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Midnight Lace [VHS] 
Actors : Doris Day, Rex Harrison, John Gavin, Myrna Loy, Roddy McDowall
Director : David Miller
Studio : Universal Studios
by Universal Studios
Release Date : 1996-04-30
Publisher : Universal Studios
Availability : Usually ships in 1-2 business days
EAN : 9786300185975
UPC : 096898058438
Avg. Customer Rating: (based on 31 reviews)
List Price : $14.98
Our Price : $46.41
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Scary Heart Thumping Action with a TWIST |
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A few may not agree but if you honestly can sit through this flick without your toes or hair curling from the tension, you deserve a mochalatte supreme! I rarely watch this movie but I keep it because Doris Day is so GOOD in it. She will make you feel as terrified as her character could possibly have been. She will convince you she believes she is losing her mind. Usually happy and cheerful, which I really appreciate at midlife and in this less than happy modern world, this twist in her charactype is a real head turner. She is as impossible to ignore here as she was in her role in Love Me or Leave Me. I think Rex is just as odd in his role as she is in hers. No Dr. Doolittle here, I assure you. I think Hitchcock picked them because they were so impossible for the roles yet so versatile as actors that you wouldn't believe it was THEM unless you saw it with your own eyes. It's just an acting marvel that will keep your pulse racing until the last minute. Pick any other two more suitable actors for these roles and this film would be far less memorable. Elegant yet playful Myrna Loy adds that essential realism that is the glue which holds this movie together. |
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I must have seen a different movie |
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After reading so many positive reviews of this movie, I can only assume that I didn't see the same movie that everyone else saw. Yes, it's a glossy, highly stylized film, but if it were any more obvious, it would be made of glass. The only reason I gave it two stars is because I adore Rex Harrison. I think Doris Day is guilty of some really poorly done histrionics. She's wrong for the movie, and the movie itself is terribly flawed. |
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One of my favorites |
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I too am a big fan of this movie for all the many reasons already described so well by everyone else here. I would love to see it released on DVD. While checking the Turner Classic Movies website for this movie, I found that you can cast a vote there too, requesting to have it released on DVD (the site says they send the votes to major home video distributors). If you'd like to cast your vote, go to the Turner Classic Movies web site, search for Midnight Lace in the database search at the top of the page, & click on the movie title when it appears. The voting section is on the right hand side of the movie overview page. |
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A well done movie |
Day, is indeed at her best in this movie. This movie just goes to show that she could act. In the movies that I have seen her in she comes through wonderfully. While on camera she is that person she is playing. That is why she is so beleivable. She was a great actress. Just watch ; Love me or Leave me, Storm Warning, Julie, Young
Man with a Horn, The Man Who Knew Too Much, MidnightLace, and Calamity Jane. These movies all show her as a different character, and you will see she could play them all and hold the audience. That makes a great actress. I highly recomend this movie to anyone who likes a good watch. After all a good watch can only be good if the acters do their parts well, and these actors do, they ALL do. This movie now just needs to come out on DVD! |
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top Doris Day thriller |
Fog-shrouded London is the setting for MIDNIGHT LACE, a glossy thriller starring Doris Day as a terrorised heiress.
Doris Day plays Kit, an American heiress, newly-married to suave English businessman Tony Preston (Rex Harrison). Kit's life couldn't be happier, until she becomes the target of obscene phonecalls and begins to have 'accidents'. The detectives at Scotland Yard begin to feel that perhaps Kit is seeking attention, and even Kit's loving Aunt Bea (Myrna Loy) has her doubts. Is Kit going mad? Or is a killer really out to get her?
Doris Day delivers a finely-pitched performance in this frothy thriller. In order to convey the reality of her character's situation, Ms Day drew from her abusive first marriage to musician Al Jordan. The painful memories that Day re-lived for her scenes resulted in the production having to temporarily halt after Day collapsed in hysterics on-set. In the final scene of the film you can tell that Day was completely drained; with her face puffy, lined and streaked with tears.
The rest of the cast is equally fine: Rex Harrison as Kit's romantic husband Tony, the legendary Myrna Loy adds some much-needed comedy as Kit's beloved Aunt Bea; and John Gavin as helpful construction foreman Brian Younger.
The gallery of supporting players includes Roddy McDowall, Natasha Parry, Herbert Marshall, Richard Ney, John Williams and Hermione Baddeley. John Williams' role as a Scotland Yard inspector harks back to his character in the similarly-themed "Dial M for Murder".
MIDNIGHT LACE was filmed on location in London, with Doris Day's wardrobe exclusively-designed by Irene. The story was lifted from a little-known play by Janet Green called "Matilda Shouted Fire"; the screenplay by Ivan Goff and Ben Roberts adds some obvious Hitchcockian touches.
MIDNIGHT LACE has been released on DVD in the United Kingdom; those with multi-region players should seek it out. A domestic US release shouldn't be too far away. |
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