Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Chicago Tribune

    Doris Day appreciation: A showbiz survivor's double life

    by Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune May 13, 2019 4 minutes

    "Boys, Chicag-ee's the biggest noise in Ella-noize!" With that line, Doris Day busts out the song "Just Blew in from the Windy City," portraying the titular whirlwind in the 1953 Warner Brothers hit "Calamity Jane."

    In the annals of screen musicals the number's not groundbreaking or one for the ages. But it's delightful, and Day is fantastic. The song showcases so much of what this triple threat could do on command. In her hectic career, amid stormy off-screen chaos in her personal life, she sang, danced, and acted forcefully, memorably, in both comedy and drama.

    People loved Doris Day. People still love Doris Day. News of her death at the age of 97 came Monday morning, and I can't be the only one

    You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

    More from Chicago Tribune

    Chicago Tribune2 min readCrime & Violence
    2 Women Dead, 3 Children Hospitalized After Chicago Shooting
    CHICAGO — Michael Lemon woke up in his home early on the July 4 holiday to the sound of what he thought were firecrackers. Instead, he found his mother, brother and cousins bloodied and bullet holes in the front windows. “Ran out my room, seen my lit
    Chicago Tribune7 min read
    Column: Class And Social Status In The Kitchen And ‘The Bear’
    CHICAGO — “The Bear” is the story of a workaday Chicago sandwich joint switching gears to become a fine dining establishment. But restaurant kitchens of all types are an ecosystem where class issues play out. It’s a hierarchy that inevitably says som
    Chicago Tribune3 min read
    Suburban Police Departments Ready To Help During Democratic National Convention, If Needed: ‘Our Officers Will Be More Vigilant’
    CHICAGO — North suburban police departments are preparing and making themselves available to assist the Chicago Police Department, if they are needed, during the Democratic National Conference, which will be held Aug. 19 through 22. An estimated 50

    Related Books & Audiobooks