9780790752334
ASIN: 0790752336
Theatrical Release Date: November 4, 1953
Release Date: September 19, 2000
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Shipping: Expedited shipping available
Shipping: International shipping available
Condition: Scuffed edges. Old price sticker on front cover. A nice copy. Slip case has some edge wear with an address label on the front from the previous owner. Cassette is in good condition with tape clear and wrinkle free. Standard shipping is USPS media mail. Expedited shipments will be sent via USPS first class or priority mail.
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Calamity Jane March 17, 2008
Niccole Delgado (Athens, OH United States)
A wonderful movie with humor and romance, as well as great music. Typical of many early movies, the effects are somewhat lacking but overall a very enjoyable story.
One of the best April 29, 2008
Leigh Edwards (Portland, OR USA)
Calamaity Jane is a fun way to spend an hour and a half if you can forget your "enlightened" attitudes of the modern era. Howard Keel as Wild Bill Hickock shows he can act as well as he can sing, and that is saying a lot. If you just watch him and his reactions to whatever is going on, or who is speaking, you will appreciate his ability to throw himself into a role.
Doris Day as Calamity might have been able to look worse in the rough and ready buckskin outfits, but it is hard to imagine.
The idea that girls are only attractive in ruffles and ribbons is mildly offensive if you let yourself dwell on it. And the "I Can Do Without You" duet is surprisingly physical.
The musical numbers are an uneven mix. The love song "Higher Than a Hawk" is well below what Howard Keel could have done with better material. "Secret Love," which earned the greatest popularity in its time, is sappy and pedestrian. The best song in the whole show is "The Black Hills of Dakota," a duet with Howard Keel and Doris Day, accompanied by a chorus.
If you can overlook two people falling in love because of one kiss as highly improbable, it is a nice story.
Despite its flaws, it is well worth the price of including it in your library, and you will want to take it out to watch whenever you want some good, cheery entertainment.
 Classic Comedy May 6, 2008
L. Myers (Phoenix, AZ USA)
If you are hungry for humor, music and dance, Calamity Jane will feed that yearning. Doris Day and Howard Keel will blow your socks off in a duet about the black hills of Dakota. You will giggle picking out all the gymnastics in the many dance numbers. How many times does Doris Day slide in and out of a stagecoach window? I definitely recommend this DVD for your viewing pleasure.
FUN for the whole family! May 26, 2008
Wretched (Roseburg, OR, USA)
Doris Day at her rip-roaring best! Great songs, great dance routines and just a feel-good movie. It takes liberties with the actual events, but who cares? This turns out swell in the end.
Calamity Jane August 18, 2008
Mary Willett (tucson, arizona)
arrived in a timely fashion, DVD had no blips in it. Satisfied. Thank you
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