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re: Do Movie Musicals Give Musicals a Bad Name?

Posted by:	lordofspeech 12:45 am EST 11/03/15
In reply to:	re: Do Movie Musicals Give Musicals a Bad Name? - richmurphy 09:39 pm EST 11/02/15

Just re-read the second Josh Logan bio. It seems shooting MY FAIR LADY on the back-lot was an imperative for Jack Warner when he chose a director. (Logan wanted to shoot on location in England and was nixed. So, when he pitched himself for CAMELOT, he agreed to shoot it on the back lot. There was a financial kerfluffle, combined with Vanessa's not being available till the fiscal year was up, which made Jack Warner concede shooting locations in Spain with Franco Nero before the fiscal year was up, but the initial choices for directors of both these Lerner-Loewe works hinged on shooting them on the back-lot.)

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