| re: Why did Arthur Laurents hate the 1962 film of Gypsy? |
| Posted by: AnObserver 07:56 am EDT 08/28/18 |
| In reply to: re: Why did Arthur Laurents hate the 1962 film of Gypsy? - TheOtherOne 06:50 am EDT 08/28/18 |
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Mervyn LeRoy, who directed the movie version of Gypsy, had made some successful gangster pix at Warner Bros in the early 30s. 30 years later he had lost that exciting touch. Just before Gypsy he directed Roz in a stolid and laughable film called A Majority of One with Roz as a stereotypical Jewish mama from Brooklyn and Alec Guinness as a Japanese! So Roz trusted him on Gypsy. I think her health problems had already begun.
I can see why the decision was made to combine Herbie with Uncle Jocko - it gives the male star more to do and should have tied him closer to Rose.
I think the narration might have been added after a cut was shown to executives who thought points needed to be clarified. Something similar happens in the film Valley of the Dolls 5 years later.
It's fun to think who might have been a better movie director on Gypsy: Charles Walters, Cukor, Donen, Robbins, etc. |
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