When great stars, great music, great western-romance stories all combine into one, Hollywood cooks up great movie fun like “Calamity Jane.” Stars Doris Day as Calamity Jane and Howard Keel as Wild Bill Hickock stampeded through movie theaters in 1953, making her a household name. And it won an Oscar for Best Music/Original Song “Secret Love” for Sammy Fain (music) and Paul Francis Webster (lyrics).
Co-stars include Philip Carey, Paul Harvey, Allyn Ann McLerie, Dick Wesson, Chubby Johnson, Gale Robins, and Tom London in an uncredited part as a prospector. The watchable Technicolor western romance film “Calamity Jane” was popular at the box office for Warner Bros. Pictures. There were two non-winning Academy Awards nods for Best Musical Scoring (Ray Heindorf) and Best Sound Recording.
According to “The Guinness Book of Movie Records,” Tom London appeared in more films than any actor in history, up to 2,000 motion pictures. His first movie was a silent film short “The Great Train Robbery” (1903), directed by Edwin S. Porter for the Edison Manufacturing Company. Tom London’s final film role was in “13 West Street” (1963), directed by Philip Leacock for Columbia Pictures, starring Alan Ladd and Rod Steiger. He lived from 1889-1963. Many of his roles were undoubtedly small parts or cameo appearances.
Calamity Jane (1953)
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When great stars, great music, great western-romance stories all combine into one, Hollywood cooks up great movie fun like “Calamity Jane.” Stars Doris Day as Calamity Jane and Howard Keel as Wild Bill Hickock stampeded through movie theaters in 1953, making her a household name. And it won an Oscar for Best Music/Original Song “Secret Love” for Sammy Fain (music) and Paul Francis Webster (lyrics).
Co-stars include Philip Carey, Paul Harvey, Allyn Ann McLerie, Dick Wesson, Chubby Johnson, Gale Robins, and Tom London in an uncredited part as a prospector. The watchable Technicolor western romance film “Calamity Jane” was popular at the box office for Warner Bros. Pictures. There were two non-winning Academy Awards nods for Best Musical Scoring (Ray Heindorf) and Best Sound Recording.
According to “The Guinness Book of Movie Records,” Tom London appeared in more films than any actor in history, up to 2,000 motion pictures. His first movie was a silent film short “The Great Train Robbery” (1903), directed by Edwin S. Porter for the Edison Manufacturing Company. Tom London’s final film role was in “13 West Street” (1963), directed by Philip Leacock for Columbia Pictures, starring Alan Ladd and Rod Steiger. He lived from 1889-1963. Many of his roles were undoubtedly small parts or cameo appearances.