The film version of "Guys and Dolls", in which the 3rd-billed Sinatra co-stars with Marlon Brando and Jean Simmons, premiered in New York City on November 3, 1955. The Broadway musical, starring Robert Alda (Alan's dad) and Sam Levene, opened at the 46th Street Theater on November 24, 1950, and ran for 3 years, with a total of 1200 performances.
The play won the 1951 Tony as Best Musical, as well as...
- Best Actor (Musical), Robert Alda
- Best Actress, Supporting or Features (Musical), Isabel Bigley
- Choreographer, Michael Kidd
- Director, George S. Kaufman
The movie received 4 Academy Award nominations but no Oscars.
- Best cinematography, color
- Best art direction, set direction. color
- Best costume design, color
- Best music, scoring of a motion picture.
Here's a little doll.
Other Frank Sinatra 100 posts:
"Our Love". (2/14/2015)
"I'll Never Smile Again". (2/15/2015)
"Fools Rush In". (2/16/2015)
"Dolores". (2/17/2015)
"Oh Look At Me Now". (2/18/2015)
"This Love of Mine". (2/20/2015)
"There Are Such Things." (2/24/2015)
"Night and Day". (2/26/2015)
"The Night We Called It a Day". (2/27/2015)
Paramount Theater, December 30, 1942. (3/2/2015)
Reveille with Beverly. (3/4/2015)
"You'll Never Know". (3/7/2015)
Higher and Higher. (3/8/2015)
"People Will Say We're in Love". (3/10/2015)
The Shining Future. (3/17/2015)
"I Couldn't Sleep a Wink Last Night". (3/19/2015)
Step Lively. (3/20/2015) .
"Saturday Night (is the Loneliest Night of the Week)". (3/21/2015)
"You'll Never Walk Alone". (3/23/2015)
"Oh What It Seemed to Be". (3/24/2015)
Anchors Aweigh. (3/26/2015)
"Day by Day". 3/27/2015)
Till the Clouds Roll By. (3/29/2015)
"Always". (3/30/2015)
It Happened in Brooklyn. (3/31/2015)
"I've Got a Crush on You". (4/3/2015)
"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas". (4/5/2015)
"It Only Happens When I Dance With You". (4/7/2015)
The Miracle of the Bells. (4/9/2015)
The birth of Tina. (4/11/2015)
The Kissing Bandit. (4/16/2015)
"Some Enchanted Evening." (4/19/2015)
Take Me Out to the Ball Game. (4/22/2015)
"The Huckle Buck." (4/24/2015)
On the Town. (4/28/2015)
A blowup in Houston. (4/30/2015)
1st television appearance. (5/3/2015)
"The Frank Sinatra Show". (5/5/2015)
"I'm a Fool to Want You". (5/7/2015)
"Mama Will Bark". (5/10/2015)
Double Dynamite. (5/13/2015)
Frank and Ava get married. (5/15/2015)
Meet Danny Wilson. (5/19/2015)
"I Could Write a Book". (5/24/2015)
His Final Recording for Columbia Records, "Why Try to Change Me Now?" (5/28/2015)
A new musical era with Capital Records. (6/2/2015)
Filming begins on From Here to Eternity. (6/15/2015)
"I've Got the World on a String". (6/20/2015)
"Young at Heart". (6/21/2015)
Songs for Young Lovers. (6/22/2015)
Best supporting actor Oscar. (6/28/2015)
Swing Easy. (7/4/2015)
Suddenly. (7/10/2015)
"Three Coins in the Fountain". (7/16/2015)
Young at Heart (the movie). (7/26/2015)
"Learnin' the Blues". (8/5/2015)
Songs for Swingin' Lovers. (8/12/2015)
Not as a Stranger. (8/17/2015)
"Same Old Saturday Night". (8/24/2015)
"Love and Marriage". (8/28/2015)
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