Saturday, April 23, 2011

FROM STAGE TO SCREEN … DAMN YANKEES

 

Damn Yankees (1955)

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Music & lyrics by Richard Adler & Jerry Ross;

Book by George Abbott & Douglass Wallop, based on Wallop’s novel The Day the Yankees Lost the Pennant.

SONGS: “Goodbye, Old Girl,” “Heart,” “Shoeless Joe from Hannibal, Mo .,“A Man Doesn’t Know,” “A Little Brains — a Little Talent,” “Whatever Lola Wants (Lola Gets),” “The Game,” “Who’s Got the Pain?,” “Near to You,” “Those Were the Good Old Days,” “Two Lost Souls.”

NEW YORK: May 5, 1955

46TH ST. THEATRE; 1,019 performances.

Directed by George Abbott; choreographed by Bob Fosse

CAST: Gwen Verdon (Lola), Stephen Douglass (Joe Hardy), Ray Walston (Mr. Applegate), Russ Brown (Van Buren), Shannon Bolin (Meg Boyd), Jimmy Komack (Rocky), Rae Allen (Gloria), Robert Shafer (Joe Boyd), Nathaniel Frey (Smokey), Eddie Phillips (Sohovik), Jean Stapleton (Sister).

LONDON: March 28, 1957

COLISEUM; 258 performances .

The most successful musical ever to deal with a sport subject was a variant on the Faust legend, which had been around since The Black Crook. In this tale, a baseball enthusiast sells his soul to the devil - or Mr. Applegate— just for the chance to play ball with the Washington Senators. There is, fortunately, an escape clause, and Applegate, even aided by temptress Lola, must eventually let Joe Hardy return to his long-suffering spouse.

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Warner Bros., 1958, Color, 110 minutes


Produced and Directed by: George Abbott and Stanley Donen
Screenplay by: George Abbott
Music and Lyrics by: Richard Adler and Jerry Ross
Song Score: Richard Adler and Jerry Ross
Choreography: Bob Fosse and Pat Ferrier
Set Decoration: John P. Austin
Costume Design: Jean Eckart, William Eckart


Cast:
Tab Hunter (Joe Hardy),
Gwen Verdon (Lola),
Ray Walston (Applegate),
Bob Fosse (Mambo Dancer)

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SOUNDTRACK

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1 Overture
2 Six Months Out of Every Year
3 Goodbye, Old Girl
4 Heart Damn Yankees
5 Shoeless Joe from Hannibal, Mo
6 There's Something About an Empty Chair
7 A Little Brains, a Little Talent
8 Whatever Lola Wants (Lola Gets)
9 Those Were the Good Old Days
10 Who's Got the Pain
11 Heart
12 Two Lost Souls

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