Gypsy (1962)


Gypsy
Release Date01 November 1962
Budget$4,000,000
TaglineLet this tuneful Broadway classic entertain you.
GenreBiography, Comedy, Drama, Musical
CountryUSA
LanguageEnglish
Sound Mix4-Track Stereo
ColorColor
Film TypeFeature
Film ClassMusical Drama, Biopic [feature]
MoodMood Enhancers
ThemesLadder to the Top, Mothers and Daughters
TonesLavish, Sentimental, Rousing, Passionate, Bittersweet
TagsAgent [representative], Burlesque, Daughter, Fame, Mother, Parent/child Relationship, Stage Mother, Stripper, Vaudeville

Gypsy is a 1962 American musical 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.


Cast and Crew


Cast

Rose Hovick

Louise 'Gypsy Rose Lee' Hovick

Herbie Sommers

Paul Wallace
Tulsa

Betty Bruce
Tessie Tura

Mr. Kringelein

Harry Shannon
Grandpa

'Baby' June

'Dainty' June

Diane Pace
'Baby' Louise

Faith Dane
Mazeppa

Electra

Betty Cratchitt - Secretary

George Petrie
George

Mervyn Goldstone

Guy Raymond
Pastey - Wichita Stage Manager aka Pastie

Louis Quinn
Cigar - Wichita Burlesque House Owner aka Cigar

Trudi Ames
Scottish Girl

Renee Aubry
Hollywood Blonde

Josette Banzet
Renee

Himself

Gail Bonney
Stage Mother

Bella Bruck
Stage Mother

Shirley Chandler
Hollywood Blonde

Dina Claire
Dolores

Mike Cody
Farmboy

Fred Curt
Specialty Dancer - The Cow

Jules Davis
Stagehand

Marcel De la Brosse
Monsieur Bourgeron Couchon

Mr. Willis

Dick Foster
Farmboy

Eddie Foster
Wichita Burlesque Audience Member

Ben Frommer
Wichita Audience Member

H.W. Gim
Waiter

Teri Hope
Hollywood Blonde

Jim Hubbard
Farmboy

Thomas E. Jackson
Station Master

Dee Ann Johnston
Hollywood Blonde

Frances Karath
Hollywood Blonde

Lisa Kirk
Rose Hovick

Dawn Little Sky
Indian Mother

Danny Lockin
Yonkers Farm Boy

Robert Lyons
Clarence the Clarinetist

Paula Martin
Hollywood Blonde

Yonkers

James Millhollin
Mr. Beckman

John Moloney
Comic

Cubby O'Brien
Boy Juggler

Jeff Parker
Farmboy

Renee Paul
Dancer

Adelina Pedroza
Mexican Girl

Jeff Pevney
Newsboy

Robert Piper
Specialty Dancer - The Cow

Waitress

Robert Richards
Ventrioloquist

Lois Roberts
Agnes

Cleo Ronson
Bit Role

Pearl Shear
Stage Mother

Stage Mother

Jule Styne
Conductor

Frank Sully
Wichita Burlesque Audience Member

Julie Thompson
Hawaiian Girl

Ian Tucker
Angie

Bo Wagner
Farm Boy

Rusty Wescoatt
Stagehand

Dick Winslow
Burlesque House Orchestra Leader

Clint Young
Western Union Man

Director

Producer

Arthur Laurents
play

book "Gypsy, A Memoir"

Leonard Spigelgass
writer

producer

Cinematographer

Harry Stradling Sr.
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Editor

Philip W. Anderson
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Art Director

John Beckman
-

Set Decorator

Ralph S. Hurst
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Costume Designer

Bill Gaskin
-

Orry-Kelly
-

Howard Shoup
-

Makeup Department

Gordon Bau
makeup artist

hair stylist

Gene Hibbs
makeup artist

Jean Burt Reilly
hair stylist

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Gil Kissel
assistant director

Sound Department

M.A. Merrick
sound

Dolph Thomas
sound

Camera and Electrical Department

Clyde Taylor
gaffer

Music Department

Carl Brandt
orchestrator

Frank Perkins
conductor

Cubby O'Brien
musician: drums

Other Crew

Robert Tucker
choreographer

Robert E. Blair
dog trainer

title designer

Production Company

Warner Bros. Pictures
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Distributor

Warner Bros. Pictures

CBS Television

Maple Pictures

Warner Home Video






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