Doris Day's Centennial: It's a Great Feeling (1949)
Hollywood loves to make fun of itself, and It's A Great Feeling is yet another vehicle for a studio system spoof. It's also a vehicle for Jack Carson and Dennis Morgan to be "the world's biggest hams," and a relatively-newfound singing sensation in her third film appearance - Doris Day! It's also Doris's centennial this month, and I'm participating in Love Letters to Old Hollywood's blogathon to celebrate! After her successful debut in Romance on the High Seas , Doris Day became everyone's favorite cinematic songstress. She was quickly re-teamed with Jack Carson for a second movie, and then a third when It's A Great Feeling was dreamed up. Originally it was a Morgan-Carson comedy under the potential names of Two Guys and a Gal, Two Guys of the Nineties, and Two Guys from Hollywood . (Dennis Morgan once said he never wanted to do another film with "Two Guys" in the title.) The