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Tamblyn's best-known musical role came as Riff, the leader of the Jets street gang in West Side Story (1961). [3] He then appeared in two MGM Cinerama movies, The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm, again for Pal, and How the West Was Won (both 1962). Tamblyn played Luke Sannerson in The Haunting for Robert Wise, who had made West Side Story ...
West Side Story is a 1961 American musical romantic drama film directed by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins, written by Ernest Lehman, and produced by Wise.The film is an adaptation of the 1957 Broadway musical of the same title, which in turn was inspired by Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet.
Bernardo (George Chakiris) and Riff (Russ Tamblyn) stare each other down in a scene from 1961's West Side Story. (Photo: Courtesy Everett Collection) (Courtesy Everett Collection)
The musical launched on the West End in late 1958, and Chakiris received excellent reviews, playing it for almost 22 months. [10] The Mirisch Brothers bought the film rights to West Side Story and screen-tested Chakiris. They thought his dark complexion made him more suited to the role of Bernardo, leader of the Sharks, and cast Russ Tamblyn as ...
Russ Tamblyn, who played Riff in the 1961 “West Side Story” and is a voting member of the Academy, tweeted that it was the Academy’s, “duty to find Rachel a seat at the Oscars....
Scream Free! is a 1969 American film. It reunited two of the stars of the film of West Side Story, Russ Tamblyn and Richard Beymer, who appeared opposite Lana Wood, the sister of Natalie Wood, who was also in West Side Story.
Each side pulls its own, tug-of-war-style, one holding back Tony, the other Maria, and it takes every last […] ‘West Side Story’ Rumbles Full-Force Into A New Century: Broadway Review Skip ...
Besides performing "Cool‚" Smith dubbed some of Russ Tamblyn's singing in "Jet Song." After the film, Smith continued his association with West Side Story. He played Riff in both the 1962 Los Angeles [5] and 1963 Sacramento productions of the musical, the latter with Sylvia Lewis in the role of Anita. [6]