"Smiles of a Summer Night Smiles of a Summer Night () is a 1955 Swedish comedy film written and directed by Ingmar Bergman. It was shown at the 1956 Cannes Film Festival. In 2005 ""TIME"" magazine ranked it one of the 100 greatest films since 1923. The film's plot—which involves some couples who switch partners on a summer night—has been adapted many times, particularly as the theatrical musical ""A Little Night Music"" by Stephen Sondheim, Hugh Wheeler and Harold Prince, which opened on Broadway in 1973, and as Woody Allen's film ""A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy"" (1982). The film takes"
"A Little Night Music (film) A Little Night Music is a 1977 American-German-Austrian film adaptation of the musical ""A Little Night Music"" starring Elizabeth Taylor, Diana Rigg, and Lesley-Anne Down. It also features Len Cariou, Hermione Gingold, and Laurence Guittard who reprised their Broadway roles. The film was directed by Harold Prince. Fredrik Egerman (Len Cariou) is very happy in his marriage to an 18-year-old virgin, Anne (Lesley-Anne Down). However, Anne has nervously protected her virginity for the whole eleven months of marriage, and being a bit restless, Fredrik goes to see an old flame, the famous actress, Desirée Armfeldt"
"was released on LP. In 2013, Masterworks Broadway released an expanded edition on compact disc featuring one previously unreleased stereo track prepared for the LP and three mono tracks taken directly from the film's soundtrack. The film was, for a time, available on VHS and Laserdisc. A DVD release was issued in June 2007. The new version of ""The Glamorous Life"" has been included on the new remastered version of the Original Broadway Cast Recording. A Little Night Music (film) A Little Night Music is a 1977 American-German-Austrian film adaptation of the musical ""A Little Night Music"" starring Elizabeth Taylor,"
"A Little Nightmare Music A Little Nightmare Music is an opera in ""one irrevocable act"" by Peter Schickele under the pseudonym he uses for parodies and comical works P. D. Q. Bach. The title of the work refers to the English translation of Mozart's famous ""Eine kleine Nachtmusik"" (""A Little Night Music""). The opera is described as being ""based on a dream he had December 4, 1791, the night that Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart died and Antonio Salieri didn't."" The opera was ""newly exhumed"" (a.k.a. premiered) at Carnegie Hall on December 27, 1982. It was later recorded with the premiere cast"
"Musick A Little Nightmare Music A Little Nightmare Music is an opera in ""one irrevocable act"" by Peter Schickele under the pseudonym he uses for parodies and comical works P. D. Q. Bach. The title of the work refers to the English translation of Mozart's famous ""Eine kleine Nachtmusik"" (""A Little Night Music""). The opera is described as being ""based on a dream he had December 4, 1791, the night that Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart died and Antonio Salieri didn't."" The opera was ""newly exhumed"" (a.k.a. premiered) at Carnegie Hall on December 27, 1982. It was later recorded with the premiere"
"several unrelated comedic and musical short subjects together with his own film, ""The Burning Secret."" Segments include a musical number featuring dancer Eleanor Powell cut from one of her early 1940s musicals. (Some sources erroneously state the scene comes from ""Broadway Melody of 1936,"" but in fact it was a scene cut from her 1939 film ""Honolulu"".). There also are a couple of songs by Carlos Ramirez, and a musical number by Virginia O'Brien backed by Tommy Dorsey and orchestra. Among the non-musical segments of the film is a look at the history of the automobile in suburban America and"
"was directed by Stuart Maunder, designed by Roger Kirk, and conducted by Andrew Greene. Opera Theatre of Saint Louis performed the musical in June 2010. Designer Isaac Mizrahi directed and designed the production, with a cast that starred Amy Irving, Siân Phillips and Ron Raines. The piece has also become a popular choice for amateur musical theatre and light opera companies. In 2017, the musical was performed by students at The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. A film version of ""A Little Night Music"" was released in 1977, starring Elizabeth Taylor, Lesley-Anne Down and Diana Rigg, with Len Cariou, Hermione"
"Marry Me a Little (musical) Marry Me a Little is a musical with lyrics and music by Stephen Sondheim, conceived by Craig Lucas and Norman René. The revue sets songs cut from Sondheim's better-known musicals, as well as songs from his then-unproduced musical ""Saturday Night"" to a dialogue-free plot about the relationship between two lonely New York single people, who are in emotional conflict during an evening in their separate one-room apartments. Despite knowing of the other's existence, they never get up the courage to talk to each other, though they imagine what such an encounter might be like. The"
"to financial troubles of its distributor, The Film Development, the film failed to release theatrically in America. Zeta-Jones returned to stage in 2009 with a revival of the musical ""A Little Night Music"", which marked her Broadway debut. Set in Sweden during the early twentieth century, the musical follows the relationship between three people (Zeta-Jones, Angela Lansbury and Alexander Hanson) during the course of an evening. She played Desirée Armfeldt, an ageing actress, and was particularly drawn to the complexities of the play, saying, ""There's no jazzy hands, no high kicks, no fishnet stockings, ... It's not one of those"
"made of Taylor's wildly fluctuating weight from scene to scene. Some critics talked more positively of the film, with ""Variety"" calling it ""an elegant looking, period romantic charade"". There was praise for Diana Rigg's performance, and orchestrator Jonathan Tunick received an Oscar for his work on the score. A soundtrack recording was released on LP, and a DVD release was issued in June 2007. The score for ""A Little Night Music"" has elements not often found in musical theater, presenting challenges for performers, with complex meters, pitch changes, polyphony, and high notes for both males and females. The difficulty is"
"Nan of Music Mountain Nan of Music Mountain is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by George Melford and Cecil B. DeMille (who receives no screen credit). The film is based on Frank H. Spearman's novel of the same name and stars Wallace Reid and Anna Little. As described in a film magazine, Henry de Spain (Reid) is determined to find the man who murdered his father. He becomes sort of an outsider with Duke Morgan's (Roberts) gang, cattlemen, and outlaws. Nan (Little), daughter of the head of the clan, secretly loves Henry and when he is wounded in"
"The Little Mermaid (musical) The Little Mermaid is a stage musical produced by Disney Theatrical, based on the animated 1989 Disney film of the same name and the classic story of the same name by Hans Christian Andersen about a mermaid who dreams of the world above the sea and gives up her voice to find love. Its book is by Doug Wright, music by Alan Menken and lyrics by Howard Ashman (written for the film), with additional lyrics by Glenn Slater. Its underwater setting and story about aquatic characters requires unusual technical designs and strategies to create gliding movements"
"dissatisfaction with rock music, which he considered ""a belch"". The Street Where I Live The Street Where I Live is a non-fiction work by Alan Jay Lerner. In it, he describes the genesis of three of his most famous musicals: ""Gigi"", ""My Fair Lady"" and ""Camelot"". It is auto-biographical, but not strictly speaking an autobiography as he mentions his seven marriages only briefly, and refers to his other works only in passing. Lerner was generous to his collaborators, except for Stanley Donen, who directed the film version of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's story ""The Little Prince"", and treated the music score"
"Among them are the 1998 production of Gypsy (music by Jule Styne, lyrics by Sondheim); 2002’s ""Into the Woods""; 2010’s ""A Little Night Music""; and Irish director John Doyle’s reimaginings of """" (2006) and ""Company"" (2007). The label also released the soundtrack to Tim Burton’s film adaptation of """", starring Johnny Depp, in 2007. Nonesuch has also released recordings of less well-known Sondheim works like ""Saturday Night"" (his first) and ""The Frogs"", as well as first recordings of his new musical ""Bounce"" and its later incarnation, ""Road Show"". From the next generation of composers, Adam Guettel has made three recordings"
"– Musical or Comedy in their respective years, while such films as ""The Phantom of the Opera"", ""Hairspray"", ""Mamma Mia!"", ""Nine"", ""Into the Woods"", and ""The Greatest Showman"" were only nominated. ""Chicago"" was also the first musical since ""Oliver!"" to win Best Picture at the Academy Awards."" Joshua Oppenheimer's Academy Award-nominated documentary ""The Act of Killing"" may be considered a nonfiction musical. One specific musical trend was the rising number of jukebox musicals based on music from various pop/rock artists on the big screen, some of which based on Broadway shows. Examples of Broadway-based jukebox musical films included ""Mamma Mia!"""
"St Patrick's Day film. Critics noted """"she (Judy Garland) gets prettier with each picture"""". According to MGM records the film earned USD$968,000 in the US and Canada and $1,078,000 elsewhere resulting in a profit of $680,000. Little Nellie Kelly Little Nellie Kelly is a 1940 American musical comedy film based on the stage musical of the same name by George M. Cohan which was a hit on Broadway in 1922 and 1923. The film was written by Jack McGowan and directed by Norman Taurog. Its cast included Judy Garland, George Murphy, Charles Winninger and Douglas McPhail. The film is notable"
"Little Richard (film) Little Richard is a 2000 biographical NBC television film written by Bill Kerby and Daniel Taplitz and directed by Robert Townsend. Based on the 1984 book, ""Quasar of Rock: The Life and Times of Little Richard"", it chronicles the rise of American musical icon Little Richard from his poor upbringing in Macon, Georgia to achieving superstardom as one of the pioneers of rock and roll music and his conflicts between his religion and secular lifestyle, which leads to an early retirement following a 1957 tour of Australia, and later a comeback to secular performing during a concert"
"The Little Prince (1974 film) The Little Prince is a 1974 British-American fantasy-musical film with screenplay and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner, music by Frederick Loewe. It was both directed and produced by Stanley Donen and based on the 1943 classic children-adult's novella, (""The Little Prince""), by the writer, poet and pioneering aviator Count Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, who disappeared near the end of the Second World War some 15 months after his fable was first published. The film and its music were unsuccessful at the box office but became somewhat popular after its theatrical run, and has been released for"
"on the songs of Queen). Live-action film musicals were nearly dead in the 1980s and early 1990s, with exceptions of ""Victor/Victoria"", ""Little Shop of Horrors"" and the 1996 film of ""Evita"". In the new century, Baz Luhrmann began a revival of the film musical with ""Moulin Rouge!"" (2001). This was followed by ""Chicago"" (2002); ""Phantom of the Opera"" (2004); ""Dreamgirls"" (2006); ""Hairspray"", ""Enchanted"" and """" (all in 2007); ""Mamma Mia!"" (2008); ""Nine"" (2009); ""Les Misérables"" and ""Pitch Perfect"" (both in 2012), ""Into The Woods"" (2014) and ""La La Land"" (2016), among others. Dr. Seuss's ""How the Grinch Stole Christmas!"" (2000)"
"The Smallest Show on Earth (musical) The Smallest Show on Earth is a musical based on the 1957 British Lion film, now in the StudioCanal film library, which starred Peter Sellers and Margaret Rutherford. The stage musical incorporates songs by Irving Berlin. It was the idea of director Thom Southerland, who wrote the script for the musical with Paul Alexander. The first production of the musical opened at The Mercury Theatre Colchester on 25 September 2015. The British Lion film is not a musical, so the principal difference between the British Lion film script by William Rose and John Eldridge,"
"one night only on Wednesday, August 31, 2011. A twenty-minute documentary on how the film impacted the world today also featured. The film is recognized by American Film Institute in these lists: Instead of using music from the period in which the film was set, the generic music in ""Scarface"" was produced by Academy Award-winning Italian record producer Giorgio Moroder. Reflecting Moroder's style, the soundtrack consists mostly of muzak-like synthesized new wave, electronic music. De Palma says that he has repeatedly denied Universal's requests to release the film with a ""pop"" score because he feels that Moroder's score is adequate."
"Little Nellie Kelly Little Nellie Kelly is a 1940 American musical comedy film based on the stage musical of the same name by George M. Cohan which was a hit on Broadway in 1922 and 1923. The film was written by Jack McGowan and directed by Norman Taurog. Its cast included Judy Garland, George Murphy, Charles Winninger and Douglas McPhail. The film is notable for containing Judy Garland's only on-screen death scene, although she re-appears in the film as the daughter of the character who died. A DVD of the movie was released on March 15, 2011. In Ireland, Jerry"
"included in his ""Billie Jean"" performances that would later become his signature move. Citations The Little Prince (1974 film) The Little Prince is a 1974 British-American fantasy-musical film with screenplay and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner, music by Frederick Loewe. It was both directed and produced by Stanley Donen and based on the 1943 classic children-adult's novella, (""The Little Prince""), by the writer, poet and pioneering aviator Count Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, who disappeared near the end of the Second World War some 15 months after his fable was first published. The film and its music were unsuccessful at the box"
"Eine kleine Nachtmusik (album) Eine Kleine Nachtmusik is a live album released by English heavy metal band Venom in 1986. It contains partial recordings of two different concerts with two different setlists. The first disc contains a show recorded at Hammersmith Odeon in London on 8 October 1985 and the second disc recorded at The Ritz in New York City on . The title ""Eine Kleine Nachtmusik"" is German for ""A Little Night Music"". The title is taken from Mozart's piece of the same name. All songs written by Anthony Bray, Jeffrey Dunn and Conrad Lant, except tracks 1, 2,"
"The Little Mermaid Jr. The Little Mermaid Jr. is a stage musical produced by Disney Theatrical, based on the animated 1989 Disney film of the same name and the classic story of the same name by Hans Christian Andersen about a mermaid who dreams of the world above the sea and gives up her voice to find love. Its book is by Doug Wright, music by Alan Menken and lyrics by Howard Ashman (written for the film), with additional lyrics by Glenn Slater. Its underwater setting and story about aquatic characters requires unusual technical designs and strategies to create gliding"
"Hamateur Night Hamateur Night is a 1938 seven-minute animated short film released to theaters by Warner Bros. on January 28, 1939. Supervised by Tex Avery and written by Jack Miller, the film was a part of the ""Merrie Melodies"" series produced by Leon Schlesinger and distributed by The Vitaphone Corporation. The premise of the film is rather simple; it features a vaudeville-style amateur talent night (see, for example, the contemporary and still-ongoing ""Amateur Night"" competitions at the Apollo Theater) with a format that resembles the much later television program ""The Gong Show"" in that it features a judge who strikes"
"with its ""Living Legend Award"". In mid-September 2001, Odetta performed with the Boys' Choir of Harlem on the ""Late Show with David Letterman,"" appearing on the first show after Letterman resumed broadcasting, having been off the air for several nights following the events of September 11; they performed ""This Little Light of Mine"". The 2005 documentary film ""No Direction Home"", directed by Martin Scorsese, highlights her musical influence on Bob Dylan, the subject of the documentary. The film contains an archive clip of Odetta performing ""Waterboy"" on TV in 1959, as well as her ""Mule Skinner Blues"" and ""No More"
"a Disney film, but did nor mark the first time the studio used it in a film. It had earlier been used in ""Noah's Ark"" (1959), a well-received animated short. ""Noah's Ark"" had actually been nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. Lehman finds it remarkable for the time of the film's release, that ""A Symposium"" recognizes African-American music as part of American musical history in the 20th century. Though he notes that African Americans as an ethnic group are not mentioned in the film, several of the musical styles used have their roots in musical styles"
"Harpoon singing ""Not With You"". Little Malcolm Little Malcolm is a 1974 British comedy drama film directed by Stuart Cooper. It was entered into the 24th Berlin International Film Festival where it won the Silver Bear. The film is based on the stage play ""Little Malcolm and His Struggle Against the Eunuchs"" by David Halliwell. The full name of the play is used as the film title on the BFI Flipside 2011 DVD release. An Apple Films project, ""Little Malcolm"" was the first feature film produced by former Beatle George Harrison. The film was shot primarily in Lancashire, in the"
"None but the Lonely Heart (film) None but the Lonely Heart is a 1944 American drama romance film which tells the story of a young Cockney drifter who returns home with no ambitions but finds that his family needs him. Adapted by Clifford Odets from the novel by Richard Llewellyn and directed by Odets, the movie stars Cary Grant, Ethel Barrymore, and Barry Fitzgerald. The title of the film is taken from Tchaikovsky's song ""None but the Lonely Heart"", which is featured in the background music. Ernie Mott (Cary Grant) is a restless, irresponsible, wandering Cockney with a good musical"
"and The Lighthouse an award-winning period thriller based on the notorious Smalls Island incident of 1801. Rutherford’s music has featured in many other film projects including, Hell’s Kitchen (starring Rosanna Arquette and Angelina Jolie), Blood Brothers (by director Jon Woo), Sacred Planet and Jeremy Gilley’s Peace One Day. He has also composed the music for some award-winning short films including Fish Can’t Fly written and directed by Richard Murphy and Dust directed by Ben Lavington-Martin. More recently he worked on the post-apocalyptic action-satire, Get Some written and directed by The Horton Brothers, starring Warren Brown and John Hannah. Rutherford’s music"
"broad outline but with a number of changes, including a different ending to the story. The songs by Irving Berlin that have been incorporated in the musical are: ""The Smallest Show on Earth"" tells the story of young and upcoming British screenwriter Matt Spenser and his newly married wife Jean. Despite the surprise success of Matt's first film ""Crisis in Camberley"", Matt and Jean are very short of money. They are pinning their hopes of financial stability on Matt's sequel ""Crisis in Cairo"", and are nervously awaiting the script approval of the film's star Lance Duke. But when a solicitor’s"
"Little Shop of Horrors (musical) Little Shop of Horrors is a horror comedy rock musical with music by Alan Menken and lyrics and a book by Howard Ashman. The story follows a hapless florist shop worker who raises a plant that feeds on human blood and flesh. The musical is based on the low-budget 1960 black comedy film ""The Little Shop of Horrors"". The music, composed by Menken in the style of early 1960s rock and roll, doo-wop and early Motown, includes several well-known tunes, including the title song, ""Skid Row (Downtown)"", ""Somewhere That's Green"", and ""Suddenly, Seymour"". The musical"