One of my favorites
Added 9/26/2009
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
Added 6/3/2009
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
Added 8/3/2007
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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Why is this not on DVD yet????
Added 2/8/2007
I LOVE this movie! Why has it not been released on DVD yet...what is the deal?
For mystery lovers this is a CLASSIC! At times Doris can be a bit melodramatic but that was the acting style in those days so it is understandable. What is not to love about this movie...Rex Harrison, Myrna Loy...Doris...London in the 60's, technicolor--it is a fun piece.
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Midnight Lace
Added 12/3/2006
This is a great film. I have it on VHS. Why isn't it out on DVD? Let me know as soon as it is.
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One of my favorites
Added 9/26/2009
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
Added 6/3/2009
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
Added 8/3/2007
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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