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Gypsy (1962)

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Based on the Broadway hit about the life and times of burlesque dancer Gypsy Rose Lee and her aggressive stage mother, Mama Rose.

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Storyline

Mama Rose lives to see her daughter June succeed on Broadway by way of vaudeville. When June marries and leaves, Rose turns her hope and attention to her elder, less obviously talented, daughter Louise. However, having her headlining as a stripper at Minsky's Burlesque is not what she initially has in mind. Written by Jeremy Perkins <jwp@aber.ac.uk>

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All The Heart and Happiness of The Broadway Play See more »


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1 November 1962 (USA)  »

Also Known As:

Cyganka  »

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$4,000,000 (estimated)
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(70 mm prints)| (RCA Sound Recording)

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2.35 : 1
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Trivia

Although Rosalind Russell's character is always referred to as "Mama Rose" in reviews and discussions of this film, the character is never addressed that way by anyone in the movie; the closest anyone comes is "Madame Rose". See more »

Goofs

When Rose, Baby June, Louise, and their grandfather enter the grandfather's house in Seattle, the number on the front of the house reads "3801." In the very next shot, when Herbie is filling out a telegram to Rose (who is still staying at the grandfather's house), the address on the telegram is "733." See more »

Quotes

Baby June: Hello, everybody. My name is June. What's yours?
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Crazy Credits

Opening credits are superimposed on a closed stage curtain, below which is an orchestra and conductor, performing the film's overture. See more »

Connections

Referenced in The Simpsons: Homer Scissorhands (2011) See more »

Soundtracks

"The Stars and Stripes Forever"
(1896) (uncredited)
Written by John Philip Sousa
Included in the "Let Me Entertain You" and "Baby June and Her Newsboys" numbers
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Get Off Roz's back!
26 March 1999 | by (Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.) – See all my reviews

For years I have read that Rosalind Russell was miscast as Mama Rose in this film production of "Gypsy." I disagree. I thought she brought great humanity to this hard-boiled character. Russell proves that no person's persona is black or white, but a mixture of both. In short, her performance is excellent and very touching.


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