Gypsy

Gypsy

1962 · 149 min · EN · 6.4 (62 votes)
Dir. Mervyn LeRoy · Starring Rosalind Russell, Natalie Wood, Karl Malden, Paul Wallace, Betty Bruce, Parley Baer · Music Jule Styne

All The Heart and Happiness of The Broadway Play

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Mama Rose lives to see her daughter June succeed on Broadway by way of vaudeville. When June marries and leaves, Rose turns her hope and attention to her elder, less obviously talented, daughter Louise. However, having her headlining as a stripper at Minsky's Burlesque is not what she initially has in mind.

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A dazzling, yet ultimately tragic, spectacle of maternal ambition and the price of fame. It's a vibrant, campy journey through the golden age of entertainment, tinged with the melancholy of dreams deferred and lives reshaped by the spotlight.

melodramaticcampyheartbreakingshowbiz-saturatedsteadyclassic Hollywood musicalvaudeville aesthetictheatricalambitionmaternal manipulationshow businessidentity
biographystripperbased on play or musicaldomineering motherburlesque
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