Couch Potato Pickings | Calamity Jane

I find if I mention the Doris Day film Calamity Jane to most people, they have a tendencey to burst into song with this catchy slap-a-my-thigh tomboy ditty. It’s clearly the most popular.

However, did you know that another song from the film, Secret Love, is one of the all-time gay anthems?

In the 1950s, this song was a perfect expression of the love that dare not speak its name, and even today it’s held in esteem as a classic ‘coming out’ anthem.

Calamity Jane was actually a real person. Read more about her here.

Calamity Jane is showing on Five today at 3.10pm

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