GYPSY

Gypsy
Warner Bros., 1962, Color, 149 minutes, ***½
Released November, 1962

Biopic of the legendary ... exotic dancer, Louise Hovick, aka Gypsy Rose Lee. Sister of June Haver, Hovick became a movie actress in the late '30s, and was still working in films when this film was made. She made her final appearance in a cameo with Rosalind Russell and Hayley Mills in the film, The Trouble with Angels, in 1966.

Produced and Directed by: Mervyn LeRoy
Assistant Director: Gil Kissel
Based upon the Stage Play Directed and Choreographed by Jerome Robbins; Produced by David Merrick and Leland Hayward; Book by Arthur Laurents; from the Memoirs of Gypsy Rose Lee
Screenplay: Leonard Spielgass
Music by: Jule Styne
Lyrics by: Stephen Sondheim
Music Supervised and Conducted by: Frank Perkins
Orchestrations: Frank Perkins, Carl Brandt
Choreography by: Robert Tucker
Art Director: John Beckman
Set Decorator: Ralph S. Hurst
Costumes Designed by: Orry-Kelly
Makeup Supervisor: Gordon Bau
Miss Russell's Makeup by: Gene Hibbs
Miss Wood's Hairstyles Created by: Sydney Guilaroff
Supervising Hair Stylist: Jean Burt Reilly
Sound by: M. A. Merrick, Dolph Thomas
Director of Photography: Harry Stradling, Sr.
Filmed in Technirama and Technicolor
Film Editor: Philip W. Anderson

Awards: Academy Award nominations for Best Color Cinematography, Best Adapted Score, Best Costume Design (Color)

Cast: Rosalind Russell [Rose], Natalie Wood [Louise "Gypsy"], Karl Malden [Herbie Sommers], Paul Wallace [Tulsa No. 2], Betty Bruce [Tessie Tura], Parley Baer [Mr. Kringelein], Harry Shannon [Grandpa], Suzanne Cupito (aka Morgan Brittany) ["Baby" June], Ann Jillian ["Dainty" June], Diane Pace ["Baby" Louise], Faith Dane [Mazeppa], Roxanne Arlen [Electra], Jean Willes [Betty Cratchitt], George Petrie [George], Ben Lessy [Mervyn Goldstone], Guy Raymond [Patsy], Louis Quinn [Cigar], Jack Benny [Himself], Trudi Ames [Hawaiian Girl], Harvey Korman [Phil], James Millhollin [Mr. Beckman], William Fawcett [Mr. Willis], Danny Lockin [Yonkers], Ian Tucker [Angie], Lois Roberts [Agnes], Dina Claire [Dolores], Bert Michaels, Dick Foster, Jim Hubbard, Jeff Parker, Mike Cody, Bo Wagner [Farm Boys], Teri Hope, Shirley Chandler, Frances Karath, Paula Martin, Dee Ann Johnston, Renee Aubry [Hollywood Blondes], Lisa Kirk [singing voice of Rose Hovick]

Musical Program: [0:00] Overture (played by Orchestra behind titles); [0:03] Uncle Jocko's Kiddie Kapers: Let Me Entertain You (performed by Ann Jillian and Suzanne Cupito); [0:14] Small World (sung by Lisa Kirk dubbing for Rosalind Russell); [0:21] Some People (sung by Lisa Kirk dubbing for Rosalind Russell); [0:25] Baby June and Her Newsboys Let Me Entertain You (sung by Ann Jillian, danced by Ann Jillian and Boys Chorus); [0:36] Mr. Goldstone, I Love You (sung by Lisa Kirk dubbing for Rosalind Russell and Boys Chorus); [0:30] Little Lamb (sung by Natalie Wood); [0:45] You'll Never Get Away From Me (sung by Lisa Kirk dubbing for Rosalind Russell); [0:46] Dainty June and Her Farm Boys (sung and danced by Ann Jillian and Boys Chorus); [0:58] If Mama Was Married (sung by Natalie Wood and Ann Jillian); [1:05] All I Need Is The Girl (sung and danced by Paul Wallace with Natalie Wood); [1:19] Everything's Coming Up Roses (sung by Lisa Kirk dubbing for Rosalind Russell); [1:23] Madam Rose's Toreadorables (performed by Natalie Wood and Girls Chorus); [1:42] You Gotta Have A Gimmick (sung by Roxanne Arlen, Betty Bruce and Faith Dane); [1:57] Small World (reprised by Lisa Kirk dubbing for Rosalind Russell); [2:00] Let Me Entertain You (sung by Natalie Wood); [2:16] Rose's Turn (performed Rosalind Russell, dubbed by Lisa Kirk) [cut from home video] / Together, Wherever We Go (sung by Lisa Kirk dubbing for Rosalind Russell, Natalie Wood and Karl Malden)