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- This article discusses the 1960 film. For other topics of the same name, see Once More with Feeling
Once More, with Feeling!
Original film posterDirected by Stanley Donen Produced by Stanley Donen Written by Harry Kurnitz Starring Yul Brynner
Kay Kendall
Gregory RatoffMusic by Franz Liszt
Ludwig van Beethoven
Richard Wagner
arranged by
Muir MathiesonCinematography Georges Périnal Editing by Jack Harris Distributed by Columbia Pictures Release date(s) 11 February 1960 Running time 92 min Country United Kingdom Language English Once More, with Feeling! (1960) is a British comedy film directed and produced by Stanley Donen from a screenplay by Harry Kurnitz, based on his play. The film was released by Columbia Pictures and has music by Franz Liszt, Ludwig van Beethoven, and Richard Wagner, arranged by Muir Mathieson. The cinematography was by Georges Périnal and the costume design by Givenchy.
The film stars Yul Brynner and Kay Kendall with Gregory Ratoff and Geoffrey Toone.
Background
The play Once More, With Feeling which was adapted for this film, opened on Broadway on 21 October 1958 at the National Theatre, in a production directed by George Axelrod and designed by George Jenkins, and starring Joseph Cotten, Arlene Francis, and Walter Matthau, who was nominated for a Tony Award as Best featured actor. The play ran for 263 performances.
The film was Kay Kendall's last. She died of leukemia on September 6, 1959, prior to the film's release.
Cast
- Yul Brynner as Victor Fabian
- Kay Kendall as Dolly Fabian
- Gregory Ratoff as Maxwell Archer
- Geoffrey Toone as Dr. Richard Hilliard
- Maxwell Shaw as Jascha Gendel / Grisha Gendel
- Mervyn Johns as Mr. Wilbur Jr.
- Martin Benson as Luigi Bardini
- Harry Lockart as Chester
- Shirley Anne Field as Angela Hopper
External links
Films directed by Stanley Donen 1940s On the Town (1949)1950s Royal Wedding (1951) · Love Is Better Than Ever (1952) · Singin' in the Rain (1952) · Fearless Fagan (1952) · Give a Girl a Break (1953) · Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954) · Deep in My Heart (1954) · It's Always Fair Weather (1955) · Funny Face (1957) · The Pajama Game (1957) · Kiss Them for Me (1957) · Indiscreet (1958) · Damn Yankees (1958)1960s Once More, with Feeling! (1960) · Surprise Package (1960) · The Grass Is Greener (1960) · Charade (1963) · Arabesque (1966) · Two for the Road (1967) · Bedazzled (1967) · Staircase (1969)1970s 1980s Saturn 3 (1980) · Blame It on Rio (1984)Categories:- 1960 films
- British films
- English-language films
- Columbia Pictures films
- 1960s romantic comedy films
- Films shot in Technicolor
- Films based on plays
- Films directed by Stanley Donen
- 1960s comedy film stubs
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