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I actually saw him in that role on my first trip to NYC. I also saw Follies and No No Nanette that week. I was spoiled my first trip there.Matt Hough said:I always wondered if Phil Silvers had any regrets when he was making this film playing the fourth lead that he had turned down the leading role in the original Broadway version. I think I remember reading that he was second to be asked after Milton Berle.Anyway, years later, he went on to do a Broadway revival of the show and won his second Tony Award for his performance.
Not sure about his feelings for this film. I personally feel it showcased his strengths very well. He has some of the film's best moments.Matt Hough said:I always wondered if Phil Silvers had any regrets when he was making this film playing the fourth lead that he had turned down the leading role in the original Broadway version. I think I remember reading that he was second to be asked after Milton Berle.Anyway, years later, he went on to do a Broadway revival of the show and won his second Tony Award for his performance.
What a way to begin your Broadway indoctrination! I never saw the Silvers production, but I did see Follies and Nanette. Never to be forgotten theatrical milestones!ahollis said:I actually saw him in that role on my first trip to NYC. I also saw Follies and No No Nanette that week. I was spoiled my first trip there.
That cover has the IAMMMMW feel.Ronald Epstein said:
That was the first thing on my mind when I saw Jersey Boys last night.Dick said:This is a hugely entertaining film. My only qualm is that the musical numbers are cut in a manner that does not allow us to watch the dancing play out. The old Rogers/Astaire and Gene Kelly films made sure you enjoyed uninterrupted takes of the beautiful dancers and their incomparable skills head-to-foot, Today's musicals by the likes of Baz Luhrmann and Rob Marshall are edited like ARMAGEDDON, and although they work up some visual energy by cutting to the beat of the music, using quick close-ups of feet, then torsos, then legs, then asses, etc. I still miss being able to see real, unfettered choreography. Maybe the fast cutting, an early example of which occurs during the musical numbers in FORUM, is used to camouflage the lack of skill these post Rogers/Astaire/Kelly performers possess.
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Jack Davis did both posters, so I'm guessing he thought since a large group running worked for Mad it would do the same for this film too.ahollis said:That cover has the IAMMMMW feel.
Funny, I never saw that poster only the one with the Forum on Zero's shoulders. Glad to know both posters were from the same artist.darkrock17 said:Jack Davis did both posters, so I'm guessing he thought since a large group running worked for Mad it would do the same for this film too.
I can't say that Jack Davis did both the Forum posters, but he did both IAMMMMW and one of the posters for Forum though.ahollis said:Funny, I never saw that poster only the one with the Forum on Zero's shoulders. Glad to know both posters were from the same artist.