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Love is what it's all about!
Taxi dancer Charity continues to have faith in the human race despite apparently endless disappointments at its hands, and hope that she will finally meet the nice young man to romance her away from her sleazy life. Maybe, just maybe, handsome Oscar will be the one to do it.
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Apr 21, 2024 · via TMDB
"Charity" (Shirley MacLaine), "Nickie" (Chita Rivera) and "Helene" (Paula Kelly) are call-girls working in a grotty dance hall. "Charity" is an honest, maybe too honest, gal, but after years going round in circles she needs a decent man in her life. That might just happen when she meets "Oscar" (John McMartin) but he doesn't know what she really does to make a living. It isn't quite in a bank. Should she tell him and risk him walking away? The story itself here is no great shakes, but the performances are really entertaining. MacLaine, Ricardo Montalban as the legendary actor "Vittorio" and the rhythmic Sammy Davis Jr. as "Big Daddy" all contribute to a tight ensemble delivering some of the best from musical theatre to the big screen. "Big Spender"; "If My Friends Could See Me Now"; "...Something Better Than This"; "The Rhythm of Life" - all cleverly written and scored by Cy Coleman and Dorothy Fields and sung by the folks we are watching. Now the production isn't the best. The editing is really quite bitty and director Bob Fosse still can't quite remember that cinema can flow in a continuous fashion that theatre cannot. It's not Neil Simon's best script adaptation either, indeed "Nights of Cabiria" might blush at the rather staccato nature of this tribute. It looks great and there's quite some chemistry between MacLaine and the suave and debonaire Montalban and by mid-way through, you just want poor old "Charity" to find her happiness. It's hard to see how it could be better and is well worth watch if you want to see charisma on screen in spades.
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Shirley MacLaine
Charity
John McMartin
Oscar
Chita Rivera
Nickie
Paula Kelly
Helene
Ricardo Montalban
Vittorio
Sammy Davis Jr.
Big Daddy
Stubby Kaye
Herman
Barbara Bouchet
Ursula
Suzanne Charny
Dancer
Alan Hewitt
Nicholsby
Dante DiPaolo
Charlie
Ben Vereen
Dancer
Lee Roy Reams
Dancer
Toni Basil
Dancer (uncredited)
Chelsea Brown
Dancer (uncredited)
Kathryn Doby
Dancer (uncredited)
Lance LeGault
Dancer (uncredited)
Georgina Spelvin
Dancer (uncredited)
Lorene Yarnell Jansson
Dancer (uncredited)
Adele Yoshioka
Dancer (uncredited)
Richard Angarola
Maitre d' (uncredited)
Henry Beckman
Policeman (uncredited)
Jack Berle
Onlooker at Park (uncredited)
Ceil Cabot
Married Woman (uncredited)
Noble 'Kid' Chissell
Onlooker at Park (uncredited)
Kathleen Cody
Flower Girl (uncredited)
Bud Cort
Flower Child (uncredited)
Alfred Dennis
Waiter at 'Chile Hacienda' (uncredited)
Buddy Joe Hooker
Baseball Player (uncredited)
Nolan Leary
Manfred (uncredited)
Judith Lowry
Old Lady on Park Bench (uncredited)
Joseph Mell
Man on Bridge (uncredited)
Maudie Prickett
Nurse on Bridge (uncredited)
Leoda Richards
Onlooker at Park (uncredited)
Robert Surtees
Director of Photography
Edith Head
Costume Design
Sydney Guilaroff
Hair Designer
Bud Westmore
Makeup Artist
Bob Fosse
Choreographer
Leon Charles
Dialogue Coach
Bob Fosse
Director
Ralph Burns
Orchestrator
Cy Coleman
Original Music Composer
Cy Coleman
Songs
Neil Simon
Musical
Ennio Flaiano
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Federico Fellini
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Tullio Pinelli
Original Story
Peter Stone
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The Winslow Boy
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Kinky Boots: The Musical
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10 Things I Hate About You
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A Few Good Men
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Meet Joe Black
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Another Cinderella Story
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Rock of Ages
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Author! Author!
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She's Funny That Way
Feb 14, 1969
Boston, Massachusetts
Mar 28, 1969
Los Angeles, California
Apr 1, 1969
New York City, New York
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