“A Broadway Show is not a toy, nor a series of gusts of saliva spray. It is some $400,000 worth of hard work and it should not be dumped on the stage like a paper bag full of rhinestones. It has to be mounted in an appropriate design of solid gold.”
- Frank Loesser
Guys and Dolls at Film Forum February 15,16
(1955, Joseph L. Mankiewicz) Marlon Brando’s Sky Masterson croons and dances his way into the heart of Salvation Army lass Jean Simmons in Mankiewicz’s big color and Scope movie of the Runyon/Loesser American classic. With Frank Sinatra as Nathan Detroit and original Broadway cast members Vivian Blaine and Stubby Kaye.
Guys and Dolls / Oper Graz
Musikalische Broadway-Fabel ~ Nach einer Geschichte von Damon Runyon Musik und Gesangstexte von Frank Loesser, Buch von Jo Swerling und Abe Burrows. Deutsche Dialoge von Henry Mason. Songs in englischer und Dialoge in deutscher Sprache, mit deutschen Übertiteln.
Heart & Soul - Celebrating The Unforgettable Songs Of Frank Loesser
There may be no better shorthand for Frank Loesser’s genius than the words “heart and soul.” They never deserted him, from the dapper hit-parade favorites he wrote for Hollywood, to his ambitious Broadway career. A complex and sophisticated man, Loesser somehow managed to keep the essence of “heart and soul” in everything he wrote, without ever seeming glib.