Fanny (1961)

Marius: [Torn between Fanny and his dream] Fanny. Only you can stop me. Now tell me that you love me. Tell me now!
Fanny: [Weeping] Marius, I tell you... you are free to go.
Marius: [Heartbroken] Alright. Then it's settled. Each to his love! You will marry Panisse's money, and I will marry the sea!

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Marius: [angrily insulting Panisse] Lecher!
Panisse: What?
Marius: Eunuch!
Fanny: Oh, Marius, be consistent. He can't be both.

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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Fanny: They've been replaced by boils.

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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.
Claude Dauphin was considered for the role of Monsieur Brun.
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