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Guys and Dolls is a musical with music and lyrics by Frank Loesser and book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows. It is based on " The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown " (1933) and "Blood Pressure", which are two short stories by Damon Runyon , [1] [2] and also borrows characters and plot elements from other Runyon stories, such as "Pick the Winner". [3]
The Goldwyn Girls in Roman Scandals. The Goldwyn Girls were a musical stock company of female dancers employed by Samuel Goldwyn.Famous actresses, dancers, and models whose career included a stint in the Goldwyn Girls include Lucille Ball, Virginia Bruce, Claire Dodd, Paulette Goddard, Betty Grable, Virginia Grey, June Kirby, Joi Lansing, Barbara Pepper, Marjorie Reynolds, Pat Sheehan, Gail ...
Guys and Dolls is a 1955 American musical film starring Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons, Frank Sinatra, and Vivian Blaine. The picture was made by Samuel Goldwyn Productions and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM). It was directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, who also wrote the screenplay.
4/5 Nicholas Hytner’s immersive production sends audiences into the seedy, neon-lit underbelly of Depression-era New York
Two 1933 short stories by Damon Runyon — The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown and Blood Pressure — were the inspiration for this musical. Guys and Dolls made its Broadway debut in 1950. ‘Carrie’
The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown. " The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown " is a short story by Damon Runyon telling of the improbable — but eventually triumphant — love between an inveterate gambler (Sky Masterson) and a missionary girl (the Miss Sarah Brown of the title). It was the basis for the musical Guys and Dolls, with a similar plot, but with ...
Since Nicholas Hytner, former artistic director of the National Theatre, is one of the finest, most detailed Shakespeare directors in the land, you could be forgiven for forgetting that he really ...
Betty Grable (1916–1973) in her famous 1943 pin-up. It was shot by studio photographer Frank Powolny and became one of the biggest-selling photographs of World War II, selling over five million copies. This is a complete filmography of Betty Grable, an American actress, dancer, and singer. As a major contract star for 20th Century-Fox during ...