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In the literature4 passages
- Irma was not the only French musical on Broadway at the time. La Plume de ma Tante (“The plume of my aunt”) , a revue devised by Robert Dh é ry (1921-2004) with music by film composer Gerard Calvi (1922- ) and lyrics by Francis Blanche and Ross Parker which had already run for three years at London’s Garrick Theatre, opened on Broadway at…ebooks/Atkey, Mel/Million Miles from Broadway_ Musical Theatre Beyond New York and London, A - Mel Atkey.txt
- Convinced of the film’s potential as a stage musical, Merrick secured the rights in December 1958, commissioning Deutsch to draft a plot outline based on her screenplay and French composer Gerard Calvi, recently of the hit revue La Plume de Ma Tante (1958), to pen the score. A year later, when Calvi’s inability to write sensitive English…ebooks/Gilvey, John Anthony/Before the Parade Passes By_ Gower Champion and the Glorious American Musical - John Anthony Gilvey.txt
- Such a show was Carnival, an adaptation of the MGM film Lili, itself an adaptation of a Paul Gallico short story about a waif whose only friends are some circus puppets. The screenplay for Lili was by a Hollywood pro named Helen Deutsch, who suggested it as a musical to Merrick in 1958. Merrick thought the score might be written by Gerard…ebooks/Kissel, Howard/David Merrick - The Abominable Showman_ The Unauthorized Biography (Applause Books) - Howard Kissel.txt
- Two years earlier, in December of 1958, David Merrick had announced that he was beginning work on a musical version of the film Lili , which had starred Leslie Caron.40 The screenwriter Helen Deutsch was engaged to prepare a ‘‘plot,’’ and Gerard Calvi, who had written La Plume de Ma Tante , a successful musical revue currently running on…ebooks/test/test - test.txt
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