Product Details

• Actors: Doris Day, Dennis Morgan, Jack Carson, Bill Goodwin, Irving Bacon
• Directors: David Butler
• Writers: I.A.L. Diamond, Jack Rose, Melville Shavelson
• Producers: Alex Gottlieb
• Format: Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
• VHS Release Date: September 1, 1998
• Run Time: 85 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6302120586
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #174,987 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars IT'LL LEAVE YOU FEELING GREAT!, December 12, 2001

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Paul Brogan (Concord, NH) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: It's a Great Feeling [VHS] (VHS Tape)

A great trivia question would be, "In what film did Ronald Reagan, his newly divorced first-wife Jane Wyman and their daughter, Maureen, all appear?" The answer would be Warner Brother's 1949 musical, "It's a Great Feeling". The Reagans make guest appearances along with many other Warners stars including Edward G. Robinson, Patricia Neal, Sydney Greenstreet, a hilarious turn by Joan Crawford satirizing, perfectly, her on-screen image, and a great curtain closer by Errol Flynn.

The stars of the film are Dennis Morgan, Jack Carson, and in her 3rd film, Doris Day. In her first two films Day had seemed, at times, to be in part cut from a Betty Hutton mold. In "Feeling" she really begins to exude the charm, warmth, and vivacity that made her a superstar for many decades.

She's a waitress in the Warners commissary looking for a big break. Carson is directing the new Dennis Morgan film and cannot find any leading lady who wants to work under Carson. Enter our gal Doris.

The storyline is predictable all the way but the cast is so likeable and seem to be having such a good time that the audience cannot help but get caught up in the merriment.

While the songs by Sammy Cahn and Jule Styne are nowehere near the best they've written, they're all listenable and one, "Blame My Absent Minded Heart" is a gem. It's first sung by Day and Morgan while listening to a Wagner performance at the Hollywood Bowl. Day later reprises it, movingly, and while the title tune was nominated for an Oscar as best Song, "Heart" is the song that should have received that honor.

Jack Carson can tend to annoy at times but in this film is less irksome. Morgan has a fine voice and vocalizes effectively. Doris Day is a charmer, all wide-eyed and real, and when she sings you understand why "It's a Great Feeling" leaves you with your own great feeling!!

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Great Day, January 30, 2000

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Anthony Santamauro (United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: It's a Great Feeling [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This is the type of film all the studios were producing in the forties. Just an excuse to show off their stars. Names like Joan Crawford, Ronald Reagan, Danny Kaye, Jane Wyman, Edward G. Robinson, Gary Cooper, Errol Flynn plus many more make cameo appearances playing themselves. The actual stars of the film are Dennis Morgan and Jack Carson who try desperately to get Doris Day a career in movies. Once again, Doris Day, in her third film, shines like a pro. There are truly hilarious sequences as she tries many times to get the attention of a big director. Her role requires her to sing and do comedy much in the style of Lucille Ball.The songs by Jule Styne and Sammy Cahn are average with the exception of one titled BLAME MY ABSENT MINDED HEART.Doris sings this early on in the film as a duet with Dennis Morgan and once again as a solo towards the end of the film. Her rendition of this great tune makes up for any shortcomings this film may have. In an interview Rock Hudson once gave, He admitted this was the moment he fell in love with Doris Day.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars good Day vehicle, April 9, 2001

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Byron Kolln (the corner where Broadway meets Hollywood) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: It's a Great Feeling [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Made to cash in on the big box-office profit generated by ROMANCE ON THE HIGH SEAS and MY DREAM IS YOURS, Doris Day was re-teamed with Jack Carson for IT'S A GREAT FEELING.

Featuring cameos by some of Warner Bros. biggest stars including Jane Wyman, Gary Cooper, Errol Flynn, Sydney Greenstreet, Patricia Neal, Eleanor Parker, Ronald Reagan and Edward G. Robinson, its a great big tunefest.

Carson and Dennis Morgan play hotshot producers trying to get Doris Day into a movie career, with hilarious results! Highly recommended.