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Separate "Album" entry??

This article has a separate article for the "album" because several tracks on the latter were not taken direct from the sound track itself. Might one suggest that this is VERY often the case - and that if we were to be consistent many (if not most) film sound track albums would be separate from primary article for the movie itself!!!!!

On the other hand someone might like to do an article on the stage musical. Soundofmusicals 22:02, 22 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Lesbian Undertones

This section doesn't cite any sources and appears more like original research. Words like 'butchiness' and 'Scarlet Woman' don't seem to fit the tone required for Wikipedia. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Calindreams (talk • contribs) 11:17, 1 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed. The fact that it remains in a LGBT-Related Films category is very odd, as well as unsupported —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.108.196.190 (talk) 04:54, 4 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I've removed the category. Happy for it to be restored if anyone can supply any reliable sources. Lugnuts (talk) 13:42, 20 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

What "reliable sources" are you talking about? You just have to watch the movie and see for yourself... You don't need a "reliable source" to know if it's raining or sunny outside... It's obvious this movie is LGBT-Related. Only someone very very naïf would deny it... - Ana Bruta (talk) 17:54, 10 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I've seen this film several times, and just watched the handsome Blu-ray transfer. Calamity Jane is loaded with gay references, including gender confusion and cross-dressing. The "crypto-lesbian subtext" is as plain as the tail on a puppy. Whether these things were intentional is beside the point -- they're there. They're not the product of an overactive imagination. They're obvious precisely because such references don't appear in the overwhelming majority of films. If you want a reference, note the mention in the film The Celluloid Closet. WilliamSommerwerck (talk) 03:05, 6 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The original 2008 section wasn't sourced at all. I've written one fresh from a couple of sources, and added the category back. --Lord Belbury (talk) 18:55, 9 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

From Subtext section: "The film has been popular with some lesbian audiences for its depiction of a character which can be read as lesbian...." What audiences interpret, specially what lesbian and gay audiences interpret, does not mean that the film is actually about a lesbian or lesbian relationship.
WP:CATV > "Categorization of articles must be verifiable. It should be clear from verifiable information in the article why it was placed in each of its categories."
Where are the reliable film sources (Film Comment? Cineaste? Sight and Sound? Film Quarterly? The New York Times? Variety? The Hollywood Reporter?) that say Calamity Jane is lesbian and her roommate relationship with Katie Brown is a lesbian relationship? Pyxis Solitary (yak yak). Ol' homo. 02:34, 26 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Similarities to "Annie Get Your Gun"

Is there any way to reference the obvious similarities of "Calamity Jane" to "Annie Get Your Gun"? Both movies deal with historical women, characterizing them as rather boisterous and depicting their aptitude for handling firearms as a threat to their male counterparts. Both storylines require the women to transform into the appearance favored by the male lead, in order to get accepted as a spouse. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 176.6.4.218 (talk) 19:21, 6 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

A Commons file used on this page has been nominated for speedy deletion

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Doris Day 1953 Calamity Jane.JPG

You can see the reason for deletion at the file description page linked above. —Community Tech bot (talk) 23:51, 9 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Oscars

The film won an Oscar for the song "Secret Love." — Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.122.216.158 (talk) 18:48, 10 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]