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Billy Rose's Jumbo Overview:

Billy Rose's Jumbo (1962) was a Musical - Comedy Film directed by Charles Walters and produced by Martin Melcher, Joe Pasternak and Roger Edens.

Academy Awards 1962 --- Ceremony Number 35 (source: AMPAS)

AwardRecipientResult
Best Music - ScoringGeorge StollNominated
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Doris Day finds the elephant in the room in... Billy Rose's Jumbo (1962)

By Michaela on Nov 12, 2016 From Love Letters to Old Hollywood

In 1935, showman Billy Rose staged a gigantic show appropriately titled Jumbo at the New York Hippodrome. Rose wanted the best, hiring Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur to write the script, George Abbott to direct, Jimmy Durante to star, Paul Whiteman to conduct, and Rodgers and Hart to write the scor... Read full article

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Billy Rose's Jumbo Facts
This movie was based on Billy Rose's 1934 musical extravaganza and he insisted that the full title be used on the movie.
In 1959 this was announced as a Debbie Reynolds vehicle.
This was Doris Day's last appearance in a full-on musical - and one of the last of the lavishly-budgeted MGM musicals as well. Despite Day being ranked the #1 box office star at the time of its release, it was widely considered a box office failure.
This musical marked the end of Busby Berkeley's movie career.
The 1935 musical play of Billy Rose's "Jumbo", on which this film was based, was the final stage presentation at New York City's venerable Hippodrome Theatre, which was torn down to make room for a parking lot. The show opened on November 16, 1935 and ran for 233 performances.
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