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Gypsy (1962 film)

Gypsy
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Theatrical release poster
Directed by Mervyn LeRoy
Produced by Mervyn LeRoy
Screenplay by Leonard Spigelgass
Story by Gypsy: A Musical Fable
by Arthur Laurents
Jule Styne
Stephen Sondheim
Based on Gypsy: A Memoir
by Gypsy Rose Lee
Starring Rosalind Russell
Natalie Wood
Karl Malden
Music by Jule Styne
Cinematography Harry Stradling
Edited by Philip W. Anderson
Distributed by Warner Bros.
Release date
  • November 1, 1962 (1962-11-01)
Running time
143 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $4 million
Box office $11,076,923

Gypsy is a 1962 musical comedy-drama film produced and directed by Mervyn LeRoy. The screenplay by Leonard Spigelgass is based on the book of the 1959 stage musical Gypsy: A Musical Fable by Arthur Laurents, which was adapted from Gypsy: A Memoir by Gypsy Rose Lee. Stephen Sondheim wrote the lyrics for songs composed by Jule Styne. The film was remade for television in 1993.

Determined to make her young, blonde, and beautiful daughter June a vaudeville headliner, willful, resourceful, domineering stage mother Rose Hovick will stop at nothing to achieve her goal. She drags the girl and her shy, awkward, and decidedly less-talented older sister Louise around the country in an effort to get them noticed, and with the assistance of agent Herbie Sommers, she manages to secure them bookings on the prestigious Orpheum Circuit.

Years pass, and the girls no longer are young enough to pull off the childlike personae their mother insists they continue to project. June rebels and elopes with Jerry, one of the dancers who backs the act. Devastated by what she considers an act of betrayal, Rose pours all her energies into making a success of Louise, despite the young woman's obvious lack of singing and dancing skills. Not helping matters is the increasing popularity of sound films, which leads to a decline in the demand for stage entertainment. With bookings scarce, mother and daughter find themselves in Wichita, Kansas, where the owner of a third-rate burlesque house books the act in hopes of keeping the vice squad at bay.


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