Screenland Plus TV-Land (Jul 1959 - May 1960)

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1 1 II DORIS DAY continued "Each of us is RECALLING now her loneliness when singing with Les Brown's hand in New York, Doris can smile, hut then it was no fun. When you study Doris Day, it's hard to think of her connection with depression. Her lively face is full of go< humor. The way she walks, the way she handles herse! is bouyant. But, if you say you can't imagine her ever being dow hearted, she'll assure you that she was. "I was terribly lonely," she reaffirms, "when I first got New York with Les Brown. Doris had traveled with bands before. She was famili; with the long, jarring rides in chartered buses, with hot room windows fronting strange streets, meals unshared. The; weren't new. "But," she says, "in New York I was lonelier than usua In the first place, I was the only girl with the band. Furthe I stayed at the hotel where we were appearing, but the boA in the band stayed clear across town. I didn't get to see thei except when we were working. And for eight weeks it w; going to be like this." On the first morning of her New York engagement, Dor; arose languidly, dressed slowly (two processes far from typ cal of zestful Doris Day) and spent as much time as possibl eating breakfast. THEN, having eaten, she had nothing to do until lat afternoon. She changed the polish on her nails. She rea the morning papers, and then she went for a walk. "I always have liked walking," Doris interjects. And as she walked she became dreadfully aware: even one . . . everyone on the streets seemed to know someon else. She was the exception. New York isn't the one that' called the City of Brotherly Love, but it seemed to Dori that every one she passed had at least one friend. At the magazine stand, two men exchanged greetings ove the sports pages, and, as they entered an office building, the; were still talking. PLAYING pattycake with Rock Hudson on the set of "Pillow Talk," Doris has a fine time. WARMING up, Rock seems to be getting