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On the Town is a 1949 American Technicolor musical film with music by Leonard Bernstein and Roger Edens and book and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green.It is an adaptation of the Broadway stage musical of the same name produced in 1944 (which itself is an adaptation of the Jerome Robbins ballet, titled Fancy Free, also produced in 1944), [3] although many changes in the script and score ...
The Jerome Robbins ballet Fancy-Free (1944), with music by Leonard Bernstein, was a hit for the American Ballet Theatre, and Oliver Smith, who designed the sets; his business partner, Paul Feigay, thought that the ballet could be turned into a Broadway musical.
Frank Sinatra (1915–1998) was an American singer, actor, and producer who was one of the most popular and influential musical artists of the 20th century. [2] Over the course of his acting career he created a body of work that one biographer described as being "as varied, impressive and rewarding as that of any other Hollywood star".
On the Town, a 1944 musical with lyrics and book by Betty Comden and Adolph Green and music by Leonard Bernstein; On the Town, a 1949 film based on the musical and starring Gene Kelly and Frank Sinatra; On the Town with the Oscar Peterson Trio, a 1958 live album by Oscar Peterson; On the Town, a 1993 live album
Nancy Sinatra was born Nancy Rose Barbato in Jersey City, N.J., in 1917. Her hardworking Italian-American family was helmed by her father, who worked as a plasterer, per The New York Times.. Nancy ...
Prowse met Frank Sinatra on the set of Can-Can. Time magazine did not rate the movie highly, but declared Prowse the best thing in it: "In fact, the only thing really worth seeing is Juliet Prowse, a young South African hoofer who puts some twinkle in the stub-toed choreography. And the only thing really worth hearing is the crack that Frank ...
Eighty-five years ago, The Wizard of Oz arrived in cinemas and forever changed the art form. Based on L. Frank Baum's novel, the beloved film follows Dorothy Gale (Judy Garland) and her cast of ...
The Rat Pack concert, called The Frank Sinatra Spectacular, was broadcast live via satellite to numerous movie theaters across America. [ 242 ] [ 243 ] The album September of My Years was released September 1965, and went on to win the Grammy Award for best album of the year. [ 244 ]