Guys and dolls [videorecording] / The Samuel Goldwyn Company ; written for the screen and directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz.
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FilmPublisher number: 908093 | MGM Home EntertainmentLanguage: engfrespa Original language: English Publication details: Santa Monica, CA : MGM Home Entertainment, c2000.Description: 1 videodisc (149 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inISBN: - 0792844823
- Guys and dolls (Motion picture).
- Runyon, Damon, 1880-1946. Guys and dolls
- Swerling, Joseph. Guys and dolls
- Photographer, Harry Stradling ; film editor, Daniel Mandell ; music and lyrics by Frank Loesser ; choreography, Michael Kidd.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
This 1955 film began life as two Runyon short stories, the most prominent of which was "The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown." This material was fleshed out into a 2-act libretto by Abe Burrows and Jo Swerling, then set to music by Frank Loesser and directed by George S. Kaufman. Opening late in 1950, Guys and Dolls was one of Broadway's hottest tickets for several seasons. The plot involves a certain Broadway citizen by the name of Nathan Detroit (Frank Sinatra), who maintains the "Oldest Established Permanent Floating Crap Game in New York." Seeking a location for his latest high-stakes game, Nathan has an opportunity to rent out the Biltmore Garage, but he needs $1000 to do so. He decides to extract the money from high-rolling Sky Masterson (Marlon Brando), known for his willingness to bet on anything. Nathan wagers that Sky will not be able to talk the virginal Salvation Army lass Sarah Brown (Jean Simmons) into going on a date with him. While Sky goes to work on Sarah, Nathan endeavors to fend off his girlfriend Miss Adelaide (Vivian Blaine, repeating her Broadway role), who has developed a psychosomatic cold because of her frustrating 14-year engagement to the slippery Mr. Detroit. Thanks to some fast finagling, Sky is able to take Sarah on that date, flying to Havana for this purpose. By the time they've returned to New York, Sky and Sarah are in love, but their ardor cools off abruptly when Nathan, unable to secure the Biltmore garage, attempts to use Sarah's mission as the site of his crap game. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Based on the play: Guys and dolls / book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows, from a Damon Runyon story.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1938.
Widescreen.
Photographer, Harry Stradling ; film editor, Daniel Mandell ; music and lyrics by Frank Loesser ; choreography, Michael Kidd.
Marlon Brando, Jeans Simmons, Frank Sinatra, Vivian Blaine, Robert Keith, Stubby Kaye, B.S. Pulley, Johnny Silver, The Goldwyn Girls.
A gentleman-gambler falls in love with a missionary, while a floating crap-game operator avoids marriage to his long-time fiancee.
DVD, Dolby surround.
Includes French and Spanish dubbed versions, subtitles in French and Spanish. Closed captioned.