Damn Yankees (1958) |
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| Director(s) | George Abbott, Stanley Donen |
| Producer(s) | Stanley Donen, George Abbott, Frederick Brisson, Robert E. Griffith, Harold Prince |
| Top Genres | Comedy, Film Adaptation, Musical, Sports |
| Top Topics | Baseball, Based on Play, New York |
Featured Cast of Damn Yankees See More »
Tab Hunter(as Joe Hardy)
Damn Yankees
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Damn Yankees
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Tab Hunter
(as Joe Hardy)
Gwen Verdon(as Lola)
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Damn Yankees
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Gwen Verdon
(as Lola)
Ray Walston(as Mr. Applegate)
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Damn Yankees
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Ray Walston
(as Mr. Applegate)
Russ Brown(as Benny Van Buren)
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Damn Yankees
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Russ Brown
(as Benny Van Buren)
James Komack(as Rocky)
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Damn Yankees
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James Komack
(as Rocky)
Rae Allen(as Gloria Thorpe)
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Damn Yankees
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Rae Allen
(as Gloria Thorpe)
Jean Stapleton(as Sister Miller)
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Damn Yankees
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Jean Stapleton
(as Sister Miller)
Bob Fosse(as Mambo Dancer)
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Damn Yankees
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Bob Fosse
(as Mambo Dancer)
Damn Yankees Overview:
Damn Yankees (1958) was a Musical - Sports Film directed by George Abbott and Stanley Donen and produced by Stanley Donen, George Abbott, Frederick Brisson, Robert E. Griffith and Harold Prince.
Academy Awards 1958 --- Ceremony Number 31 (source: AMPAS)
| Award | Recipient | Result |
| Best Music - Scoring | Ray Heindorf | Nominated |
Damn Yankees BlogHub Articles:
Musical Monday: Damn Yankees (1958)
It’s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals. In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 500. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is my weekly feature about musicals. This week’s musical: Damn Yankees (1958) –... Read full article
Damn Yankees! (1958)
Damn Yankees! Directed by George Abbott and Stanley Donen Written by George Abbott and Douglass Wallop 1958/USA Warner Bros. presents a George Abbott and Stanley Donen Production Repeat viewing/Netflix rental Here is another movie I remember in black-and-white. I could still sing along with all... Read full article
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Damn Yankees Quotes:
Lola:
Joe, would you like to take Lola some place tonight?
Joe Hardy: Gee, I - I sure would like to but, uh, you know what Mr. Van Buren would say.
Lola: He'd say you lucky boy.
Joe Hardy: No, no! He'd say it's late. He likes us to get to bed early.
Lola: Any particular place?
Joe Hardy: Gee, I - I sure would like to but, uh, you know what Mr. Van Buren would say.
Lola: He'd say you lucky boy.
Joe Hardy: No, no! He'd say it's late. He likes us to get to bed early.
Lola: Any particular place?
Mr. Applegate:
Wives! They cause me more trouble than the Methodist church.
Mr. Applegate:
Going a little far don't you think?
Lola: What's the matter? Didn't ya like it?
Mr. Applegate: I like it fine. Puff him up baby, I'll bring him down again.
Lola: You'll what?
Mr. Applegate: It's already started. Keep your eyes open, homewrecker. You'll find out who's got the pain in the mambo.
Lola: What's the matter? Didn't ya like it?
Mr. Applegate: I like it fine. Puff him up baby, I'll bring him down again.
Lola: You'll what?
Mr. Applegate: It's already started. Keep your eyes open, homewrecker. You'll find out who's got the pain in the mambo.
Gloria Thorpe:
Wait a minute, I got it! Shoeless Joe Hardy!
Mr. Applegate:
Have a nice trip?
Lola: Perfect. The plane crashed in Cleveland.
Mr. Applegate: Good. Now about that job in Chicago.
Lola: Just dandy. I got the old boy to embezzle 100,000 dollars and lost it for him at the race track. Then his wife left him and he took to drink. I told him I was through and he jumped out the window... twenty second story.
Mr. Applegate: That's high enough, that's fine.
Lola: I wanna try the Empire State Building on this next one.
See More Quotes from Damn YankeesLola: Perfect. The plane crashed in Cleveland.
Mr. Applegate: Good. Now about that job in Chicago.
Lola: Just dandy. I got the old boy to embezzle 100,000 dollars and lost it for him at the race track. Then his wife left him and he took to drink. I told him I was through and he jumped out the window... twenty second story.
Mr. Applegate: That's high enough, that's fine.
Lola: I wanna try the Empire State Building on this next one.
Damn Yankees Facts
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Gwen Verdon won the Tony for Best Actress (Musical) in 1956 for "Damn Yankees!" for the role she recreated in the film version. Russ Brown won the 1956 Tony Award Best Featured Actor in a Musical and Rae Allen was nominated for the 1956 Tony Award Best Featured Actress in a Musical and both roles were recreated in the movie version by the same actors.
The original theatrical trailer carried the name of the movie as "Whatever Lola Wants" instead of Damn Yankees! (although the actual name was added parenthetically in smaller letters at the bottom of the screen).
The first film of Jean Stapleton.
Gwen Verdon was famous on Broadway for her hip movements, especially her bumps, as they were called, but in 1958, bumps such as these were not allowed in films, so her first number, "A Little Brains," contains odd static pauses where she had done her bumps on stage.
The first film of Shannon Bolin.