"20th century.) The show's director Jerome Robbins response to Sondheim's lyric was: ""Everything's coming up Rose's ""what""?"" prompting Sondheim's assurance that ""if anybody else has that confusion - anybody connected with the production, in the audience, any of your relatives - I will change the title."" ""Everything's Coming up Roses"" is performed at the end of the first act of ""Gypsy"" by stage mother Rose, who has just learned her daughter June has eloped and in effect left the vaudeville act Rose has devoted her life to without a star. Rose's plain-Jane daughter Louise and Rose's longtime fiancé Herbie are"
"Billy Rose's Jumbo Billy Rose's Jumbo is a 1962 American musical film released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and starring Doris Day, Stephen Boyd, Jimmy Durante, and Martha Raye. An adaptation of the stage musical ""Jumbo"" produced by Billy Rose, the film was directed by Charles Walters, written by Sidney Sheldon, and featured Busby Berkeley's choreography. It was nominated for an Academy Award for the adaptation of its Rodgers and Hart score. The Broadway show ""Jumbo"" opened on November 16, 1935, and was the last musical produced at the New York Hippodrome before it was torn down in 1939. Original producer Billy Rose"
"place its foot upon his head. The large 5,000-seat theatre was turned into a circus tent where the various specialty acts (including acrobats and animal acts) performed during the show. The music was played by Paul Whiteman and his orchestra. ""Note:""The song ""There's a Small Hotel"", dropped from the production before it opened, later appeared in the 1936 Rodgers and Hart musical ""On Your Toes"" and became a standard. The musical was made into a movie as ""Billy Rose's Jumbo"" in 1962, starring Jimmy Durante, Doris Day, Martha Raye, and Stephen Boyd, featuring Busby Berkeley's choreography. It was nominated for"
"producer Joe Pasternak made at MGM. The film is recognized by American Film Institute in these lists: ""Billy Rose's Jumbo"" was released to DVD in a Region 1 DVD by Warner Bros. on April 26, 2005, and also as part of Volumes 1 and 2 of ""The Doris Day Collection"" on April 10, 2007. Billy Rose's Jumbo Billy Rose's Jumbo is a 1962 American musical film released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and starring Doris Day, Stephen Boyd, Jimmy Durante, and Martha Raye. An adaptation of the stage musical ""Jumbo"" produced by Billy Rose, the film was directed by Charles Walters, written by"
"as Nikki, William Eythe as Art O'Malley, and William Redfield as Mercury. The Encores! New York City Center Series concert production ran from March 30 – April 1, 1995, directed by Mark Brokaw with choreography by John Carrafa. The song ""From This Moment On"" that had been dropped from the original Broadway production was used, with orchestration by Jonathan Tunick and sung by Helen (Marin Mazzie) and Art (Gregg Edelman). The cast also included Andrea Martin (Juno), Peter Scolari (Mercury), and La Chanze (Chloe). Ethan Mordden observed in his book ""Coming Up Roses:The Broadway Musical in the 1950s"" (Oxford University"
"the 1962 film of the same name) won the Academy Award for Best Original Song and Grammy Awards for Record of the Year and Song of the Year. In 1963 Kitty Kallen's version of ""My Coloring Book"" made it to number 18 on the pop chart and number seven Easy Listening, and Sandy Stewart took the song to number 20 on the Hot 100 as well as number eight Easy Listening. ""May Each Day"" was the song that Williams used to close ""The Andy Williams Show"" each week from 1962 to 1967. Days of Wine and Roses and Other TV"
"Days of Wine and Roses (film) Days of Wine and Roses is a 1962 drama film directed by Blake Edwards with a screenplay by JP Miller adapted from his own 1958 ""Playhouse 90"" teleplay of the same name. The movie was produced by Martin Manulis, with music by Henry Mancini, and features Jack Lemmon, Lee Remick, Charles Bickford and Jack Klugman. The film depicts the downward spiral of two average Americans who succumb to alcoholism and attempt to deal with their problems. An Academy Award went to the film's theme music, composed by Mancini with lyrics by Johnny Mercer. The"
"stage. In 1947 Charles Waters requested he make the film of the musical as his first assignment; the studio agreed. In 1950 it was announced Arthur Freed would produce and Howard Keel and Jimmy Durante would star. Production was held up due to litigation. Years later MGM made the movie. A soundtrack album ""Billy Rose's Jumbo"" of the film was issued by Columbia Records in 1962. According to MGM accounts, the film earned $2.5 million in the US and Canada and $1.5 million overseas, but because of its high cost recorded a loss of $3,956,000. It was the last film"
"The Roses of Success ""The Roses of Success"" is an ""up tempo"" song and musical number from the popular 1968 Cubby Broccoli motion picture, ""Chitty Chitty Bang Bang"". In the film it is sung when ""Grandpa Potts"" (played by Lionel Jeffries) is caught in the Vulgarian inventors' workshop and is forced to modify a car that floats or face the consequences. The other imprisoned inventors sing this song in the hopes that they might cheer up the despondent ""Grandpa"" who is cheered up and is singing along, but in the end the car collapses. The song is also featured prominently"
"Ramblin' Rose ""Ramblin' Rose"" is a 1962 popular song written by brothers Noel Sherman and Joe Sherman and popularized by Nat King Cole. Cole's recording of the song was released by Capitol Records as catalog number 4804. It reached number two on both the ""Billboard"" and ""Cash Box"" charts and sold over a million copies as a single. On the Billboard chart, ""Ramblin' Rose was kept from number one by Sherry by The Four Seasons. In 1962 the song spent five weeks at number one on the ""Billboard"" Easy Listening chart and the Australian charts, while on the R&B chart,"
"Fame. Rose was a leading character in the 1975 musical film ""Funny Lady,"" a sequel to ""Funny Girl"", which continues the story of Fanny Brice, again played by Barbra Streisand. Despite physical dissimilarities, actor James Caan was cast as Rose. The 1962 film ""Billy Rose's Jumbo"", starring Doris Day, depicted the original Broadway show staged by Rose. Although he was not involved in the making of the film, a contractual stipulation made it mandatory that his name appear in the title. Posthumous Credits Billy Rose Billy Rose (born William Samuel Rosenberg, September 6, 1899 – February 10, 1966) was an"
"in 1957, ""Difference of Opinion"", ""The Killing of Sister George"" (also on Broadway), ""Dear Octopus"" and ""The Beastly Beatitudes of Balthazar B"". She appeared in the sitcoms ""You're Only Young Twice"", ""Going Straight"", ""Hi-De-Hi"", ""My Name is Harry Worth"" and ""A Fine Romance"", and her film career included roles in ""We Joined the Navy"" (1962), ""Tamahine"" (1963), ""The Chalk Garden"" (1964), ""I Start Counting"" (1970), ""All the Way Up"" (1970), ""Up Pompeii"" (1971), ""Our Miss Fred"" (1972), ""Dracula A.D. 1972"" (1972), ""The Slipper and the Rose"" (1976) and ""Screamtime"" (1983). She also appeared in the 1982 adaptation of Agatha Christie's"
"working on Broadway. Both are homesick and decide to return home. They go to stay at the country hotel run by Kate's sister Rose. However it turns out that Jack and Rose are old flames. Cast: Rose of the Mountain Rose of the Mountain (German: Du bist die Rose vom Wörthersee) is a 1952 West German musical comedy film directed by Hubert Marischka and starring Marte Harell, Grethe Weiser and Waltraut Haas. It takes its German title from a popular 1947 song of the same name, which is used in the film as a melody. The film's sets were designed"
"with F. Murray Abraham, filmed in Italy, playing a rich American who becomes involved with an Italian family that owns a vineyard. The DVD was released in 2007 in Italy. She starred in a film titled ""Coming Up Roses"", playing a former musical comedy actress with two daughters. The movie, directed by Lisa Albright, was released in 2012. In 1982, Peters returned to the New York stage after an eight-year absence in one of her few non-musical stage appearances, the Off-Broadway Manhattan Theatre Club production of the comedy-drama ""Sally and Marsha"", for which she was nominated for a Drama Desk"
"Ethel Merman Ethel Merman (born Ethel Agnes Zimmermann, January 16, 1908 – February 15, 1984) was an American actress and singer. Known primarily for her distinctive, powerful voice and leading roles in musical theatre, she has been called ""the undisputed First Lady of the musical comedy stage"". Among the many standards introduced by Merman in Broadway musicals are ""I Got Rhythm"" (from ""Girl Crazy""); ""Everything's Coming Up Roses"", ""Some People"", and ""Rose's Turn"" (from ""Gypsy""—Merman starred as Rose in the original 1959 Broadway production); and the Cole Porter songs ""It's De-Lovely"" (from ""Red, Hot and Blue""), ""Friendship"" (from ""DuBarry Was"
"in the 2002 and 2005 stage musical versions of the film. In American TV broadcasts of the 1968 motion picture, this song is often cut to fit into the allotted, two-hour time slot. The other song that is sometimes alternatively cut is ""Lovely Lonely Man"". The Roses of Success ""The Roses of Success"" is an ""up tempo"" song and musical number from the popular 1968 Cubby Broccoli motion picture, ""Chitty Chitty Bang Bang"". In the film it is sung when ""Grandpa Potts"" (played by Lionel Jeffries) is caught in the Vulgarian inventors' workshop and is forced to modify a car"
"Days of Wine and Roses (song) ""Days of Wine and Roses"" is a popular song, from the 1962 movie of the same name. The music was written by Henry Mancini with lyrics by Johnny Mercer. They received the Academy Award for Best Original Song for their work. In 2004 it finished at #39 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs survey of top tunes in American cinema. The song is composed of two sentences, one for each stanza. They are each sung as three lines. The best-known recording of the song was by Billy Eckstine in 1961 and Andy Williams in 1963,"
"including ""Let There Be Love"" with George Shearing in 1961, the country-flavored hit ""Ramblin' Rose"" in August 1962, ""Dear Lonely Hearts"", ""That Sunday, That Summer"" and ""Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days of Summer"" (his final top-ten hit, reaching number 6 on the Pop chart). He performed in many short films, sitcoms, and television shows and played W. C. Handy in the film ""St. Louis Blues"" (1958). He also appeared in ""The Nat King Cole Story"", ""China Gate"", and ""The Blue Gardenia"" (1953). In January 1964, Cole made one of his final television appearances, on ""The Jack Benny Program"". He was introduced as"
"featurette. This DVD went out of print. On November 19, 2013, the film was released on Blu-ray. The Slipper and the Rose The Slipper and the Rose is a 1976 British musical film retelling the classic fairy tale of Cinderella. The film was chosen as the Royal Command Performance motion picture selection for 1976. Directed by Bryan Forbes, the film stars Gemma Craven as the heroine, Richard Chamberlain as the prince, and features a supporting cast led by Michael Hordern, Kenneth More, Edith Evans and Annette Crosbie. The film's Academy Award-nominated songs were written by the Sherman Brothers – Richard"
"9, 1962, Boyd was featured in a television film from General Electric Theater called ""The Wall Between"", co-starring Ronald Reagan and Gloria Talbott. Next, Boyd was again loaned out to MGM Studios to star with Doris Day in the circus musical ""Billy Rose's Jumbo"", filmed during the early part of 1962; the role earned Boyd a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. Boyd flew to Rome in the summer of 1962 to act with Italian superstar Gina Lollobrigida in her long-time pet project ""Imperial Venus"", a romantic epic about the many"
"1962. After a few songs such as ""My Coloring Book,"" Kander and Ebb wrote a stage musical, ""Golden Gate"", that was never produced. However, the quality of the score convinced producer Harold Prince to hire them for their first professional production, the George Abbott-directed musical ""Flora the Red Menace"", based on Lester Atwell's novel ""Love is Just Around the Corner"". Although it won star Liza Minnelli a Tony Award, the show closed quickly. Their second collaboration, ""Cabaret"", was considerably more successful, running for 1,165-performances. Directed by Prince and based on the John Van Druten play ""I Am a Camera"" (which,"
"segment included ""The Rose"", made famous by Bette Midler's 1979 film of the same name, and Academy Award-winning song ""Fame"", from the 1980 film of the same name. The finale included ""All I Need Is The Girl"" from stage musical """" and ""Get Happy"", a 1930 song most associated with Judy Garland in ""Summer Stock"" (1950). In all, there were 200 costumes. Entry to the show was a D ticket, or $1.50, and shows were performed by high school students. On some days, 1950s musical revue ""Rock Around The Clock"" would perform there, as opposed to Labatt's International Showplace. Later"
"Rose of the Mountain Rose of the Mountain (German: Du bist die Rose vom Wörthersee) is a 1952 West German musical comedy film directed by Hubert Marischka and starring Marte Harell, Grethe Weiser and Waltraut Haas. It takes its German title from a popular 1947 song of the same name, which is used in the film as a melody. The film's sets were designed by Willi Herrmann and Heinrich Weidemann. It was shot in Carinthia at the Hotel Karawankenblick in Pörtschach and around the lake of Wörthersee. Synopsis: The Austrian-born dancer Kate Smith and the composer Jack Long meet while"
"The Rose (film) The Rose is a 1979 American drama film which tells the story of a self-destructive 1960s rock star who struggles to cope with the constant pressures of her career and the demands of her ruthless business manager. The film stars Bette Midler, Alan Bates, Frederic Forrest, Harry Dean Stanton, Barry Primus, and David Keith. The story is loosely based on the life of singer Janis Joplin. Originally titled ""Pearl"", after Joplin's nickname, and the title of her last album, it was fictionalized after her family declined to allow the producers the rights to her story. It was"
"track by director Blake Edwards, and an interview with Jack Lemmon. A LaserDisc was released in 1990. Days of Wine and Roses (film) Days of Wine and Roses is a 1962 drama film directed by Blake Edwards with a screenplay by JP Miller adapted from his own 1958 ""Playhouse 90"" teleplay of the same name. The movie was produced by Martin Manulis, with music by Henry Mancini, and features Jack Lemmon, Lee Remick, Charles Bickford and Jack Klugman. The film depicts the downward spiral of two average Americans who succumb to alcoholism and attempt to deal with their problems. An"
"Rose Marie (1954 film) Rose Marie is a 1954 American musical film adaptation of the 1924 operetta of the same name, the third to be filmed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, following a 1928 silent movie and the best-known of the three, the 1936 Jeanette MacDonald/Nelson Eddy version. It is directed by Mervyn LeRoy and stars Ann Blyth, Howard Keel and Fernando Lamas. This version is filmed in the Canadian Rockies in CinemaScope. It was MGM's first US produced film in the new widescreen medium (having been preceded by the British made Knights of the Round Table) and the first movie musical of"
"The Slipper and the Rose The Slipper and the Rose is a 1976 British musical film retelling the classic fairy tale of Cinderella. The film was chosen as the Royal Command Performance motion picture selection for 1976. Directed by Bryan Forbes, the film stars Gemma Craven as the heroine, Richard Chamberlain as the prince, and features a supporting cast led by Michael Hordern, Kenneth More, Edith Evans and Annette Crosbie. The film's Academy Award-nominated songs were written by the Sherman Brothers – Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman – who also shared scripting duties with Forbes and, reportedly, the"
"a British musical with music by Julian Slade and lyrics by Dorothy Reynolds and Julian Slade. It premiered in the UK at the Theatre Royal, Bristol, in June 1954, and transferred to the Vaudeville Theatre in London on 5 August 1954. One of its songs, ""The Time of My Life"", includes the lyrics, ""We're young and we're green as the leaf on the tree / For these are our salad days."" In the 1987 Joel and Ethan Coen film ""Raising Arizona"", Nicolas Cage as H.I. “Hi” McDunnough uses the expression twice in the first few minutes of the film. Speaking"
"Rose Marie (song) ""Rose Marie"" is a popular song from the musical or operetta of the same name. The music was written by Rudolf Friml and Herbert Stothart, the lyrics by Otto Harbach and Oscar Hammerstein II, In the original Broadway production in 1924, the song was performed by Dennis King and Arthur Deagon, as the characters Jim Kenyon and Sergeant Malone. On three occasions the play has been made into a movie: Rose-Marie (1928 film), Rose Marie (1936 film), the most commercially successful, starring Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy and Rose Marie (1954 film). Karl Denver, Howard Keel and"
"Rose Marie (1936 film) Rose Marie is a 1936 American musical film starring Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy, and Reginald Owen that was directed by W. S. Van Dyke. It was the second of three movie adaptations from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer of the 1924 Broadway musical of the same name. A silent version was released in 1928 and a color film in 1954. All three versions are set in the Canadian wilderness. Portions of Rudolf Friml and Herbert Stothart's original score for the Broadway musical are utilized in both the 1936 and 1954 films. Although the original plot was changed, and most of"
"Lilies of the Field (1963 film) Lilies of the Field is a 1963 film adapted by James Poe from the 1962 novel of the same name by William Edmund Barrett, and stars Sidney Poitier, Lilia Skala, Stanley Adams, and Dan Frazer. It was produced and directed by Ralph Nelson. The title comes from Matthew 6:27-33, a portion of the Sermon on the Mount, and its parallel scripture from Luke 12:27-30. It also features an early film score by prolific composer Jerry Goldsmith. The film was turned into a Broadway musical in 1970, retitled ""Look to the Lilies"", with Shirley Booth"
"Rambling Rose (film) Rambling Rose is a 1991 American drama film set in Georgia during the Great Depression starring Laura Dern and Robert Duvall in leading roles with Lukas Haas, John Heard and Diane Ladd in supporting roles. ""Rambling Rose"" was directed by Martha Coolidge and written by Calder Willingham (adapted from his own 1972 novel of the same name). Laura Dern and Diane Ladd, daughter and mother in real life, were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress, respectively, making them the first ever mother-daughter duo to be nominated for Academy Awards for the"
"peace proves to be a facade. Soon old emotional wounds and unresolved marital problems resurface. Caught in the middle, Timmy feels responsible for their squabbling, but can see no way to resolve their problems. The Subject Was Roses The Subject Was Roses is a Pulitzer Prize-winning 1964 play written by Frank D. Gilroy, who also adapted the work in 1968 for a film with the same title. The play premiered on Broadway at the Royale Theatre on May 25, 1964, starring Jack Albertson, Irene Dailey, replaced by Martha Scott for the national tour; and Martin Sheen, and directed by Ulu"