HOW TO SUCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
(aka How to Succeed in Business)
Mirisch / United Artists, 1967, Color, 121 minutes, ***½
Released March, 1967

A tongue-in-cheek, if somewhat cynical, look at the world of big business and the best way to get ahead. Frank Loesser Broadway hit is brought to the screen with Robert Morse reprising his stage role. Lots of fun with Michele Lee and Rudy Vallee joining in. Beautiful Michelle Lee's "I Believe in You" gets vote for best song!

Written for the Screen, Produced and Directed by: David Swift
Associate Producer: Irving Temaner
Screenplay: David Swift (based on the stage musical by Abe Burrows, Willie Gilbert, and Jack Weinstock, novel by Shepherd Mead)
Music Supervised and Conducted by: Nelson Riddle
Music and Lyrics by: Frank Loesser
Stage Play Directed by Abe Burrows
Book by Abe Burrows, Jack Weinstock and Willie Gilbert
Based upon the Novel by Shepherd Mead
Produced on the stage by Cy Feuer and Ernest H. Martin in Association with Frank Productions, Inc.
Based on the original Broadway musical staging by Bob Fosse
Choreography by: Dale Moreda
Art Director: Robert Boyle
Color Design by: Mary Blair
Set Decorator: Edward G. Boyle
Costume Design: Micheline
Men's Costumes: Ed Ware
Ladies Costumes: Leslie Hall
Makeup: Robert J. Schiffer
Hair Dresser: Fae M. Smith
Music Editor: Richard Carruth
Sound Editor: James Richard
Director of Photography: Burnett Guffey
Filmed in Panavision, Color by DeLuxe
Film Editors: Ralph E. Winters, Allan Jacobs

Cast: Robert Morse [J. Pierpont Finch], Michele Lee [Rosemary Pilkington], Rudy Vallee [J. B. Biggley], Anthony Teague [Bud Frump], Maureen Arthur [Hedy LaRue], Murray Matheson [Benjamin Ovington], Kay Reynolds [Smitty], Sammy Smith [Mr. Twimble, Wally Womper], John Myhers [Bratt], Jeff DeBenning [Gatch], Ruth Kobart [Miss Jones], George Fenneman [TV Announcer], Anne Seymour [Mrs. Biggley], Erin O'Brien-Moore [Mrs. Frump], Joey Faye [Taxi Cab Driver], Helen Verbit [Finch's Landlady], Virginia Sale [Cleaning Woman], Al Nessor [Newspaper Seller], Carol Worthington [Miss Krumholtz], Janice Carroll [Brenda], Lory Patrick [Receptionist], Patrick O'Moore [Media Man], Wally Strauss [Media Man], Ivan Volkman [President of the U.S.], David Swift [Elevator Operator], Dan Tobin [Johnson], Robert Q. Lewis [Tackaberry], John Holland [Matthews], Paul Hartman [Toynbee], Justin Smith [Jenkins], Hy Averback [2nd Executive], Bob Sweeney [3d Executive], Paul Bradley [TV Board Member], Tucker Smith [Junior Executive]

Musical Program: [0:00] Overture (played by Orchestra behind titles); [0:03] How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (sung by Robert Morse); [0:15] The Company Way (sung by Robert Morse and Sammy Smith); [0:32] A Secretary Is Not a Toy (performed by John Myhers and Ensemble); [0:38] Been a Long Day (sung by Kay Reynolds, Michele Lee and Robert Morse, joined by Chorus); [0:44] Been a Long Day (sung by Anthony Teague, Rudy Vallee and Maureen Arthur); [0:47] I Believe in You (sung by Michelle Lee); [0:54] Grand Old Ivy (sung by Rudy Vallee and Robert Morse); [0:58] Grand Old Ivy (reprised by Rudy Vallee and Robert Morse); [1:19] Rosemary (performed by Robert Morse); [1:30] Gotta Stop That Man (sung by the Executives); [1:31] I Believe in You (sung by Robert Morse); [1:51] Brotherhood of Man (sung and danced by Robert Morse, the Executives, Sammy Smith, Ruth Kobart and Company); [2:00] The Company Way (sung by the Company)