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DORIS DAY:
on
"A woman's got a right to
change her mind!" Doris insists, defending herself against
an assortment of critical barbs
By AMY FRANCIS
"MARRIAGE vs. a career is no problem for us," says Doris (here befriending a young stranger). "Marty and I have so much to share."
Eli VERY now and then," says Doris Day, "you read things about yourself in the magazines and the. newspapers and then you read your fan mail and find that people are puzzled at seeming differences and inconsistencies. So, occasional" ly, it's a good idea to set the record straight."
And a good way to do that, she agrees, is to play the venerable game of "True or False," which we are just about to do right now. Here we go !
Q. True or false, that you plan to give up the gay singing and dancing roles and go in for straight drama?
A. False, although I know a great many newspaper columnists have said that I felt this way. They are wrong. Certainly I was pleased that the public accepted me in a straight dramatic role in "Julie." But . . . and this is an important "but" ... so many of them said that they liked me better in singing and dancing parts, I shall certainly try to mix the types of things I do in the future. Some drama but a great deal of song. My current picture, "Pajama Game," is a musical, and now I'm making "Teacher's Pet" with Clark Gable, a comedy.. You see, I'm trying to please everyone, including myself!
Q. True or false, that you think the husband should be head of the house, head of the family, both at home and in business arrangements. How are you working this out with your husband, Marty Melcher?
A. Well, in our household it's mostly true. Marty is certainly the head of the house in that he keeps everything organized and running smoothly, even most of the household arrangements. He manages all of our business affairs, both his and mine, and I practically never hear anything about the details.
But if there are major decisions to be made, decisions which' affect both of us, then we sit down and talk and talk and talk. I hate to make decisions and am usually afraid of them. But Marty makes me face up to them if they are vital to us, makes me try to understand them. And after we have batted them to and fro, a light will dawn. That's It. Suddenly we see that the whole thing is there in a nutshell. What a wonderful feeling that is, that feeling of total agreement!
Q. True or false, that success came easily to you? Or was it the other way around? And how did it affect your viewpoint?
A. This has two replies. The first answer is "false" because I worked and worked very hard in show business from the age of 16. You couldn't call that getting success "the easy way." I lived, almost literally, in a trunk, I did one night stands for years. Traveling with a band is one of the most rugged careers a girl could have . . . and I had it.
But after I arrived in Hollywood, everything seemed to smooth out in front of me. Everything seemed easy and wonderful and triumphant.
And that, I guess, explains a lot of things about me. Why I
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