By and large, Robert McEnroe's adaptation of Maurice Walsh's film, `` The Quiet Man '', provides the entertainment it set out to, and we have a lively musical show if not a superlative one.

In collaboration with Frederick Loewe, he created some of the world's most popular and enduring works of musical theatre for both the stage and on film.

Lerner and Loewe's run of success continued with their next project, a film adaptation of stories from Colette, the Academy Award winning film musical Gigi, starring Leslie Caron, Louis Jourdan and Maurice Chevalier.

In 1965 Lerner collaborated again with Burton Lane on the musical On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, which was adapted for film in 1970.

The following year they collaborated on a musical film version of The Little Prince, based on the classic children's tale by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.

He also had been working with Gerard Kenny and Kristi Kane ( libretto ) in London on a musical version of the classic film My Man Godfrey.

A Funny Thing has enjoyed several Broadway and West End revivals and was made into a successful film starring the original lead of the musical, Zero Mostel.

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum was made into a musical film in 1966, directed by Richard Lester, with Zero Mostel and Jack Gilford re-creating their Broadway stage roles, Leon Greene reprising his West End stage role and Phil Silvers starred in an expanded role as " Marcus Lycus ".

" And the song " New York, New York " ( by Betty Comden and Adolph Green from the 1940s musical comedy and film, " On the Town ") explains that " The Bronx is up and the Battery's down.

), and was executive producer for the film version of the musical Mamma Mia !.

The resulting fight between the townsfolk and Lamarr's army of thugs breaks the fourth wall, quite literally ; the fight spills out from the Warner Bros. film lot into a neighboring musical set being directed by Buddy Bizarre ( Dom DeLuise ), then into the studio commissary, where a pie fight ensues.

Among his various musical credits, Mumy has recorded and written songs with America, toured with Shaun Cassidy, and played in Rick Springfield's band in the film, Hard to Hold.

One advantage Chaplin found in sound technology was the ability to record a musical score for the film ; he also took the opportunity to mock the talkies, opening City Lights with a squeaky, unintelligible speech that " burlesqued the metallic tones of early talky voices ".

Chaplin considered the musical accompaniment of a film to be important, and from A Woman of Paris onwards, he took an increasing interest in this area.

According to film historian Jeffrey Vance, " although he relied upon associates to arrange varied and complex instrumentation, the musical imperative is his, and not a note in a Chaplin musical score was placed there without his assent.

Caitlin Clarke ( May 3, 1952 – September 9, 2004 ) was an American theater and film actress best known for her role as Valerian in the 1981 fantasy film Dragonslayer and for her role as Charlotte Cardoza in the 1998 – 1999 Broadway musical Titanic.

In 1991 he performed on Broadway in the short-lived musical Nick and Nora ( based on the Thin Man film ) with Joanna Gleason, the daughter of Monty Hall.

These excavations, led by archaeologist Leslie Alcock from 1966 – 70, were titled " Cadbury-Camelot ," and won much media attention, even being mentioned in the film of the musical Camelot.

The musical was adapted into a 1967 film of the same name, which starred Richard Harris as Arthur, and which featured the Castle of Coca, Segovia as a fittingly opulent Camelot.

After the disappointment of a dramatic film career, Day returned to her musical / comedic roots in 1957's The Pajama Game with John Raitt.

was a 2008 musical based on the 1990 anime film of the same name.

Hopkins later directed a film version of the stage play, to which he also wrote the musical score.

DeMille also appeared as himself in Paramount's 1947 all-star musical comedy Variety Girl and he narrated many of his later films, as well as appearing on screen in the introduction to The Ten Commandments.

Sting narrated the American premiere of the musical Yanomamo ( 1983 ), by Peter Rose and Anne Conlon, outlining problems that existed in the Amazon rainforest.

This musical history of London's Oxford Street was directed and narrated by McLaren and included performances by The Happy Mondays, Tom Jones, Rebel MC, Kirsty MacColl, John Altman and Sinéad O ' Connor.

Columbia also produced musical shorts, sports reels ( usually narrated by sportscaster Bill Stern ), and travelogues.

* Steve Bisley narrated the poem, in his role as Banjo Paterson, during the re-enactment of the poem in the 2002 musical theatre production The Man from Snowy River: Arena Spectacular.

Shepard then became an independent producer, wrote, narrated and produced The WQXR / MCA Classics Listener's Guide ( 1988 ; music appreciation recordings ) and has lectured on musical theatre and classical music.

In 1991, HBO aired an animated musical adaptation of The Tale of Peter Rabbit, narrated by Carol Burnett, as part of the network's Storybook Muscials series, which was later released to VHS by Family Home Entertainment.

Charles Stark narrated both sides, providing both technical details and information about the musical instruments used on the tracks on Side Two.

It consists of a narrator ( Bhagvatha ) who either narrates the story by singing or sings prepared character dialogues, backed by musicians playing on traditional musical instruments as the actors dance to the music, with actions that portray the story as it is being narrated.

Green also wrote and / or narrated many radio documentaries about stage and film musical stars and Hollywood, his other main interest apart from jazz and sport.

It is narrated by Washington Irving, who wrote the source material for the musical, Father Knickerbocker's Stories.

Hunter's life was documented in Alberta Hunter: My Castle's Rockin ( 1998 ), a documentary written by Chris Albertson and narrated by pianist Billy Taylor, and in Cookin ' at the Cookery, a biographical musical by Marion J. Caffey that has toured the United States in recent years with Ernestine Jackson as Hunter.

The product is a short film that combines a narrated piece of personal writing, photographic and other still images, and a musical soundtrack.

Bonus tracks are also provided on this album, including a musical remix of " Mermaids " and two stories / poems narrated by Levannah.

He narrated Andre Kostelanetz ' musical show for a year, using the pseudonym Alexander Scott.

Each song or ditty was prefaced by an author's note which indicated the origin and meaning of the song as well as special interest the song had, musical arrangement, and most of the chorus and verses.

In the calm which follows the reading of a poem, for example, is the effect produced by the enforced quiet, by the musical quality of words and rhythm, by the sentiments or sense of the poem, by the associations with earlier readings, if it is familiar, by the boost to the self-esteem for the semi-literate, by the diversion of attention, by the sense of security in a legitimized withdrawal, by a kind license for some variety of fantasy life regarded as forbidden, or by half-conscious ideas about the magical power of words??

Although Patchen has given previous evidence of an interest in jazz, the musical group that he works with, the Chamber Jazz Sextet, is often ignored by jazz critics.

A low-power, `` carrier-current '' broadcasting station, KARL, heard only in the campus dormitories, is owned and operated by the students to provide an outlet for student dramatic, musical, literary, technical, and other talents, and to furnish information, music, and entertainment for campus listeners.

Returning once again to the Schnabel reissue, I am beguiled anew by the magnificence of this pianist's musical penetration.

Giving most of his musical continuity to the orchestra, he lets the speech fall into place as if by coincidence, but controlling the pace and emphasis of the words.

These are then mixed by their sound engineers with the active co-operation of the musical staff and combined into the final two channels which are impressed on the record.

'' With music and lyrics by Frank Loesser, directed by Christopher Hewett, choreography by Peter Conlow, musical direction by Samuel Matlowsky.

The book is by Jerome Weidman and George Abbott, music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, choreography by Peter Gennaro, scenery, costumes and lighting by William and Jean Eckart, musical direction by Jack Elliott, and the production was directed by Mr. Abbott.