Love Me or Leave Me (film) by Doris Day except as shown): Love Me or Leave Me (film) Love Me or Leave Me is a 1955 biographical romantic musical drama film that tells the life story of Ruth Etting, a singer who rose from dancer to movie star. It stars Doris Day as Etting, James Cagney as gangster Martin "Moe the Gimp" Snyder, her first husband and manager, and Cameron Mitchell as pianist/arranger Myrl Alderman, her second husband. It was written by Daniel Fuchs and Isobel Lennart and directed by Charles Vidor. After kicking a customer for getting fresh, 1920s Chicago nightclub singer and dime-a-dance girl
Lucky Me (film) was not well-received upon its original release. Lucky Me (film) Lucky Me is an American musical comedy film which stars Doris Day, Robert Cummings, and Phil Silvers, and features Eddie Foy, Jr., Nancy Walker, and Martha Hyer. Made and released in 1954, it was the first musical film made in CinemaScope, and filmed in Warner Color. Candy Williams (Doris Day) is a member of a struggling Vaudeville troupe that is stranded in Miami when creditors take all their money. After the troupe's leader Hap Schneider (Phil Silvers) tries to scam a restaurant out of dinner, they are forced to work