Doris Day and Gene Nelson in the 1951 film “Lullaby of Broadway.” Day, a 1940s singer-turned-actress enjoyed a 20-year career in films, from the 1940s til the ‘60s, and starred in the TV sitcom, The Doris Day Show, from 1968 to 1973. Born Doris Mary Ann Von Kappelhoff in April 1922, she died May 13 at the age of 97.
The poster of the film, which is from Denmark, is one of more than 100 different posters from the Mike Kaplan collection on display at The National Museum of Dance in the new exhibit “Art of the Dance: Posters from Hollywood’s Golden Age from The Mike Kaplan Collection.”
“You know, it’s not as well known that Doris Day wanted to be a dancer at first, but she got into a car accident (in 1937) going to Hollywood to dance. She injured her leg, recuperated for a year, and at that time began singing,” Kaplan said, following the news of Day’s passing.
Kaplan, who attended the opening of the exhibition in Saratoga Springs on May 10, estimates he has 3,000 to 4,000 posters in his collection. The National Museum of Dance and Hall of Fame is located at 99 So. Broadway.
