GUYS AND DOLLS

Guys and Dolls
Goldwyn / MGM, 1955, Color, 150 minutes, ***½
Released November, 1955

Screen adaptation of the classic Broadway hit about a pair of gamblers trying to mend their ways. Great film - lots of laughs and music! Based on characters created by Damon Runyon, the stage musical was a smash hit on Broadway. Samuel Goldwyn brought it to the silver screen with Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons, Frank Sinatra and Vivian Blaine.


Produced by: Samuel Goldwyn
Written for the Screen and Directed by: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Assistant Director: Arthur S. Black, Jr.
Based upon the play "Guys and Dolls," Book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows, From a Damon Runyon Story, Produced on the stage by Cy Feuer and Ernest H. Martin
Music and Lyrics by: Frank Loesser
Music Supervised and Conducted by: Jay Blackton
Background Music Adapted by: Cyril J. Mockridge
Orchestrations: Skip Martin, Nelson Riddle, Alexander Courage, Al Sendrey
Dances and Musical Numbers Staged by: Michael Kidd
Production Design: Oliver Smith
Art Director: Joseph Wright
Set Decoration by: Howard Bristol
Costumes Designed by: Irene Sharaff
Make-up: Ben Lane
Hair Stylist: Annabell
Sound: Fred Lau, Roger Heman, Vinton Vernon
Director of Photography: Harry Stradling
Special Photographic Effects: Warren Newcombe
Filmed in CinemaScope
Color Consultant: Alvord L. Eiseman
Film Editor: Daniel Mandell

Awards: Academy Award nominations for Best Color Cinematography, Best Score (Musical), Best Art Direction/Set Decoration (Color), Best Costume Design

Cast: Marlon Brando [Sky Masterson], Jean Simmons [Sarah Brown], Frank Sinatra [Nathan Detroit], Vivian Blaine [Miss Adelaide], Robert Keith [Lt. Brannigan], Stubby Kaye [Nicely-Nicely Johnson], B. S. Pully [Big Jule], Johnny Silver [Benny Southstreet], Sheldon Leonard [Harry the Horse], Danny Dayton [Rusty Charlie], George E. Stone [Society Max], Regis Toomey [Arvide Abernathy], Kathryn Givney [General Cartwright], Veda Ann Borg [Laverne], Mary Alan Hokanson [Agatha], Joe McTurk [Angie the Ox], Kay E. Kuter [Calvin], Stapleton Kent [Mission Member], Renee Renor [Cuban Singer], Additional Cast: John Indrisano [Liverlips Louis], Earle Hodgins [Pitchman], Harry Tyler [Max, Waiter at Mindy's], Matt Murphy [The Champ], Julian Rivero [Havana Waiter], Larri Thomas, Jann Darlyn, June Kirby, Madelyn Darrow, Barbara Brent [Goldwyn Girls of 1955]

Musical Program: [0:00] Overture (performed by Orchestra and Chorus); [0:05] Fugue for Tinhorns (sung by Stubby Kaye, Johnny Silver and Danny Dayton); [0:07] Follow the Fold (sung by Jean Simmons and Ensemble; reprised instrumentally and vocally several times throughout the movie); [0:14] The Oldest Established (Permanent Floating Crap Game) (sung by Frank Sinatra, Stubby Kaye, B. S. Pully and Ensemble); [0:38] I'll Know (sung by Jean Simmons and Marlon Brando); [0:43] Pet Me, Poppa (sung and danced by Vivian Blaine and Goldwyn Girls); [0:54] Adelaide's Lament (sung by Vivian Blaine); [0:58] Follow the Fold (sung by Jean Simmons and Ensemble); [0:59] Guys and Dolls (sung by Frank Sinatra, Stubby Kaye and Johnny Silver); [1:12] Adelaide (sung by Frank Sinatra and Mens Chorus); [1:16] A Woman in Love (sung in Spanish by wandering Troubadors and Cafe Patrons); [1:25] A Woman in Love (sung in Spanish by Renee Renor, danced by Cafe Patrons); [1:30] If I Were a Bell (sung by Jean Simmons); [1:38] A Woman in Love (reprised by Marlon Brando and Jean Simmons); [1:44] Take Back Your Mink (sung and danced by Vivian Blaine and Goldwyn Girls); [1:53] Luck Be a Lady (instrumental arrangement danced by the gamblers -- a mini-ballet); [2:05] Luck Be a Lady (sung by Marlon Brando and The Gamblers); [2:10] Sue Me (sung by Vivian Blaine and Frank Sinatra); [2:18] Sit Down, You're Rockin' the Boat (sung by Stubby Kaye and Chorus); [2:23] Follow the Fold (sung by the Gamblers); [2:27] Guys and Dolls (short reprisal by Chorus)