Doris Day Talks in New Book
She made his day. Author Mark Griffin reached out to Doris Day when he was researching his new book All That Heaven Allows: A Biography of Rock Hudson, and the 96-year-old screen legend sang the praises of her frequent leading man and longtime close friend. “I honestly don’t think I taught him anything he didn’t already know after all his years in the business,” Doris says. “Between scenes we’d walk and talk and laugh, and I guess our comedic timing grew out of our friendship and how naturally funny we were together.” Agrees Griffin, “They just played off one another beautifully. What’s interesting now, years after these movies have been released, is if you say Rock Hudson, the next thing people inevitably say is Doris Day. They’re synonymous with each other.”