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Damn Yankees is a 1958 American musical sports romantic comedy film. It was directed by George Abbott and Stanley Donen from a screenplay by Abbott, adapted from his and Douglass Wallop's book of the 1955 musical of the same name with music and lyrics by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross, itself based on the 1954 novel The Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant by Wallop.
Damn Yankees is a 1955 musical comedy with a book by George Abbott and Douglass Wallop, music and lyrics by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross.The story is a modern retelling of the Faust legend [1] set during the 1950s in Washington, D.C., during a time when the New York Yankees dominated Major League Baseball.
The film was a financial and critical success, [6]: 131 and Donen was compared to such directors as Ernst Lubitsch and George Cukor. [5] Donen briefly returned to the musical genre with Damn Yankees! (also 1958), based on George Abbott's Broadway hit. He again co-directed with Abbott in the same hands-off collaboration as their first film.
Walston started his career on Broadway earning the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical for his performance as Mr. Applegate in Damn Yankees (1956). He appeared in the films South Pacific (1958), Damn Yankees (1958), The Apartment (1960), Kiss Me, Stupid (1964), Paint Your Wagon (1969), The Sting (1973), Popeye (1980), Fast Times at Ridgemont ...
Verdon's biggest critical and commercial success was her following show, George Abbott's Damn Yankees (1955), based on the novel The Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant. The musical ran for 1,019 performances. Verdon won another Tony and went to Hollywood to repeat her role in the 1958 movie version Damn Yankees, famously singing "Whatever Lola ...
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Damn Yankees, directed by George Abbott and Stanley Donen, starring Tab Hunter, Gwen Verdon, Ray Walston; Darby's Rangers, directed by William Wellman, starring James Garner; The Deep Six, starring Alan Ladd, Dianne Foster, Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. The Defiant Ones, directed by Stanley Kramer, starring Tony Curtis and Sidney Poitier
The Kid from Left Field, 1953 film (many scenes) Damn Yankees, 1958 film (primary setting – standing in for Griffith Stadium) The Geisha Boy, 1958 film [2] Home Run Derby, 1959 TV series; The Twilight Zone, 1960 episode "The Mighty Casey" Yankee Stadium I, Bronx, New York. The Pride of the Yankees, 1942 film (many scenes)