Guys and Dolls (film) (nonfiction)

Guys and Dolls is a 1955 American musical film starring Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons, Frank Sinatra, and Vivian Blaine. The film was made by Samuel Goldwyn Productions and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM). It was directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, who also wrote the screenplay. The film is based on the 1950 Broadway musical by composer and lyricist Frank Loesser, with a book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows, which, in turn, was loosely based on "The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown" and "Blood Pressure", two short stories by Damon Runyon. Dances were choreographed by Michael Kidd, who had also staged the dances for the Broadway production.

At Samuel Goldwyn and Joseph L. Mankiewicz's request, Frank Loesser wrote three new songs for the film: "Pet Me Poppa", "(Your Eyes Are the Eyes of) A Woman in Love", and "Adelaide", the last written specifically for Sinatra. Five songs in the stage musical were omitted from the movie: "A Bushel and a Peck", "My Time of Day", "I've Never Been in Love Before" (although portions of these three songs are heard instrumentally as background music), "More I Cannot Wish You" and "Marry the Man Today".

Big Julie's spotless dice

Dialog from the "spotless dice" scene:

Big Julie: And since I've been cleaned out of cash, I announce that I will now play on credit.

Nathan: Big Jule, you cannot imagine how exhausted they are. Especially on a non-cash basis. Me, personally, I'm fresh as a daisy.

Big Julie: Then I'll play with you.

Nathan: But I am not a player. I am merely the operator.

Big Julie: You been raking down out of every pot. You must have quite a bundle.

Nathan: Being I assume the risk, is it not fair I should assume some dough?

Big Julie: Detroit, I'm gonna roll ya, willy or nilly. If I lose… I'll give you my marker.

Nathan: And if I lose?

Gangster: You will give him cash.

Nathan: Let me hear from Big Jule.

Big Julie: You'll give me cash.

Nathan: I heard.

Big Julie: Here's my marker. Put up your dough. Anything wrong?

Nathan: "IOU one thousand. Signed X." How can you write "one thousand" but not your signature?

Big Julie: I was good in arithmetic but I stunk in English.

Nathan: Here. This'll put you through Harvard. Big Julie: I'm rollin' the whole thousand. And to change my luck, I'm going to use my own dice.

Nathan: Your own dice?

Big Julie: I had 'em made especially in Chicago.

Nathan: I do not wish to seem petty, but may I have a look at those dice? But these dice ain't got no spots on 'em. They're blank.

Big Julie: I had the spots removed for luck. But I remember where the spots formerly were.

Nathan: You are going to roll blank dice and remember where the spots were?

Big Julie: Detroit… do you doubt my memory?

Nathan: Big Julie, I have great trust in you.

External links

• Guys and Dolls (film) @ Wikipedia