Doris Day: 4-Film Collection

Four-disc set includes: Romance On The High Seas (1948)Lively romance and music galore marked this marital infidelity farce that was Doris Day's screen debut. Mrs. Elvira Kent (Janis Paige) suspects husband Michael (Don DeFore) is cheating on her, and together they wind up on a Caribbean cruise where nightclub singer Georgia Garrett (Day) and private eye Peter Virgil (Jack Carson) get in the middle of the jealous couple's spying. Oscar Levant co-stars; songs include "Put 'Em in a Box," "It's Magic"; choreography by Busby Berkeley. 99 min. C/Rtg: NR Lullaby Of Broadway (1951)Stage singer Melinda Howard (Doris Day) arrives in New York from London to visit her one-time star mother (Gladys George), unaware that her career has hit the skids thanks to alcoholism. A wealthy man and his valet attempt to keep the truth from her in this charming musical laced with comedy and pathos. Gene Nelson, S.Z. Sakall, Billy de Wolfe also star; songs include "Just One of Those Things," "Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart," and the title tune. 92 min. C/Rtg: NR Love Me Or Leave Me (1955)Doris Day and James Cagney star in this glossy, gritty, song-filled biodrama of '20s singer Ruth Etting. Fired from her job in a Chicago dive, the beautiful Etting (Day) allows gangster Martin "the Gimp" Snyder (Cagney) to take charge of her career. As she begins to achieve success, she tries to free herself from the clutches of the controlling mobster-who is desperate to possess her as a romantic partner. With Cameron Mitchell, Robert Keith. 122 min. C/Rtg: NR Billy Rose's Jumbo (1962)A circus owner (Jimmy Durante, reprising his Broadway role of 27 years earlier) and his dutiful daughter (Doris Day) realize that his gambling problem might have to make them fold their tents. A fast-talking young huckster (Stephen Boyd) convinces them that the show must go on, but does he have a hidden agenda? Martha Raye, Dean Jagger co-star; Rogers and Hart score includes "My Romance," "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World," "Why Can't I?" 127 min. C/Rtg: NR Standard and Widescreen; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English (SDH).