Fanny (1961) | |
| Director(s) | Joshua Logan |
| Producer(s) | Ben Kadish (associate) |
| Top Genres | Drama, Film Adaptation, Romance |
| Top Topics | Based on Play, Father Son, Period Piece |
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Fanny (1961) was a Drama - Romance Film directed by Joshua Logan and produced by Ben Kadish.
Academy Awards 1961 --- Ceremony Number 34 (source: AMPAS)
| Award | Recipient | Result |
| Best Actor | Charles Boyer | Nominated |
| Best Cinematography | Jack Cardiff | Nominated |
| Best Film Editing | William H. Reynolds | Nominated |
| Best Music - Scoring | Morris Stoloff, Harry Sukman | Nominated |
| Best Picture | Joshua Logan, Producer | Nominated |
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Quotes from
Panisse:
Your son is a lout! And with or without your permission I would kick him in the behind!
Fanny: Why weren't you at the dance last night?
Marius: Well, I can live without dancing.
Fanny: I dance practically every dance with Victor. Very good dancer. Very polite and clever too.
Marius: Victor? Is he that little boy with the large pimples?
Fanny: Oh the pimples are all gone now.
Marius: I'm glad to hear it.
Fanny: They've been replaced by boils.
Cesar: [Looking at the new expedition preparing to sail out] Some scientists! None of them a day over thirty-five!
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Fanny: Why weren't you at the dance last night?
Marius: Well, I can live without dancing.
Fanny: I dance practically every dance with Victor. Very good dancer. Very polite and clever too.
Marius: Victor? Is he that little boy with the large pimples?
Fanny: Oh the pimples are all gone now.
Marius: I'm glad to hear it.
Fanny: They've been replaced by boils.
Cesar: [Looking at the new expedition preparing to sail out] Some scientists! None of them a day over thirty-five!
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Facts about
Marius is 19 and Fanny is 18 at the beginning of the play. In reality, Horst Buchholz was 28 and Leslie Caron was 30 when they played their respective roles.
This production of "Fanny" began as a hit Broadway musical in 1954, with the libretto co-authored by Joshua Logan, who also directed the show, which starred Ezio Pinza, in his last stage role before his death, as Cesar, Walter Slezak as Panisse, and Florence Henderson as Fanny. When the musical was filmed, Logan stayed on as director, and the film was faithful to the show, except for the fact that Logan dropped all of the songs and simply used them as background scoring.
The New York production of "Fanny" opened at the Majestic Theater in New York on November 4, 1954 and ran for 888 performances.
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This production of "Fanny" began as a hit Broadway musical in 1954, with the libretto co-authored by Joshua Logan, who also directed the show, which starred Ezio Pinza, in his last stage role before his death, as Cesar, Walter Slezak as Panisse, and Florence Henderson as Fanny. When the musical was filmed, Logan stayed on as director, and the film was faithful to the show, except for the fact that Logan dropped all of the songs and simply used them as background scoring.
The New York production of "Fanny" opened at the Majestic Theater in New York on November 4, 1954 and ran for 888 performances.
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