Michael Crawford, in later years, recalled how much Danny Lockin made such a LARGE effort to show off his dancing abilities for the benefit of Gene Kelly.
Thank you, Mr. Staddon. Even though STAR! was not the box office sensation expected as the follow-up from the team that made THE SOUND OF MUSIC the highest grossing film of all time, it is a very important film in the careers of all concerned, as well as 20th Century-Fox and deserves to have...
THE SOUND OF MUSIC had a budget of $8 million plus in 1964 dollars. STAR! cost $14 million in 1967. HELLO, DOLLY! had a whopping $20 million budget in 1968. None of these films went majorly over-budget. STAR! took in $4 million before being cut down to two hours, retitled and...
Looking forward to hearing the original descrete sound mix with the difference between the center-channel mono black and white footage and the multi-channel Todd-AO sequences. Wish they'd hired a better writer who might have made more sense of Gertie as self-dramatizing rather than just so...