Gypsy
Rose, Gypsy's mother, longs to see her daughters succeed in show business, but Louise rises as a colossal burlesque star. This stage musical is loosely based on Gypsy Rose Lee's memoirs.
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Mervyn LeRoy
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"Mama Rose" (Rosalind Russell) is a bit of a musical snob. She is determined that her two daughters are going to succeed her on the stage, but she draws the line at the bawdier elements of Burlesque. Her elder daughter "June" (Ann Jillian) duly obliges proving a Vaudeville success and then marrying. Younger daughter "Louise" (Natalie Wood) is much more of a free spirit and she is also less fussy about how she gets her name in lights, and so naturally her path leads to some consternation from her mother and with "Herbie" (Karl Malden) who seems omipresent as a support for a "Rose" who steadfastly refuses to marry him. Now Ethel Merman she isn't, but I thought Russell played her role with a human conviction that exposed her maternal side both vulnerably and determinedly and I'm not sure the powerfully-voiced Merman could have done that so well. When it came to belting out the songs, Russell seems to have wisely taken a back seat and left Lisa Kirk to do the work, but that worked well enough for a slew of other performers who knew their own limitations and so Kirk combines well with Wood, Jillian and even Malden in delivering some of Stephen Sondheim's best lyrics set to Jule Styne at his own best with the score. Along the way, we get a glimpse of just how competitive and fickle the world of showbiz could be and of how hand-to-mouth the existance of it's players was as they aspired for the ever elusive mink coat. It's in the blood, blood is red - and so are these prickly roses.
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Mervyn LeRoy is the director of Gypsy.
The cast of Gypsy includes William H. O'Brien as Audience Member (uncredited), Harold Miller as Audience Member (uncredited), Harry Shannon as Grandpa, Michael Jeffers as Audience Member (uncredited), Richard LaMarr as Audience Member (uncredited), Walter Bacon as Audience Member (uncredited), Harry Wilson as Audience Member (uncredited), Robert Lyons as Clarence the Clarinetist (uncredited), William Fawcett as Mr. Willis (uncredited), Steve Carruthers as Audience Member (uncredited), Paul Cristo as Audience Member (uncredited), Kenner G. Kemp as Audience Member (uncredited), and more.
The duration of Gypsy is 2h 23 mins.
Yes. You can watch the Gypsy trailer on this Fanbiz page on Fanziz.
Gypsy was released on 01 Nov 1962.
Gypsy is listed under Comedy, Drama, and Music on Fanbiz.
Gypsy has 1 review on Fanziz, with an average rating of 7.0/10. One reviewer wrote: ""Mama Rose" (Rosalind Russell) is a bit of a musical snob. She is determined that her two daughters are going to succeed her on the stage, but she draws the line at the bawdier..."
