Brigadoon (film)
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| Brigadoon | |
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 Original film poster |
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| Directed by | Vincente Minnelli |
| Produced by | Arthur Freed |
| Written by | Alan Jay Lerner |
| Starring | Gene Kelly Van Johnson Cyd Charisse |
| Music by | Alan Jay Lerner (Lyrics) Frederick Loewe (Music) |
| Cinematography | Joseph Ruttenberg |
| Editing by | Albert Akst |
| Distributed by | MGM |
| Release date(s) | September 8, 1954 |
| Running time | 108 minutes |
| Country | U.S.A. |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $2,352,625 (estimated) |
| IMDb profile | |
Brigadoon is a 1954 film based on the Broadway musical of the same name by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe. The film was directed by Vincente Minnelli.
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[edit] Plot
Americans Tommy Albright (Gene Kelly) and Jeff Douglas (Van Johnson) are on a hunting trip in Scotland and become lost. They encounter a small village, not on the map, called Brigadoon, in which people harbour a mysterious secret, and behave as if they were still living two hundred years in the past.
[edit] Cast
- Gene Kelly — Tommy Albright
- Van Johnson — Jeff Douglas
- Cyd Charisse — Fiona Campbell
- Elaine Stewart — Jane Ashton
- Barry Jones — Mr. Lundie
- Hugh Laing — Harry Beaton
- Albert Sharpe — Andrew Campbell
- Virginia Bosler — Jean Campbell
- Jimmy Thompson — Charlie Chisholm Dalrymple
- Tudor Owen — Archie Beaton
- Owen McGiveney — Angus
- Dee Turnell — Ann
- Dodie Heath — Meg Brockie (as Dody Heath)
- Eddie Quillan — Sandy
[edit] Uncredited Roles
- Madge Blake — Mrs. McIntosh
- Oliver Blake — Frank (bartender)
- Hugh Boswell — Mr. McIntosh
- Paul Bryar — Waiter
- George Chakiris — Dancer
- Peter Leeds — Peter (headwaiter)
- Archer MacDonald — New York club patron
- Warren MacGregor — Tinker
- Hank Mann — Toy Booth
- Vesey O'Davoren — (unspecified)
- Dick Simmons — New York club patron
- Stuart Whitman — New York club patron
[edit] Song list
- "Once in the Highlands/Brigadoon/Down on MacConnachy Square" –Eddie Quillan, Villagers, and Offscreen M-G-M Chorus
- "Waiting for My Dearie" – Cyd Charisse (dubbed by Carol Richards) and Dee Turnell (dubbed by Bonnie Murray)
- "I'll Go Home with Bonnie Jean" – Jimmy Thompson (dubbed by John Gustafson), Gene Kelly, Van Johnson and Chorus
- "The Heather on the Hill" – Gene Kelly, Danced by Gene Kelly and Cyd Charisse
- "Almost Like Being in Love" – Sung and Danced by Gene Kelly
- "The Wedding Dance" – Danced by Jimmy Thompson and Virginia Bosler
- "The Chase" – Sung by men pursuing Hugh Laing
- "The Heather on the Hill" – Danced by Gene Kelly and Cyd Charisse
- "I'll Go Home with Bonnie Jean" (reprise) – Sung offscreen by Jimmy Thompson, Carol Richards and Chorus
- "The Heather on the Hill" (reprise) – Sung offscreen by Jimmy Thompson, Carol Richards and Chorus
- "Waitin' for My Dearie" (reprise) – Sung offscreen by Jimmy Thompson, Carol Richards and Chorus
- "Finale: Brigadoon" – M-G-M Chorus
- Source:IMDB
[edit] Differences from the Broadway Musical
Four of the stage show's musical numbers ("Come to Me, Bend to Me", "There But For You Go I", "From This Day On", and "The Sword Dance") were cut prior to the film's release. The Breen office refused to allow the use of the two songs the Meg Brockie character sang in the stage version ("The Love of My Life" and "My Mother's Wedding Day"[1]), as the lyrics were considered too risqué for general audiences. With the omission of these songs, the supporting role of Meg Brockie was reduced in the film to scarcely more than a bit part. The minor song "Jeannie's Packin' Up" was also omitted. Some of this was done because, after listening to Gene Kelly's pre-recordings of "There But For You Go I" and "From This Day On", the makers of the film felt that the results did not show his voice to its best advantage, but some was done because producer Arthur Freed wanted to shape the two-and-a-half hour stage musical into a film that ran 108 minutes.
[edit] Recordings
The 1954 original motion picture soundtrack was originally incomplete, but was re-released with deleted songs, alternate takes, and undubbed vocals.
[edit] External links
- Brigadoon at the Internet Movie Database.
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