Whatever will be will be! So sang Doris Day to her son (played by child actor Christopher Olson) in the Hitchcock thriller The Man Who Knew Too Much. This lovely tune sets the stage for the over protective mother’s anguish to follow when her son is kidnapped The song was then effectively repeated by the director toward the end of a movie as Day sits down at a piano and plays it to alert the child to her presence in the building where he is held captive. Nominated for an Academy Award, Whatever Will Be Will Be was also a Billboard hit for the actress that peaked at #2 during July of 1956.
The Westport Library has a large collection of films featuring Doris Day, and of course, our collection includes Hitchcock’s film. Did you know that 1956 version was actually a remake of a 1934 film? Guess who was also the director of this version?