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"The Great Ziegfeld," which starred William Powell as the Broadway producer Florenz Ziegfeld (1967-1932), earned three 1936 Academy Awards, including Best Picture. The year before, the Best Picture Oscar went to a 1934 film based on a real incident -- "Mutiny On the Bounty."
There have been a few... "Annie" is based on the Harold Gray comic strip/cartoon character "Little Orphan Annie". "Popeye the Musical" is based on the Elzie Seegar character "Popeye the Sailor". "Shrek the musical" is based on the cartoon character from the Shreck series of movies. "The Little Mermaid" is based on the Disney animated movie of the same name
That was Dudley Dickerson. He played in a dozen or so Three Stooges two reelers as a cook, a butler, a porter, generally stereotyped roles. He also played on the Amos and Andy show and with Abbott and Costello in the move Abbott and Costello Go to Mars.
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The boys met Dracula in Abbott and Costello meet Frankenstein (July 1948). The other Universal Studios monsters Abbott and Costello have met (based on the film title) are the Invisible Man (March 1951) and the Mummy (May 1955). Source: Monsters; A Celebration of the Classics from Universal Studios (c.r. 2006, published by Del Rey)
No. Elvis Costello is a made-up name based on the familiar Elvis Presley and possibly Costello is his real last name. Lou Costello was one half of the famous comedy team Abbott and Costello , still a byword for team-comedy.
Yes Ragtime the Musical is based on the book
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"rent" it is a movie based on a popular Broadway musical
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Yes, the musical "Grease" is based on a 1971 musical of the same name written by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey. The screenplay for the popular 1978 film adaptation was written by Bronte Woodard, loosely based on the original musical.
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"The Great Ziegfeld," which starred William Powell as the Broadway producer Florenz Ziegfeld (1967-1932), earned three 1936 Academy Awards, including Best Picture. The year before, the Best Picture Oscar went to a 1934 film based on a real incident -- "Mutiny On the Bounty."
My fair lady! And what a really great musical it is.
When a musical is based off of a tv show, movie, book, poetry, etc.
There have been a few... "Annie" is based on the Harold Gray comic strip/cartoon character "Little Orphan Annie". "Popeye the Musical" is based on the Elzie Seegar character "Popeye the Sailor". "Shrek the musical" is based on the cartoon character from the Shreck series of movies. "The Little Mermaid" is based on the Disney animated movie of the same name