Movie #1467 "Love Me or Leave Me" was a disappointment to me. Oh, I loved all the Doris Day numbers because I always loved her voice, and I usually like James Cagney movies, but I found him so verbally abusive in this, I had to turn it off for a while. He seemed like a broken record, and I could see no reason why Miss Day would do anything for that creep! Much less marry him. But evidently others did, because he was nominated, and so was the script and it won! But I just found it too depressing and went away from it for about 20 minutes, and then watched the last scenes. Too much shouting, too much abuse -- I don't really recommend it to you, unless you want to see some slam bang singing by Miss Day, who is the one who should have been nominated. I give it a 3 out of 5 stars.
"LOVE ME OR LEAVE ME" 1955
Nightclub singer Ruth Etting (Doris Day) tries to keep her secret romance with a musician under wraps in this dramatic musical based on the life story of the 1930s singer. Etting is controlled by Martin "The Gimp" Snyder (James Cagney), who builds a nightclub and makes Etting its star. Snyder catches Etting with musician Johnny (Cameron Mitchell) and goes to prison for trying to kill him, leaving Ruth to continue performing in Snyder's nightclub.
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