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Gypsy Overview:

Gypsy (1962) was a Biographical - Comedy Film directed by Mervyn LeRoy and produced by Mervyn LeRoy.

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

AwardRecipientResult
Best CinematographyHarry Stradling, Sr.Nominated
Best Costume DesignOrry-KellyNominated
Best Music - ScoringFrank PerkinsNominated
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Gypsy BlogHub Articles:

Video of the Week: “Gypsy Traders” (2)

By Marisa on Sep 18, 2013 From The Timothy Carey Experience

Our Video of the Week is one from the archives. It’s the Cowboy G-Men episode “Gypsy Traders,” first airing on February 28, 1953. Timothy is uncredited and silent as “Tall Gypsy,” but he does have an amusing bit during an encounter with a flea circus. Tim appeared in s... Read full article

Pic of the Day: “Gypsy Traders” revisited (1)

By Marisa on Nov 27, 2012 From The Timothy Carey Experience

Today we revisit “Gypsy Traders,” the Cowboy G-Men episode that first aired on February 28, 1953. Timothy gets to indulge in a bit of comedy as the “Tall Gypsy” has an itchy encounter with Zerbo (Phil Arnold) and his flea circus. Arnold was a hard-working character actor, of... Read full article

Pic of the Day: “Gypsy Traders” revisited (2)

By Marisa on Feb 6, 2012 From The Timothy Carey Experience

The Pic of the Day for your Monday takes another look at the Cowboy G-Men episode “Gypsy Traders,” first airing on February 28, 1953. Timothy and his fellow Gypsies, including Charlita and X Brands, are skeptical of the motives of federal crimebuster Pat Gallagher (Russell Hayden). X Br... Read full article

Pic of the Day: “Gypsy Traders”

By Marisa on Aug 30, 2011 From The Timothy Carey Experience

Today’s pic is from the Cowboy G-Men episode “Gypsy Traders,” which first aired on February 28, 1953 (I posted the video of this recently). Tim is uncredited and has no lines as “Tall Gypsy,” but he does have this amusing bit of comedy business with Phil Arnold during a... Read full article

Video of the Week: “Gypsy Traders” (1)

By Marisa on Aug 3, 2011 From The Timothy Carey Experience

Seek and ye shall find! Our video of the week is the Cowboy G-Men episode “Gypsy Traders,” first broadcast on February 28, 1953. This is the only one of the episodes that Tim appears in that I don’t have on DVD (will fix that ASAP). He is uncredited (listed on IMDb as “Tall G... Read full article

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Gypsy Quotes:

Louise "Gypsy Rose Lee" Hovick: I said, turn it off! Nobody laughs at me! Because I laugh first. At me! Me, from Seattle! Me, with no education. Me, with no talent, as you kept reminding me my whole life! Well, Mama look at me now. I'm a star! Look! Look how I live! Look at my friends! Look where I'm going! I'm not staying in burlesque! I'm moving, mabye up, maybe down! But wherever it is, I'm enjoying it. I'm having the time of my life! Because for the first time, it is my life! And I love it. I love every second of it! And I'll be damned if you're gonna take it away from me! I am Gypsy Rose Lee! And I love her! And if you don't, you can just clear out now!
Louise "Gypsy Rose Lee" Hovick: [singing] Let me entertain you, Let me make you smile, Let me do a few tricks, Some old and then some new tricks, I'm very versatile, And if you're real good, I'll make you feel good, I want your spirits to climb, So let me entertain you, And we'll have a real good time; Yes, sir!, We'll have a real good time.
Rose Hovick: [contemplating an unneeded wig] You know, we could get a nice refund on this... if we'd ever paid for it.
Rose Hovick: Nothing is better than vaudeville!
Rose Hovick: You need something to remind you your goal was to be a great actress. Not a cheap stripper.
Louise "Gypsy Rose Lee" Hovick: My sister's the actress, mother. And I'm *not* a cheap stripper. I'm the highest-paid in the business.
Rose Hovick: You won't be ready for vaudeville when it comes back.
Louise "Gypsy Rose Lee" Hovick: No, I'll be *dead*.
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Gypsy Facts
Most of Rosalind Russell's songs were dubbed by Lisa Kirk. However, Russell's voice can be heard in "Mr. Goldstone," the reprise of "Small World," and parts of "Rose's Turn" and the cut "Together Wherever We Go".
During the rehearsals for Gypsy, Mervyn LeRoy was not happy with the girl that he had cast to play "Dainty June". (This was before Ann Jillian was cast.) He thought that the actress was not as good of a dancer or singer as Morgan Brittany, who played "Baby June". He tried to make Suzanne look old enough to play "Dainty June" by having Orry-Kelly design older clothes with padding and having her wear high heels, but the transformation didn't work, she still looked too young to play opposite Natalie Wood, so another casting session brought the role to Ann Jillian. Ann was not really a dancer but her voice was spectacular and Mervyn felt that she made a more believable older June.
It was widely thought that during the filming of this movie, Rosalind Russell stuck the hat pin through her head, and that when the scene was over she passed out. This is noticeable at the end of the "Some People" when she sings "Well, they can stay and rot!" When she takes the plaque, you can clearly see the other end of the hat pin doesn't stick out. However, her son Lance has stated that this isn't true: "I never heard of this alleged incident from my mother (or father). It's possible that she might have suffered a minor injury, but not anything serious, or I would have heard about it. She was dropped once by the Conga line guys in Wonderful Town and hurt her back, and I heard plenty about that!"
Three legendary women were considered to play Mama Rose on film: Broadway's original Rose, Ethel Merman (who was producer-director Mervyn LeRoy's first choice), Judy Garland and Judy Holliday.
The real Gypsy Rose Lee visited the set and gave Natalie Wood some tips on her stripping routines.
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