| They had the rights to the movie |
| Last Edit: AlanScott 06:30 pm EST 02/25/19 |
| Posted by: AlanScott 06:30 pm EST 02/25/19 |
| In reply to: re: JESSE GREEN'S PROBLEM IS NOT A PROBLEM. MERRILY IS THE PROBLEM - NewtonUK 09:35 am EST 02/25/19 |
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| They absolutely had the rights to the movie. They worked primarily from the movie. MGM didn't want to give them the rights at first, and it had nothing to do with money. It had to do with Lawrence Kasha not being a big enough producer. When Hal Prince came on board, they got the rights to the movie with no problem, but they'd been working from it all along. All the press releases I've seen leading up to the production mention only the movie. It seems that there was some sort of contractual thing that made it necessary for them to list only the author of the original play in the credits. Have you seen or read the play? |
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