Throw in some baseball and several catchy songs, and dust off that old faust legend, and you get this breezy 1958 musical from warner brothers. Overview full credits full synopsis notes music screenplay info original print info genre. Film adaptation of the george abbott broadway musical about a washington senators fan who makes a pact. Film adaptation of the george abbott broadway musical about a washington senators fan who makes a pact with the devil to.
I guess the competition in 1958 liz taylor, susan hayward, rosalind russell. The film was produced with excellent graphic quality, best sound quality and finest starring actors. Now paunchy and middleaged, joe makes a final lunge at. Overview full credits full synopsis notes music screenplay info. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing damn yankees near you. Damn yankees film by donen and abbott 1958 britannica. Damn yankees is a frothy, faithful adaptation of the 1956 broadway hit. Read the full synopsis of damn yankees, 1958, directed by george abbott, with tab hunter, gwen verdon, ray walston, at turner classic movies. Maybe you think that was a heat wave that hit town yesterday. Film version of the broadway smash about a frustrated baseball fan who sells his soul to be a star player for his favorite team. Performed at the albany academies at caird chapel, february 28 and march 1, 2014.
Damn yankees was a very successful broadway musical of the 1950s, which was turned into a hit movie in 1958 the musical is based on the novel the year the yankees lost the pennant, written by douglass wallop in 1954. Originally a hugely successful broadway play, damn yankees returns most of the original stage cast, with tab hunter taking over in the lead role. Damn yankees 1958 cast and crew joe boyd, an aging washington senators fan, would sell his soul for the senators to beat the new york yankees and win the pennant. The two met in 1955, when she starred in broadways damn yankees, which he choreographed. Enter applegate ray walston, who offers to turn boyd into joe. Damn yankees was one of two broadway shows written by the team of richard adler and jerry ross, the other being the pajama game which got made into films almost immediately upon the cessation of the broadway run. Set in the 1960s, this movie featuires fifthgrader scotty smalls, teased for being a dork when he moves to a new town. Rent damn yankees 1958 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. Combining the faust legend with baseball, the film retained most of the broadway cast notably gwen verdon, ray walston, and jean stapleton and a. For the 1958 film, they reprised those duties and he also appeared in the whos got the pain mambo number.
Jean stapleton in damn yankees 1958 tab hunter and gwen verdon in damn yankees 1958 tab. Cast and crew credits for damn yankees, 1958, directed by george abbott, with tab hunter, gwen verdon, ray walston, at turner classic movies. The story is a modern take on the faust legend involving the new york yankees and washington senators baseball teams. Damn yankees ran in the 19551957 season for 1019 performances and both gwen verdon and ray walston continued their roles from broadway. Applegate impulsively switches joe hardy back into joe boyd in full view of the stadium. Find release information for damn yankees 1958 george abbott, stanley donen on allmovie. From the motion picture damn yankees a warner bros. Come and experience your torrent treasure chest right here. The story is a modern retelling of the faust legend set during the 1950s in washington, d.
Movie, damn yankees movie,damn yankees trailer,damn yankees 1958, george abbott,gwen verdon, ray walston, tab hunter, russ. In this musical, a man trades his soul to the devil for a chance to be a baseball superstar. Film adaptation of the george abbott broadway musical about a washington senators fan who makes a. Film adaptation of the george abbott broadway musical about a washington senators fan who makes a pact with the devil to help his baseball team win the league pennant. Damn yankees is a 1958 musical film made by warner bros.
Ray walston is hilarious as the devil here known as mr. Avengers and game of thrones rule 2019 mtv movie and tv awards. Film adaptation of the george abbott broadway musical about a washington senators fan who. Music and lyrics by richard adlerjerry ross shoeless joe from hannibal mo. The team finished with a record of 9262, winning their 24th pennant, finishing 10 games ahead of the chicago white sox. The 1958 new york yankees season was the 56th season for the team in new york, and its 58th season overall. Applegate come to earth to seduce disgruntled washington senators fan joe boyd robert shafer into entering a faustian pact with him.
Damn yankees on dvdbluray 1958 broadway on video database. Damn yankees 1958 stream and watch online moviefone. Memorable quotes and exchanges from movies, tv series and more. Joe boyd, an aging washington senators fan, would sell his soul for the senators to beat the new york yankees and win the pennant. A college chemistry professor, vernon simpson ray milland, invents a substance that keeps insects away from wood. The damn yankees soundtrack album was released in monophonic sound in 1958, and all subsequent reissues also were in mono until 1989, when rca released a stereo version with. Wallop was a serious novelist, but also a devoted fans of the washington senators at a time when success was quite elusive for the franchise the famous quip is washington. Damn yankees 1958 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Based on the novel the year the yankees lost the pennant, the film like the play before it unfortunately. We prefer to think it was gwen verdon making her debut hereabouts as a star in a film. In an amusing slant on the faust legend, aging baseball fan joe boyd robert schafer is given an opportunity to lead his. Damn yankees is a great movie musical, i rank it near the perfection of mary. Damn yankees is a 1955 musical comedy with a book by george abbott and douglass wallop, music and lyrics by richard adler and jerry ross. Damn yankees original soundtrack original soundtrack.
When boyd agrees, he becomes hardy and leads the senators on a winning streak. It was more like combining chocolate and a pound of seasoned ground beef. But after a baseball crashes through the window and gets coated in the fluid. Whatever lola wants, lola gets stereo damn yankees. Richard adlerjerry ross shoeless joe from hannibal mo. Trivia because so many of the artists associated with the original stage show were recruited for the film version, damn yankees 1958 emerged as one of the most faithful movie adaptations of a broadway musical. Damn yankees 1958 trailers and clips joe boyd, an aging washington senators fan, would sell his soul for the senators to beat the new york yankees and win the pennant. Gwen verdon, ray walston, tab hunter, russ brown, shannon bolin, official content from warner home video film version of the broadway. With damn yankees 1958, donen and abbott codirected another musical that originated onstage under abbotts direction.
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