JUMBO

Jumbo
(aka Billy Rose's Jumbo)
Euterpe-Arwin / MGM, 1962, Color, 127 minutes, ***
Released December, 1962

Splashy and sensational filmed version of Billy Rose's 1930s circus extravaganza benefits from a great Rodgers and Hart score, Busby Berkeley's magnificent musical sequences (his final filmwork), and spirited performances from Doris Day, Stephen Boyd, Jimmy Durante, and Martha Raye.

Produced by: Joe Pasternak and Martin Melcher
Associate Producer: Roger Edens
Directed by: Charles Walters
Assistant Director: William Shanks
Second Unit Director: Busby Berkeley
Screen Play by: Sidney Sheldon
Based on the Musical Play Produced by Billy Rose at the New York Hippodrome
Book by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur
Music and Lyrics by: Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart
Songs: "My Romance," "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World," "Little Girl Blue," "Over and Over Again," "Circus on Parade," "Why Can't I?" "This Can't Be Love"
Music Supervised and Conducted by: George Stoll
Orchestrations: Conrad Salinger, Leo Arnaud and Robert Van Eps
Vocal Arrangements: Bobby Tucker
Circus Acts Coordinated by: Al Dobritch
Art Direction: George W. Davis and Preston Ames
Set Decoration: Henry Grace, Hugh Hunt
Costumes by: Morton Haack
Hair Styles by: Sydney Guilaroff
Make-Up Created by: William Tuttle
Recording Supervisor: Franklin Milton
Director of Photography: William H. Daniels
Special Visual Effects: A. Arnold Gillespie, J. McMillan Johnson, Robert R. Hoag
Filmed in Panavision and Metrocolor
Color Consultant: Charles K. Hagedon
Film Editor: Richard W. Farrell

Awards: Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted Score (George Stoll)

Cast: Doris Day [Kitty Wonder], Stephen Boyd [Sam Rawlins], Jimmy Durante [Pop Wonder], Martha Raye [Lulu], Dean Jagger [John Noble], Joseph Waring [Harry], Lynn Wood [Tina], Charles Watts [Ellis], James Chandler [Parsons], Robert Burton [Madison], Wilson Wood [Hank], Norman Leavitt [Eddie], Grady Sutton [Driver], Sydney the Elephant [Jumbo], John Hart [Marshal], Roy Engel [Reporter], Jack Boyle [Reporter], Robert B. Williams [Deputy], Sue Casey [Dottie], Fred Cob [Andy], William Hines [Roustabout], Michael Kostrick [Michaels], Ralph Lee [Perry], Paul Wexler [Sharpie], Otto Reichow [Hans], Billy Barty [Joey], Chuck Haren [Lennie], J. Lewis Smith [Dick], The Pedrolas, The Wazzans, The Hannefords, The Barbettes [Circus Performers]

Musical Program: [0:00] Overture (played by Orchestra behind titles); [0:02] The Circus on Parade (Stephen Boyd, Men's Chorus); [0:10] Over and Over Again (Doris Day and Chorus); [0:21] The Circus on Parade (Doris Day, Martha Raye, Jimmy Durante); [0:53] Why Can't I? (Doris Day and Martha Raye); [1:04] This Can't Be Love (Doris Day); [1:16] The Most Beautiful Girl in the World (Stephen Boyd); [1:28] My Romance (Doris Day); [1:32] The Most Beautiful Girl in the World (Jimmy Durante); [1:41] Little Girl Blue (Doris Day); [1:51] Finale medley consisting of many of the previously listed songs