- Release Date: 1948
- Runtime: 99 min
- Genre: Comedy, Musical, Romance
- Starring: Jack Carson, Janis Paige, Don DeFore, Doris Day ... see all
- Director: Michael Curtiz
- Plot: Socialite Elvira Kent suspects her husband of fooling around with other women. When he announces he can't join her on their scheduled ocean voyage, she hires a nightclub singer, Georgia... Read more
User Reviews
Sassy magic...and Jack Carson sings Calypso!
Oct 15, 2007
moonspinner55 - imdb.com
Oct 15, 2007moonspinner55 - imdb.com
Doris Day makes her screen-debut as a band singer who gets a free cruise to South America and Jack Carson is the private detective who tails her and naturally falls in love with her spunky charm. Day seems an oddly... Full review
"The Magic Is My Love For You"
Aug 11, 2007
bkoganbing - imdb.com
Aug 11, 2007bkoganbing - imdb.com
Watching Romance on the High Seas I could have sworn that the Brothers Warner hijacked one of the plots of an RKO Fred Astaire-Ginger Rogers film. It's got that kind of silliness in the plot, the usual case of mistaken... Full review
It's More Than Magic; It's A Miracle
Mar 27, 2006
joseph952001 - imdb.com
Mar 27, 2006joseph952001 - imdb.com
Doris Day hails from our city of Cincinnati, Ohio. A Price Hill girl who was born with the last name of Kappelhoff. Orignially, Doris wanted to be a dancer, and if I'm not mistaken, she studied with Pep Goldwyn here... Full review
It's Magic!
Sep 04, 2005
tarah-5 - imdb.com
Sep 04, 2005tarah-5 - imdb.com
"You sigh the song begins, You speak and I hear violins---It's Magic."Doris sure captured us all under her spell in her first role as Miss Georgia Garrett in Romance on the High Seas. Georgia is a singer hired by socialite,... Full review
Doris Day's first time to shine on the Silver Screen
Aug 13, 2004
Greg Couture - imdb.com
Aug 13, 2004Greg Couture - imdb.com
Fortune certainly smiled on the talented Doris Day when she landed her first movie role in this typical late-Forties musical comedy confection. She looks great, sounds terrific and acts with confidence, supported by the best that Warner Brothers could muster... Full review
It's (manufactured) magic
Oct 28, 2003
marcslope - imdb.com
Oct 28, 2003marcslope - imdb.com
It's the sort of script that Hollywood would have called a "merry marital mixup" back when, but with a little more stuff on the curveball than usual: A suspects B and B suspects A of infidelity, so A hires C... Full review
Grand Debut for Doris
Mar 23, 2002
harry-76 - imdb.com
Mar 23, 2002harry-76 - imdb.com
One of the delights of "Romance on the High Seas" is the remarkable debut of Doris Day. Having replaced an indisposed Betty Hutton, Day stepped into this role with all the zest and zip that she brought to her total... Full review
Fun, Fun, Fun.
Mar 20, 2002
artzau - imdb.com
Mar 20, 2002artzau - imdb.com
This was Doris Day's first film and what a fun one it was. I saw it as a kid in the old Monache Theater and then later on TV. I was surprised how well it had worn and was delighted... Full review
Breezy, pleasant and loads of fun...Doris Day is a pro in her film debut!
Apr 15, 2001
Neil Doyle - imdb.com
Apr 15, 2001Neil Doyle - imdb.com
It's hard to believe 'Romance on the High Seas' is Doris Day's first flick. She's awesome in a role originally intended for Betty Hutton--and everyone has a great time poking fun at manners and morals in this breezy sea breeze... Full review
Sailing Down To Rio
Mar 01, 1999
Varlaam - imdb.com
Mar 01, 1999Varlaam - imdb.com
This one's a hoot!This film's male cast is a very good one, and they receive most of the cargo of really funny lines: Don De Fore, Cuddles Sakall, Oscar Levant, and Canada's own Jack Carson. Oscar's misanthropic lines are usually... Full review
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Doris Mary Anne von Kappelhoff, alias Doris Day, made her screen debut in this extremely lightweight but bright and entertaining musical. Day, the real star of the picture, was given only fourth billing under the usually excellent Carson, miscast in... ... Full Article
This cute film is Doris Day's film debut and in it she plays Georgia Garrett, a substitute traveller on an ocean cruise. Her friend Elvira Kent (Janis Paige) had scheduled the cruise but at the last minute cancels when she... ... Full Article




