![]() ![]() Never having met her I couldn’t see how anything I said could be of much interest but I had the sense that, along with the hundred or so other interviews he was conducting, that it would help to build a picture in his mind of her influence and how she is perceived. We had an interesting ‘Doris Day’ dinner and I listened, fascinated, to stories of Doris and Hollywood – including a few OMG tales that didn’t make it into the finished book! David seemed very interested in what I thought as a fan and we met again the next day when he brought a small tape recorder. I met him in London before the book was published when he flew over to talk to members of her UK fan base as part of his research. On the controversial side, from some people’s point of view – but not leading the pack – is David Kaufman’s “Doris Day – The Untold Story of the Girl Next Door”, first published in June 2008. As the creator of a forum about Doris Day, I can bear witness to the divisive disagreements and bitter arguments between fans on the morals and merits of some of these books.ĭoris with son Terry and mother Alma, early 1950s, In recent years there have been several new books about her – a number of these books have caused controversy among fans who object to Miss Day’s private life being mulled over for what they see as financial gain for the authors. Her life has been well documented in books and videos, So what more is there to say? Quite a lot, it turns out. She captured the mood of the time, including that of a young US Navy aircraft mechanic heading for the Philippines named Roy Harold Fitzgerald, later to become her most famous co-star Rock Hudson. I was all of six or seven years old, when my parents took me to see my first Doris Day film, “The Man Who Knew Too Much” and by identifying with her on-screen son, I immediately fell in love with her.” – David Kaufmanĭoris Day first caught the world’s attention during the Second World War with the song, “Sentimental Journey” in 1945, her first No 1 chart hit. His latest book, Some Enchanted Evenings: The Glittering Life and Times of Mary Martin, is due for publication in March 2016. This makes her all the more fascinating for a biographer, no less than for a reader.” – David Kaufmanĭavid Kaufman, author of Doris Day: The Untold Story of the Girl Next Door talks to Bryan James, creator of The Films of Doris Day website and Forum, about his love affair with Doris Day – strictly from the cinema stalls – and the highs and lows of writing a book about a screen icon. She was – and continues to be – an extremely complicated and contradictory woman. Author David Kaufman and subject Doris Day. ![]()
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