Gypsy

"All The Heart and Happiness of The Broadway Play"

1962 2h 23m EN

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6.4

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★6.4TMDB · 79

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Synopsis

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Gypsy's mother Rose dreams of a life in show business for her daughters, but Louise becomes a huge burlesque star. Stage musical loosely based on the memoirs of Gypsy Rose Lee.

“All The Heart and Happiness of The Broadway Play”

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Cast

Rosalind Russell
Rose Hovick
Natalie Wood
Louise Hovick/Gypsy Rose Lee
Karl Malden
Herbie Sommers
Paul Wallace
Tulsa
Betty Bruce
Tessie Tura
Parley Baer
Mr. Kringelein
Harry Shannon
Grandpa
Morgan Brittany
'Baby' June Hovick

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Writers: Leonard Spigelgass
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Shot for just $4.0M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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ERA

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64 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Mervyn LeRoy, shot by Harry Stradling Sr.. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Jule Styne. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Philip W. Anderson shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Rosalind Russell and Natalie Wood and Karl Malden carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "All The Heart and Happiness of The Broadway Play".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0056048 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Mervyn LeRoy directs. Harry Stradling Sr. behind the camera. Jule Styne scores. Philip W. Anderson cuts. Profitable at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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Things worth knowing

1Shot for just $4.0M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
264 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Directed by Mervyn LeRoy, shot by Harry Stradling Sr.. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Jule Styne. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Philip W. Anderson shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Rosalind Russell and Natalie Wood and Karl Malden carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "All The Heart and Happiness of The Broadway Play".
8IMDB entry: tt0056048 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Only 79 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
10Released under 14 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Harry Stradling Sr.
Original score: Jule Styne
Editing: Philip W. Anderson
Costume design: Orry-Kelly
Makeup / hair: Gordon Bau
Runtime: 143 min · 2h 23m
Status: Released
Budget: $4,000,000
Box office: $11,076,923
Return: 277% of budget
Original language: EN
IMDB: Gypsy (1962)

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CinemaSerf2026-05-01
★ 7/10
"Mama Rose" (Rosalind Russell) is a bit of a musical snob. She is determined that her two daughters are going to succeed her on the stage, but she draws the line at the bawdier elements of Burlesque. Her elder daughter "June" (Ann Jillian) duly obliges proving a Vaudeville success and then marrying. Younger daughter "Louise" (Natalie Wood) is much more of a free spirit and she is also less fussy about how she gets her name in lights, and so naturally her path leads to some consternation from her mother and with "Herbie" (Karl Malden) who seems omipresent as a support for a "Rose" who steadfastly refuses to marry him. Now Ethel Merman she isn't, but I thought Russell played her role with a human conviction that exposed her maternal side both vulnerably and determinedly and I'm not sure the powerfully-voiced Merman could have done that so well. When it came to belting out the songs, Russell seems to have wisely taken a back seat and left Lisa Kirk to do the work, but that worked well enough for a slew of other performers who knew their own limitations and so Kirk combines well with Wood, Jillian and even Malden in delivering some of Stephen Sondheim's best lyrics set to Jule Styne at his own best with the score. Along the way, we get a glimpse of just how competitive and fickle the world of showbiz could be and of how hand-to-mouth the existance of it's players was as they aspired for the ever elusive mink coat. It's in the blood, blood is red - and so are these prickly roses.

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