Gypsy (1962)

Directed by

Mervyn LeRoy

Genre

drama film, biographical film, musical film, comedy drama

Country

United States

Runtime

2h 23m

Rated

11

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 78 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A mother pushes her two daughters into show business, hoping to make them stars. The film follows the family as they travel across the country and the daughters grow up with different dreams.

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What happens

Gypsy is a 1962 American musical comedy-drama film produced and directed by Mervyn LeRoy. The screenplay by Leonard Spigelgass is based on the 1959 stage musical Gypsy: A Musical Fable by Arthur Laurents, which was adapted from the 1957 autobiography Gypsy: A Memoir by Gypsy Rose Lee. The film stars Rosalind Russell, Natalie Wood, and Karl Malden. Stephen Sondheim wrote the lyrics for songs composed by Jule Styne. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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