Calamity Jane (film)

Calamity Jane (film)

Calamity Jane is a 1953 American Technicolor western musical film loosely based on the life of Wild West heroine CalamityJane. The film starred Doris Day as the title character and Howard Keel as Hickok. The songs and screenplay form the basis of a stage musical of the same name that has had a number of productions.

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Summary Calamity Jane (film)Calamity Jane is a 1953 American Technicolor western musical film loosely based on the life of Wild West heroine CalamityJane. The film starred Doris Day as the title character and Howard Keel as Hickok. The songs and screenplay form the basis of a stage musical of the same name that has had a number of productions. It was nominated for Scoring of a Musical Picture and Best Sound, Recording in the Academy Awards for Best Musical Score and Best Song Written for a Motion Picture. The movie is based on an alleged romance between CalamITY Jane and Wild Bill Hickok in the American Old West in the early 1900s. The story is about a group of women in Deadwood, Dakota Territory who try to attract the attention of Lt.

Danny Gilmartin, who is in love with another woman, Adelaid Adams. The men in charge of the saloon, the Golden Garter, are fawning over Adams, who they believe to be a woman. Calamite decides to bring Adams to Deadwood so the men can see for themselves that she is not a woman they are so enamored of. The two women fall in love, but Lt. Gilmartin prefers the other woman, Katie Brown, and the two are forced to break off their relationship. The pair become friends, and Katie becomes a singer, but she is forced to leave Deadwood after being shot in the hand by a gun-toting Wild Bill. In the end, the film is a box office success, earning over $1.2 million.