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Funny Face
''Funny Face'' is a 1957 American musical romantic comedy film directed by Stanley Donen and written by Leonard Gershe, containing assorted songs by George and Ira Gershwin. Although having the same title as the 1927 Broadway musical ''Funny Face'' by the Gershwin brothers, and featuring the same male star (Fred Astaire), the plot is completely different and only four of the songs from the stage musical are included. Alongside Astaire, the film stars Audrey Hepburn and Kay Thompson. Plot Maggie Prescott, a fashion magazine publisher and editor for ''Quality'' magazine, is looking for the next big fashion trend. She wants a new look which is to be both "beautiful" and "intellectual". She and top fashion photographer Dick Avery want models who can "think as well as they look." The two brainstorm and come up with the idea to use a book store in Greenwich Village as backdrop. They find what they want in "Embryo Concepts", which is being run by the shy shop assistant and amateur ph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stanley Donen
Stanley Donen ( ; April 13, 1924 – February 21, 2019) was an American film director and choreographer whose most celebrated works are '' On the Town,'' (1949) and ''Singin' in the Rain'' (1952), both of which he co-directed with Gene Kelly. His other films include ''Royal Wedding'' (1951), ''Seven Brides for Seven Brothers'' (1954), ''It's Always Fair Weather'' (1955), ''Funny Face'' (1957), '' Indiscreet'' (1958), and ''Charade'' (1963). Donen began his career in the chorus line on Broadway for director George Abbott, where he befriended Kelly. From 1943, he worked in Hollywood as a choreographer before collaborating with Kelly. After ''On the Town'', Donen worked as a contract director for MGM under producer Arthur Freed producing critically well-received box-office hits. Donen and Kelly co-directed the musical ''Singin' in the Rain'', released in April 1952, which has appeared on lists of the best films ever made. Donen's relationship with Kelly deteriorated during thei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romantic Comedy
Romantic comedy (also known as romcom or rom-com) is a subgenre of comedy and slice of life fiction, focusing on lighthearted, humorous plot lines centered on romantic ideas, such as how true love is able to surmount most obstacles. In a typical romantic comedy, the two lovers tend to be young, likeable, and seemingly meant for each other, yet they are kept apart by some complicating circumstance (e.g., class differences, parental interference, a previous girlfriend or boyfriend) until, surmounting all obstacles, they are finally united. A fairy-tale-style happy ending is a typical feature. Romantic comedy films are a certain genre of comedy films as well as of romance films, and may also have elements of screwball comedies. However, a romantic comedy is classified as a film with two genres, not a single new genre. Some television series can also be classified as romantic comedies. Description The basic plot of a romantic comedy is that two characters meet, part ways due to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sue England
Sue England (July 17, 1928 – March 19, 2018) was an American actress. Early years England won beauty titles as a youngster -- "Miss Tulsa" when she was 6 years old and "Oklahoma's Sweetheart" when she was older. Career England's professional acting career began in 1945, when she played Merle Oberon's daughter Susette Touzac in ''This Love of Ours''. Her work in the film was described by a newspaper columnist as "one of the season's best fledgling performances". Other notable films she appeared in include ''Kidnapped (1948 film), Kidnapped'', ''The Devil on Wheels (1947 film), The Devil on Wheels'' and ''City Across the River''. England later turned to television work and acted in shows such as ''Lost in Space'', ''The Cisco Kid (TV series), The Cisco Kid'', ''Father Knows Best'' and as a Native American pregnant woman on ''Daniel Boone (1964 TV series), Daniel Boone''. Sue England made five appearances on ''Perry Mason (1957 TV series), Perry Mason'' and also appeared in an e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Virginia Gibson
Virginia Gibson (born Virginia Gorski; April 9, 1925 – April 25, 2013) was an American dancer, singer and actress of film, television and musical theatre. Early years Of Polish and Irish lineage, Gibson was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John S. Gorski. She graduated from St. Alphonsus Parochial School. Career Gibson, who was signed by Warner Bros. in 1950 and made her film debut in '' Tea for Two'' (1950), started her career in musicals in her hometown of St. Louis, Missouri. In 1937, she was one of 35 girls chosen for ballet in St. Louis Opera Company productions. She danced in the chorus of a production of ''The Student Prince'' there in 1940, and in 1943 she was part of the dancing chorus of the summer season of the Muny Opera. In the fall of 1943, she was one of three dancers from that group to sign contracts to perform in ''Roll Up Your Sleeves'' on Broadway. She used her birth name on Broadway through 1949. In 1947, she returned to perform at Muny Opera, this time ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Del Val
Jean Del Val (born Jean Jacques Gauthier; 17 November 1891 – 13 March 1975) was a French-born actor, also credited as Jean Gauthier and Jean Gautier. Career He played roles during the Hollywood silent era, beginning with ''The Fortunes of Fifi'' in 1917. During the early days of talkies he served as a translator and vocal coach for French language versions of American-made films. Two of his notable credits include the classic 1942 film ''Casablanca'' in a small role as an announcer for a French radio station in one of the opening scenes, and historical figure Ferdinand Foch in the 1941 film '' Sergeant York'', based on the life of Alvin York. His most well-known role was comatose scientist Dr. Jan Benes in the 1966 science fiction film ''Fantastic Voyage''. He also appeared on 5 episodes of the television series ''Combat!'': first, uncredited in the episode "A Day in June", followed by "No Trumpets, No Drums" as Marceau, then as a French farmer in "Birthday Cake", Father Bom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dovima
Dorothy Virginia Margaret Juba (December 11, 1927 – May 3, 1990), known professionally as Dovima, was an American supermodel during the 1950s. Biography Dovima was born Dorothy Virginia Margaret Juba in Queens, New York to Stanley Juba, a Polish-American policeman who was born to Jewish parents; and Margaret J. "Peggy" Horan, who was born in Ireland. She had a younger brother, Stanley Jr. The name "Dovima" is composed of the first two letters of her three given names. She was the first model to use a single name. Dovima was discovered on a sidewalk in New York by an editor at ''Vogue'', and had a photo shoot with Irving Penn the following day. Throughout her career she worked closely with Richard Avedon, whose photograph of her in a floor-length black evening gown with circus elephants—''Dovima with the Elephants''—taken at the Cirque d'hiver, Paris, in August 1955, became an icon and sold for $1,151,976 in 2010. The gown was the first evening dress designed for Chri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
'S Wonderful
"S Wonderful" is a 1927 popular song composed by George Gershwin, with lyrics written by Ira Gershwin. It was introduced in the Broadway musical ''Funny Face'' (1927) by Adele Astaire and Allen Kearns. The song is considered a standard and has been recorded by many artists, especially jazz artists. In 1928, Adele Astaire, who introduced the song on stage the previous year, recorded one of the earliest versions with Bernard Clifton. The most successful recordings in 1928 were however by Frank Crumit and by the Ipana Troubadors. Other recordings Other vocal versions include those of Bing Crosby (recorded in 1954 for use on his radio show and it was subsequently included in the box set ''The Bing Crosby CBS Radio Recordings (1954-56)'' issued by Mosaic Records (catalog MD7-245) in 2009.), Sun Ra, Brian Wilson, Anita O'Day, Gene Kelly, Ella Fitzgerald (for her album ''Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book''), Michael Feinstein (for his album ''Pure Gershwin''), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
He Loves And She Loves
"He Loves and She Loves" is a 1927 song composed by George Gershwin, with lyrics written by Ira Gershwin. It replaced the song "How Long Has This Been Going On?" in the Broadway musical ''Funny Face''. It was introduced by Adele Astaire and Allen Kearns. Fred Astaire sang it in the 1957 film of the same name. Notable recordings *Tony Bennett - '' Steppin' Out'' (1993) *Petula Clark - ''Lost in You'' (2013). *Ella Fitzgerald - ''Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Songbook'' (1959) *Stacey Kent - '' Let Yourself Go: Celebrating Fred Astaire'' (2000) *Sarah Vaughan - ''Sarah Vaughan Sings George Gershwin ''Sarah Vaughan Sings George Gershwin'' is a 1958 studio album by Sarah Vaughan, of the music of George Gershwin. Vaughan would release another all-Gershwin album, ''Gershwin Live!'', in 1982. Track listing # "Isn't It a Pity?" – 3:53 # "Of Th ...'' (1958) References Songs with music by George Gershwin Songs with lyrics by Ira Gershwin Fred Astaire s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Funny Face (1927 Song)
"Funny Face" is a 1927 song composed by George Gershwin, with lyrics by Ira Gershwin. It was the title song of the stage musical ''Funny Face'', where it was introduced by Fred Astaire, and his sister, Adele. A 1957 film musical called ''Funny Face'' also featured the song, and also starred Fred Astaire, though the two had different stories. In the film, Fred Astaire's character was loosely based on the career of Richard Avedon, who provided a number of the photographs seen in the film, including its most famous single image: an intentionally overexposed close-up of Audrey Hepburn's face in which only her famous features—her eyes, her eyebrows, and her mouth—are visible. (This image is seen during the "Funny Face" musical number, which takes place in a darkroom). Barbra Streisand performed several lines of this song in her "Medley" on her studio album ''Color Me Barbra'' (1966). Recordings * Arden-Ohman Orchestra with Johnny Marvin, vocal - Victor 21114; Matrix BVE-41 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paris, France
Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the List of cities proper by population density, 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. Since the 17th century, Paris has been one of the world's major centres of finance, diplomacy, commerce, Fashion capital, fashion, gastronomy, and science. For its leading role in the arts and sciences, as well as its very early system of street lighting, in the 19th century it became known as "the City of Light". Like London, prior to the Second World War, it was also sometimes called Caput Mundi#Paris, the capital of the world. The City of Paris is the centre of the Île-de-France Regions of France, region, or Paris Region, with an estimated population of 12,262,544 in 2019, or about 19% of the population of France, making the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
How Long Has This Been Going On?
"How Long Has This Been Going On?" is a song composed by George Gershwin, with lyrics by Ira Gershwin, for the musical ''Funny Face'' in 1927. History According to Ira Gershwin in his book ''Lyrics on Several Occasions'', after the premiere of ''Funny Face'' in Philadelphia he received a call from the then professional manager of Shapiro, Bernstein and Co. asking him to remove the song because ''“It doesn't mean anything”'' and because ''“Well, we've bought a song with the same title and we're about to publish it. Yours doesn't get you anywhere, so how about taking it out of the show?”'' Eventually the song was deleted as Ira Gershwin indicates, ''“Well, he had'' his ''wish. A couple of weeks later on the road (either in Atlantic City or Washington) ''"How Long..."'' was out, replaced by "''He Loves and She Loves''"”. Replaced by "He Loves and She Loves" in ''Funny Face'', it was eventually introduced in the musical '' Rosalie'' (1928) by Bobbe Arnst as Mary O'Brien ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chichi
Chi-Chi or variations thereof may refer to: Geography *Chichi (village) or Çiçi, in the Quba Rayon of Azerbaijan * Chi-chi, Nantou, a township in Taiwan People * Chi Chi Gonzalez (born 1992), American baseball pitcher *Chi Chi (record producer), Nigerian-American record producer and songwriter Chidi Osondu * Chi-Chi Rodríguez (born 1935), Puerto Rican golfer *Chi-Chi Olivo (1928–1977), Major League Baseball pitcher *Chi Chi LaRue (born 1959), director of gay and bisexual pornography * Rafael Quintero (1940–2006), American CIA operative *Chi Chi DeVayne (1985–2020), American drag queen *Chi Chi, a ring name of American professional wrestler Allan Funk (born 1971) *Chi Chi, nickname of Bollywood actor Govinda (born 1963) Characters * Chi-Chi (''Dragon Ball''), Chichi or Chi Chi, a character in ''Dragon Ball'' media *Chi Chi, a character in the '' Scarface'' universe Music * "Chi Chi" (Azealia Banks song), 2017 * "Chi Chi" (Trey Songz song), 2019 Other uses *Chi-Chi's, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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