MUSICALS!: Guys and Dolls (1955)
Hollywood is weird.
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CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of sexism, mind games, manipulation.
AJ Ganaros of Christmastide, Ohio and Shattered Worlds RPG joins us this week to talk about a weird movie. This time, it’s not the script (which is outstanding, funny, and thoughtful) or the directing (bold, energetic, gorgeous). For once, it’s the cast that just doesn’t make any sense, because Marlon Brando doesn’t belong in this movie, and he knows it. Worse yet, Frank Sinatra also knows it, and just seems bitter that he’s not playing Brando’s role. The two of them just seem to be so miscast, and so out of their element, that they can’t really match the magic of their co-stars and supporting cast. Which is a testament to everything else about this movie, because even with the awkwardness of those stars this movie is still an absolute banger. Grab your racing digest and watch out for the cops while we discuss 1955’s Guys and Dolls this week on Macintosh & Maud Haven’t Seen What?!
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Intro music taken from the Second Movement of Ludwig von Beethoven's 9th Symphony. Licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Hong Kong (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 HK) license. To hear the full performance or get more information, visit the song page at the Internet Archive.
Excerpts taken from the film Guys and Dolls (1955) are © 1955 Warner Bros. All Rights Reserved.
Excerpt taken from the theme song to the television series Top Cat. © Hanna-Barbera Productions, Screen Gems.
Excerpt taken from “Luck Be A Lady,” written by Frank Loesser, arranged by Billy May, and performed by Frank Sinatra. © WEA International Inc. / Reprise Records.
