The nonmusical adaptation of a french and later broadway musical by alexandre breffort and marguerite monnot starred maclaine and lemmon as, respectively, a philosophical parisian prostitute and the selfrighteous constable who tries to shut. Before long, nestor discovers that the only way to keep irma is to become her new pimp, and the only way to accomplish that is to knock the block off the present pimp. Banned from tv for many years by network censors, it began as a broadway play and ran from sep 29, 1960 to dec 31, 1961 playing at both the plymouth theatre and the alvin theatre in new york. Though nestor becomes irma s pimp, he cant stand the idea of her being with clients, so he devises a way to keep her all to himself. She became famous in the 1950s after playing the ti. Pairing together new and innocent cop nester patou jack. Zizi jeanmaire is a french ballet dancer and the widow of renowned dancer and choreographer roland petit. Directed by 1 writing credits 3 cast 68 produced by 5 music by 1. In paris, a former policeman falls in love with a prostitute, and tries to. See more ideas about shirley maclaine, actresses and classic films. They were eager to tell her what it was like, and very willing to. In paris, a former policeman falls in love with a prostitute, and tries to get her out of that life by paying for all of her time.
This scheme leads to plenty of trouble, however, and soon nestor is forced to avoid his old law. Its not as classic as some like it hot, sunset blvd. With marieclaude mestral, jeanpierre moulin, armand mestral, raoul delfosse. Jun 27, 20 enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on youtube. Wilder decided not to transfer the musical version from its broadway production because musicals were suddenly not doing well at the box office. Film stars uncensored 1930s and 1940s outtakes by the film archives. In order to be able to play irma properly, shirley maclaine traveled to paris to see what it was like for real parisian prostitutes. When the creators decided to bring the play to the west end, they tried to adapt the story to england, but failed. However, far more repellent than any of lord xs mugging is the films basic stance on. With jack lemmon, shirley maclaine, lou jacobi, bruce yarnell. The musical premiered in paris in 1956, and was subsequently produced in the west end in 1958 and on broadway, by david merrick, in 1960.
Get youtube premium get youtube tv best of youtube music sports. Sign in deleted video shirley maclaine im still here postcards from the edge. Yet this popular movie has been almost completely forgotten by film history, even to fans of wilder or stars jack lemmon and shirley maclaine the same trio had made a masterpiece, the apartment, three years earlier. Ost soundtrack music 1963 stream mirror link download. Get youtube tv best of youtube music sports gaming movies tv shows.
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