Blanches colombes et vilains messieurs

Original title: Guys and Dolls

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Blanches colombes et vilains messieurs (1955)

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Classic Musical Slapstick Comedy Crime Musical Romance

In New York, a gambler is challenged to take a cold female missionary to Havana, but they fall for each other, and the bet has a hidden motive to finance a crap game.In New York, a gambler is challenged to take a cold female missionary to Havana, but they fall for each other, and the bet has a hidden motive to finance a crap game.In New York, a gambler is challenged to take a cold female missionary to Havana, but they fall for each other, and the bet has a hidden motive to finance a crap game.

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Nominated for 4 Oscars
- 3 wins & 8 nominations total

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Trivia
After filming repeated takes of the scene where Sky (Marlon Brando) and Nathan (Frank Sinatra) first meet, they had to quit for the day when Sinatra had eaten too much cheesecake. He said he could not take one more bite. Brando, knowing how much Sinatra hated cheesecake, had purposely flubbed each take so that Sinatra would have to eat piece after piece of cheesecake. The next day, they came back and shot the scene perfectly on the first take.

Goofs
Early in the movie, Uncle Arvide (Regis Toomey) asks, "Sarah, should you be able to bend a solid gold watch?" Sarah (Jean Simmons) replies, "Of course not." Gold is, in fact, the most malleable metal, that's why pure gold (24k) is rarely used in jewelry. A pure gold watch would be very susceptible to bending or denting.

Quotes
Sky Masterson: One of these days in your travels, a guy is going to show you a brand-new deck of cards on which the seal is not yet broken. Then this guy is going to offer to bet you that he can make the jack of spades jump out of this brand-new deck of cards and squirt cider in your ear. But, son, do not accept this bet, because as sure as you stand there, you're going to wind up with an ear full of cider.

Connections
Featured in I Love Lucy: Lucy and the Dummy (1955)

Soundtracks
Guys and Dolls
(1950) (uncredited)
Music and Lyrics by Frank Loesser
Played during the opening credits and sung by an offscreen chorus
Sung by Frank Sinatra, Stubby Kaye, and Johnny Silver walking down street after Adelaide has broken up with Nathan
Played as background music at the wedding
Sung by an offscreen chorus at the end after the wedding

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Featured review

8/10

Of its own time, and still memorable

Along with South Pacific, Guys and Dolls is for grown-ups - - it is sassy, sexy, and full of men being men and women being strung along.

There is an energy and drive that makes this stand out from the pack - the strength of Jean Simmond's performance, and the charm of a young Brando, and an already masterful Sinatra add much to the overall feel and look of the piece.

Guys and Dolls wins as it is unashamedly what it is: an MGM musical.

Still good to look at and listen too with great tunes and dance numbers - it will remain one of the classics of 20th Century cinema and be watched with pleasure for years to come.

Warmly recommended.