Tammy, Tammy, Tammy's in love...again!
Added 12/6/2009
Debbie Reynolds scored one of her most popular hits playing Tammy in the original "Tammy and the Bachelor", but when the time came to expand the series, Universal contract starlet Sandra Dee stole many a heart with her own special Tammy magic.
In TAMMY AND THE DOCTOR (1963), Sandra Dee returns as Tammy, with her object of affection (the doctor of the title) played by an up-and-coming Peter Fonda. When her elderly guardian Mrs. Annie Call (Beulah Bondi) becomes seriously ill, Tammy accompanies her interstate to a large Los Angeles hospital. As per usual, Tammy's plain-speaking ways get her into all sorts of strife; as she finds herself falling for handsome intern Mark Cheswick (Peter Fonda).
A dubbed Sandra Dee also gets to recreate the original "Tammy" title song in this movie! Co-starring Macdonald Carey, Margaret Lindsay, Reginald Owen and Alice Pearce.
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This Cute and Charming Movie Should Be On DVD! And The Other Tammy Movies Should Also Be On DVD!
Added 10/7/2005
I saw the original Tammy movie that starred Debbie Reynolds as Tammy and I loved that movie and Debbie Reynolds was great as Tammy the backwoods country girl who fell who was taken in by a wealthy family after her moonshiner grandpa was arrested and fell in love with the son of the family Pete played by Leslie Nielsen but I loved this remake too and I think Sandra Dee was absolutely adorable as Tammy who has moved in to the city and become a nurse and fell in love with a doctor played by Peter Fonda who was also very good. Yes it's a bummer that they turned Pete into a scmuck in this movie and had him dump Tammy and break her heart but I still liked this movie and I would like to see this and all of the other movies in the Tammy series to be put on DVD. Tammy and The Bachelor, Tammy Tell Me True, Tammy and The Millionaire. I habe never vseen Tammy In The Millionaire though but I do know that another actress besides Sandra Dee and Debbie Reynolds played Tammy in that one.
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Sweet Old-Time Movie From About 40 Years Ago
Added 3/28/2005
This is one of the two best Tammy movies. It stars Sandra Dee and Peter Fonda, in his film debut. This movie has wonderful country charm and a look at hospitals, doctors & nurses as they existed in a simpler time 40 years ago.
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The Second Best of the Tammy Movies
Added 12/28/2004
Debbie Reynolds was hard to follow up after her success as Tammy Tyree in "Tammy and the Bachelor." However, Sandra Dee had modest success as Tammy in "Tammy Tell Me True" and its sequel, "Tammy and the Doctor."
In this movie, Sandra Dee follows Mrs. Call (Beulah Bondi) as she travels to a big hospital in Los Angeles for heart valve surgery, far from her beloved Mississippi River home. Prior to leaving she encounters MacDonald Carey as famous heart surgeon Dr. Wayne Bentley. After arriving she encounters a soon-to-be famous Peter Fonda playing Dr. Mark Cheswick. Adam West, but a few years away from being TV's campiest Batman, plays Dr. Eric Hassler.
Once at the hospital, Tammy again charms the staff and the patients as she brings her home-spun ways into their lives, yet fumbling in a most Jerry Lewis way (which recalls "The Disorderly Orderly," though with a bit less slapstick). She also struggles with her love life, as she seems to do in every movie, and falls for handsome Dr. Cheswick.
The movie works in general. While there are a few places where I thought the gags were a bit overdone, in general most of them work. Also, I would have thought that Tammy could have learned to call doctors "doctor" instead of the much more archaic, and eventually annoying, "leeches." While some doctors may be financial leeches, only specialists actually use the little critters these days, and Tammy was bright enough to learn about many more complicated things, she could have learned to say "doctor" faster. Scriptwriters, like the rest of us, are not perfect.
In spite of the minor flaws, this movie is the second best of the first four Tammy movies, superior to its predecessor, "Tammy Tell Me True," and its successor, "Tammy and the Millionaire," based on the far inferior television series. The movie provides a lot of family oriented laughs with only a joke or two that may rise to any level of required explanation.
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Tammy And The Doctor
Added 1/23/2002
I have this movie and I think it was a wonderful family movie. I like all the Tammy movies, but I think this is the best. She gets into a lot of trouble when she goes to the hospital with her friend.
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If A Man Answers
Added 3/8/2010
I have been looking for this movie for more than 25 years! Bobby Darin and Sandra Dee in a movie made hilarious by the premise - training a man the way you train a dog. Cesar Romero, Michelin Presle and John Lund play great bit parts and Stefanie Powers adds some spice to the plot but Bobby Darin is really the star of this film. Oh, and I forgot to mention, it's like a 1960's something time capsule when it comes to hair, fashion and "roles." A truly funny movie.
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If a Man Answers
Added 2/2/2010
I love the movies with Sandra Dee. She is lots of fun to watch and I am pleased to add this to my collection of her movies. Some people don't enjoy these movies but I guess women enjoy romantic comedies more than men. But if you like older movies than you will love this male of female.
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Sandra Dee
Added 12/14/2009
Just a great old teens movie to watch,without all the filth that you get today
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