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Funny Face is a 1957 American musical romantic comedy film directed by Stanley Donen and written by Leonard Gershe, containing assorted songs by George and Ira Gershwin. Although having the same title as the 1927 Broadway musical Funny Face by the Gershwin brothers, and featuring the same male star ( Fred Astaire ), the plot is completely ...
The 1957 film musical Funny Face, which also starred Fred Astaire, featured just four songs from the stage musical, and the plot was totally different. The 1983 Broadway musical My One and Only was claimed to be a revival of the original musical, but contained only some of the songs and had a very different plot. [1]
As part of the deal to secure the Warner-owned Gershwin music he wanted for Funny Face, Donen accepted the offer [4]: 229 and he and Abbott co-directed the film version. [5] The Pajama Game (1957) [20] stars Doris Day and John Raitt, with music by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross and choreography by Bob Fosse. Raitt plays a plant supervisor at a ...
There's a scene in the 1957 musical comedy Funny Face when Audrey Hepburn's character, Jo, descends a staircase at the Louvre wearing a vibrant red floor-length gown and matching chiffon stole ...
"Funny Face" is a 1927 song composed by George Gershwin, with lyrics by Ira Gershwin. It was the title song of the stage musical Funny Face, where it was introduced by Fred Astaire, and his sister, Adele. A 1957 film musical called Funny Face also featured the
Funny Face is the soundtrack to the 1957 film of the same name, with music by George Gershwin, from his Broadway musical Funny Face (1927), and new songs composed by the film's producer Roger Edens, .
The original soundtrack to Funny Face has been remastered and reissued as an expanded 60th anniversary edition, with eight alternate tracks, including four featuring Thompson. Most of her work for MGM has been preserved and released on Rhino/Turner Classic Movies original soundtrack series, including little-known contributions she did for films ...
Duncan was also signed by Paramount to film a television pilot loosely based on the 1957 film musical Funny Face which they hoped would be picked up by CBS to be part of their 1971–1972 fall television schedule. A pilot was filmed in the spring of 1971 and CBS executives were very enthusiastic.