Gypsy is a 1962 musical made by Warner Bros., about the life of striptease artist Gypsy Rose Lee. It was produced and directed by Mervyn LeRoy. The screenplay by Leonard Spigelgass was based on the stage musical Gypsy: A Musical Fable with music by Jule Styne, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and book by Arthur Laurents, which was in turn loosely based on Lee's book Gypsy: A Memoir. The cinematography was by Harry Stradling, the costume design by Orry...
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Gypsy is a 1962 musical made by Warner Bros., about the life of striptease artist Gypsy Rose Lee. It was produced and directed by Mervyn LeRoy. The screenplay by Leonard Spigelgass was based on the stage musical Gypsy: A Musical Fable with music by Jule Styne, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and book by Arthur Laurents, which was in turn loosely based on Lee's book Gypsy: A Memoir. The cinematography was by Harry Stradling, the costume design by Orry-Kelly, Bill Gaskin and Howard Shoup.
The film stars Rosalind Russell, Natalie Wood and Karl Malden.
Lisa Kirk, a cast member of the original 1948 Broadway production of Kiss Me, Kate, dubbed most of Rosalind Russell's singing voice. Although Russell had sung in the Broadway musical Wonderful Town and she prerecorded vocal tracks for this film, the double's voice was primarily used. Russell's original vocal tracks for this film were rediscovered on scratchy acetate discs and recently made available as supplements on the CD reissue of the film...
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