Funny Face (1957)


Funny Face
Release Date13 February 1957
Budget$3,000,000
TaglinePresenting a Real New Dimension in Motion Picture Entertainment.
GenreRomance, Comedy, Musical
CountryUSA
Filming LocationsChantilly, Oise, France
LanguageEnglish
Sound MixMono
ColorColor
Film TypeFeature
Film ClassMusical Romance, Romantic Comedy
MoodMood Enhancers
ThemesFashion World, Pygmalion Stories
TonesLavish, Bright, Stylized, Humorous, Springlike
TagsBookseller, Fashion, Fashion Model, Glamour, Love, Magazine, Model, Photography, Pygmalion, Romance
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Funny Face is an American musical film released in 1957 in VistaVision Technicolor, with assorted songs by George and Ira Gershwin. The film was written by Leonard Gershe and directed by Stanley Donen. It stars Audrey Hepburn, Fred Astaire, and Kay Thompson. Photographer Richard Avedon designed the opening title sequence and consulted on the film, and Astaire played Dick Avery, a still photographer. Contrary to common belief, only four of the songs are from the 1927 Broadway musical production of the same name.


Cast and Crew


Cast

Audrey Hepburn
Jo Stockton

Fred Astaire
Dick Avery

Kay Thompson
Maggie Prescott

Michel Auclair
Prof. Emile Flostre

Robert Flemyng
Paul Duval

Dovima
Marion

Suzy Parker
Specialty Dancer

Sunny Hartnett
Specialty Dancer

Jean Del Val
Hairdresser

Sue England
Laura

Ruta Lee
Lettie

Alex Gerry
Dovitch

Iphigenie Castiglioni
Armande

Geneviève Aumont
French actress

Fern Barry
Southern wife

Nesdon Booth
Southern man

Nina Borget
Assistant hairdresser

Jan Bradley
Crying girl

Peter Camlin
Male buyer

Jack Chefe
Frenchman at Flostre's Party

Jerry Chiat
Man on head

Gabriel Curtiz
Minor Role

Albert D'Arno
Beautician

George Dee
Seedy man

Marcel De la Brosse
Seedy man

Diane DuBois
Minor Role

Carole Eastman
Specialty dancer

Roger Edens
Sidewalk cafe patron

Franklyn Farnum
Guest at Duval's Fashion Show

Bess Flowers
Woman at Duval's fashion show

Louise Glenn
Junior editor

Albert Godderis
Seedy man

Sam Harris
Guest at Aborted Fashion Show

Heather Hopper
Junior editor

Bruce Hoy
Minor Role

Kenner G. Kemp
Guest at Aborted Fashion Show

Nancy Kilgas
Melissa

Donald Lawton
Airport clerk

Jerry Lucas
Bruiser

Harold Miller
Guest at Aborted Fashion Show

Forbes Murray
Man at Duval's fashion show

Karine Nordman
French girl

Elsa Peterson
Female buyer

Don Powell
Specialty dancer

Cecile Rogers
Junior editor

Karen Scott
Gigi

Elizabeth Slifer
Madame La Farge

Paul Smith
Steve

Emilie Stevens
Assistant beautician

Baroness Ella Van Heemstra
Sidewalk cafe patron

Marilyn White
Receptionist

Dorothea Wolbert
Minor Role

Director

Stanley Donen
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Producer

Leonard Gershe
written by

Roger Edens
producer

Cinematographer

Ray June
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Editor

Frank Bracht
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Casting Director

Gary Fifield
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Bill Greenwald
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Edward R. Morse
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Tony Regan
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Art Director

George W. Davis
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Hal Pereira
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Set Decorator

Sam Comer
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Ray Moyer
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Costume Designer

Edith Head
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Makeup Department

Nellie Manley
hair styles supervisor

Wally Westmore
makeup artist

Dean Cole
hair stylist

Robert Dawn
makeup artist

Frank McCoy
makeup artist

Production Manager

Frank Caffey
production manager

Harry Caplan
unit production manager

Curtis Mick
assistant production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

William McGarry
assistant director

Gary Nelson
second assistant director

Art Department

Bob Adams
stand-by laborer

Joe Cowan
leadman

Dorothea Holt
illustrator

Sound Department

George Leverett
sound recordist

Winston H. Leverett
sound recordist

Bill Wistrom
sound editor

Special Effects

John P. Fulton
special effects

Camera and Electrical Department

Farciot Edouart
process photographer

Bill Avery
still photographer

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Hubert de Givenchy
wardrobe: Miss Hepburn, Paris

Editorial Department

Richard Mueller
color consultant: Technicolor

Music Department

Alexander Courage
orchestrator

Adolph Deutsch
conductor

Stanley Donen
song staging

Roger Edens
composer: additional music

Leonard Gershe
composer: additional music

Skip Martin
orchestrator

Conrad Salinger
orchestrator

Van Cleave
orchestrator

Kay Thompson
music arranger: vocals

Other Crew

Fred Astaire
choreographer

Richard Avedon
title designer

Eugene Loring
choreographer

Françoise Bouchez
production assistant

Production Company

Paramount Pictures
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Distributor

Paramount Pictures

National Broadcasting Company (NBC)

Paramount Home Video
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Paramount Home Entertainment
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CIC Vídeo

CIC-Taft Home Video

Paramount Filmes do Brasil