Damn Yankees (1958) | |
| Director(s) | George Abbott, Stanley Donen |
| Producer(s) | George Abbott, Frederick Brisson (associate), Stanley Donen, Robert E. Griffith (associate), Harold Prince (associate) |
| Top Genres | Comedy, Film Adaptation, Musical, Sports |
| Top Topics | Baseball, Based on Play, New York |
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Damn Yankees (1958) was a Musical - Sports Film directed by Stanley Donen and George Abbott and produced by Stanley Donen, George Abbott, Frederick Brisson, Robert E. Griffith and Harold Prince.
Academy Awards 1958 --- Ceremony Number 31 (source: AMPAS)
| Award | Recipient | Result |
| Best Music - Scoring | Ray Heindorf | Nominated |
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Musical Monday: Damn Yankees (1958)
on Oct 15, 2018 From Comet Over HollywoodIt?s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals. In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 500. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is my weekly feature about musicals. This week?s musical: Damn Yankees?(1958) ? Musica... Read full article
Damn Yankees! (1958)
By Beatrice on Sep 1, 2016 From Flickers in TimeDamn Yankees! Directed by George Abbott and Stanley Donen Written by George Abbott and Douglass Wallop 1958/USA Warner Bros. presents a George Abbott and Stanley Donen Production Repeat viewing/Netflix rental Here is another movie I remember in black-and-white. ?I could still sing along with all ... Read full article
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Mr. Applegate: [laughs] Well now, of course that's fairly well known.
Joe Boyd: Yes, but I have...
Mr. Applegate: After all, there's nothing unusual about it. How do you suppose some of these politicians around town got started? And parking lot owners?
Mr. Applegate: Uh, if you will permit me to say a word, I happen to represent the Hannibal Bugle. And I'm telling you right now that everybody in our little ol' town is just as proud as pumpkins of little ol' Joe!
Gloria Thorpe: Well thank little ol' you, and thank little ol' Joe!
Mr. Applegate: You should have seen a real artist at work! You couldn't get him away from his wife, huh? Well I could!
Lola: How? Is he crazy about you?
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When casting the film Damn Yankees!, the studio was initially interested in pursuing Cyd Charisse as Lola and Cary Grant as Applegate. In the end, Gwen Verdon won the right to recreate her stage role with Ray Walston, the devilish Applegate. Cyd was supposedly unavailable but later played the role on the legit stage.
The musical play "Damn Yankees" opened at the 46th Street Theater in New York City on May 5, 1955, and ran for 1,019 performances. Gwen Verdon, Ray Walston, Russ Brown, Jean Stapleton, Shannon Bolin, Nathaniel Frey, James Komack, Rae Allen, and Robert Shafer reprise their roles in the movie. "Damn Yankees" won the 1956 Tony Award (New York City) for Best Musical.
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