Sweet Charity (1969) |
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| Director(s) | Bob Fosse |
| Producer(s) | Robert Arthur |
| Top Genres | Comedy, Drama, Film Adaptation, Musical, Romance |
| Top Topics | Based on Play |
Featured Cast of Sweet Charity See More »
Shirley MacLaine(as Charity Hope Valentine)
Sweet Charity
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1969
Sweet Charity
Released
1969
Shirley MacLaine
(as Charity Hope Valentine)
Stubby Kaye(as Herman)
Sweet Charity
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1969
Sweet Charity
Released
1969
Stubby Kaye
(as Herman)
Ricardo Montalban(as Vittorio Vidal)
Sweet Charity
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1969
Sweet Charity
Released
1969
Ricardo Montalban
(as Vittorio Vidal)
Sammy Davis Jr.(as Big Daddy Brubeck)
Sweet Charity
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1969
Sweet Charity
Released
1969
Sammy Davis Jr.
(as Big Daddy Brubeck)
Toni Basil(as Dancer)
Sweet Charity
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1969
Sweet Charity
Released
1969
Toni Basil
(as Dancer)
Sweet Charity Overview:
Sweet Charity (1969) was a Comedy - Drama Film directed by Bob Fosse and produced by Robert Arthur.
Academy Awards 1969 --- Ceremony Number 42 (source: AMPAS)
| Award | Recipient | Result |
| Best Art Direction | Art Direction: Alexander Golitzen, George C. Webb; Set Decoration: Jack D. Moore | Nominated |
| Best Costume Design | Edith Head | Nominated |
| Best Music - Scoring | Adaptation score by Cy Coleman | Nominated |
Sweet Charity BlogHub Articles:
Musical Monday: Sweet Charity (1969)
Sweet Charity (1969) (2)
When Charity (Shirley MacLaine) isn’t dancing at the Fandango Ballroom, she’s desperately on the search for love. When we first meet Charity, she’s positively elated over the fact that she thinks she’s finally found the love of her life. But when they meet up on a bridge ... Read full article
Sweet Charity (1969) (1)
I mentioned in my review of Lenny awhile back that I had one final “directed by Bob Fosse” film to watch and it was Sweet Charity. The sad thing is I should have stopped at Lenny because Sweet Charity, Fosse’s first film and first box office bomb, has every right to be. The fil... Read full article
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Sweet Charity Quotes:
Charity Hope Valentine:
Fickle Finger of Fate!
Vittorio:
Without love, life would have no purpose.
Charity Hope Valentine:
Wow, this place is sure full of celebrities. I'm the only one in here I've never heard of.
Oscar Lindquist:
The odds against us are at least a hundred to one.
Charity Hope Valentine: Those are the best odds I ever had.
See More Quotes from Sweet CharityCharity Hope Valentine: Those are the best odds I ever had.
Sweet Charity Facts
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Marie Wallace originated the part of Ursula in the original Broadway production.
Shirley MacLaine was working with a painful infected tooth that required root canal treatment, yet she was such a trouper that she kept it a secret so as not to hold up production. She wrote that she was in so much pain, she could't even remember filming one of the exhausting Bob Fosse dance numbers.
Chita Rivera's film debut.
Shirley MacLaine recommended to Lew Wasserman, head of Universal Pictures, that he hire Bob Fosse to direct the film. Fosse had directed and choreographed the Broadway version.
Ben Vereen's movie debut.