Guys and Dolls (musical) 1955
Guys and Dolls is a 1955 American musical film starring Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons, Frank Sinatra, and Vivian Blaine. The film was made by Samuel Goldwyn Productions and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM). It was directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, who also wrote the screenplay.
The film is based on the 1950 Broadway musical by composer and lyricist Frank Loesser, with a book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows, which, in turn, was loosely based on “The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown” and “Blood Pressure”, two short stories by Damon Runyon.
Dances were choreographed by Michael Kidd, who had also staged the dances for the Broadway production.
At Samuel Goldwyn and Joseph L. Mankiewicz’s request, Frank Loesser wrote three new songs for the film: “Pet Me Poppa”, “(Your Eyes Are the Eyes of) A Woman in Love”, and “Adelaide”, the last written specifically for Sinatra. Five songs in the stage musical were omitted from the movie: “A Bushel and a Peck”, “My Time of Day”, “I’ve Never Been in Love Before” (although portions of these three songs are heard instrumentally as background music), “More I Cannot Wish You” and “Marry the Man Today”.
CastMarlon Brando as Sky Masterson
Jean Simmons as Sister Sarah Brown
Frank Sinatra as Nathan Detroit
Vivian Blaine as Miss Adelaide
Stubby Kaye as Nicely-Nicely Johnson
B.S. Pully as Big Jule
Johnny Silver as Benny Southstreet
Robert Keith as Lieutenant Brannigan
Sheldon Leonard as Harry the Horse
Danny Dayton as Rusty Charlie
George E. Stone as Society Max
Regis Toomey as Arvide Abernathy
Kathryn Givney as General Matilda Cartwright
Veda Ann Borg as Laverne
Kay E. Kuter as Calvin
Renee Renor as Cuban Singer
The Goldwyn Girls as the Hot Box Girls (uncredited), including June Kirby, Pat Sheehan and Larri Thomas.
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