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Release Date:
16 January 1956 (Brazil)
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Plot:
In New York, a gambler is challenged to take a cold female missionary to Havana, but they fall for each other, and the bet has a hidden motive to finance a crap game. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for 4 Oscars.
Another 2 wins
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3 nominations
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Last Chance to See Children’s Playhouse of Maryland’s Production of Guys And Dolls, 10/31 & 11/1
(From BroadwayWorld.com. 30 October 2009, 1:58 PM, PDT)
Jayde Nicole Says There Is Proof Joe Francis Assaulted Her
(From MTV Music News. 1 September 2009, 5:59 AM, PDT)
(From BroadwayWorld.com. 30 October 2009, 1:58 PM, PDT)
Jayde Nicole Says There Is Proof Joe Francis Assaulted Her
(From MTV Music News. 1 September 2009, 5:59 AM, PDT)
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"Ummm... Filled with such fun good fellowship..."- Nathan Detroit, "Guys and Dolls"
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Marlon Brando | ... | Sky Masterson |
 | Jean Simmons | ... | Sergeant Sarah Brown |
 | Frank Sinatra | ... | Nathan Detroit |
 | Vivian Blaine | ... | Miss Adelaide |
| Robert Keith | ... | Lt. Brannigan |
| Stubby Kaye | ... | Nicely-Nicely Johnson |
| B.S. Pully | ... | Big Jule |
| Johnny Silver | ... | Benny Southstreet |
| Sheldon Leonard | ... | Harry the Horse |
| Danny Dayton | ... | Rusty Charlie (as Dan Dayton) |
| George E. Stone | ... | Society Max |
| Regis Toomey | ... | Arvide Abernathy |
| Kathryn Givney | ... | General Cartwright |
| Veda Ann Borg | ... | Laverne |
| Mary Alan Hokanson | ... | Agatha |
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Runtime:
150 min | 152 min (with overture and exit music)
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Color (Eastmancolor)
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2.55 : 1 more
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4-Track Stereo (Western Electric Sound System) (magnetic prints) |
Mono (optical prints)
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Brazil:Livre |
West Germany:12 |
Australia:G |
Finland:K-12 |
Sweden:15 |
USA:Approved (PCA #17617) |
USA:Passed (National Board of Review) |
Australia:PG (cable rating)
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The original Broadway production of "Guys and Doll" opened at the 26th Street Theater on Novemebr 24, 1950, ran for 1200 performances and won the 1951 Tony Award (New York City) for the Best Musical. Vivian Blaine and Stubby Kaye recreated their stage roles in the movie version.
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Continuity: When Adelaide is singing "Adelaide's Lament", she goes to the medicine cabinet and opens the doors. To her left is a gray dress hanging on a hanger. The camera view then shifts to her face as seen through the medicine cabinet, while she sings, and the gray dress is visible behind her. From that perspective, the gray dress should be to her left (camera right), and NOT visible when looking into the room through the back of the medicine cabinet.
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Quotes:
Sky Masterson:
Look, the bells rang, they really rang. They weren't magical bells for lovers full of rum and music on a make-believe island; They rang to tell us what time it is.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Married with Children: Guys and Dolls (#2.14)" (1988)
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Soundtrack:
Luck Be a Lady
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"Guys and Dolls" is a thoroughly enjoyable example of musical comedy at its very best. The acting is impeccable, and what's more, almost believable (for a musical at least), the singing is pretty decent (well, Marlon Brando is another story, but I'll get to that) and the whole thing is just so amusing and entertaining that you'll be singing the tunes and quoting the lines long after you've finished watching it. Critics and viewers seem to sometimes have a difficult time with taking the film too seriously, by this I mean that a) Marlon Brando was not cast because of his singing voice (which was admittedly not good, but bearable), I like to think it was because he had irresistible charm, b) the whole premise is so unbelievable, to which I say, "name me a musical that IS wholly believable", and c) the movie moves too slowly, which is patently absurd, unless one does not have a taste for the slower pace of old movies and long, well articulated dance numbers, and romantic love scenes. This film pre-dates my existence by some 3 decades, but it still manages to rank among my very favorite pieces of movie-making and is an absolute must-see for musical and non-musical fans alike. 10/10