The main names of note in this production is ray walston my favorite martian and tab hunter. Desperate for his beloved washington senators to win a pennant, aging baseball nut joe boyd robert schafer makes a deal with applegate, aka the devil walston, and is transformed into shoeless joe hardy hunter, a topnotch slugger with a miraculous batting average who could take the sagging senators all the way. I was surprised to find that she did not receive an oscar nomination, but i guess the competition in 1958 liz taylor, susan hayward, rosalind russell, deborah. With tab hunter, gwen verdon, ray walston, russ brown.
A frustrated fan of the hopeless washington senators. The film version of the classic musical follows washington senators fan joe boyd robert shafer, who sells his soul to the devil to become joe hardy, a young baseball star played by tab hunter. Joe boyd, an aging washington senators fan, would sell his soul for the senators to beat the new york yankees and win the pennant. Where you goin now, high enough, silence is broken 19. Rent damn yankees 1958 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. Come and experience your torrent treasure chest right here. The story is a modern retelling of the faust legend set during the 1950s in washington, d. Get premium, high resolution news photos at getty images. Goodbye, old girl music by richard adler lyrics by jerry ross performed by robert shafer and tab hunter.
With the exception of tab hunter in the role of joe hardy. In the world series, they defeated the milwaukee braves in 7 games. The team finished with a record of 9262, winning their 24th pennant, finishing 10 games ahead of the chicago white sox. Damn yankees by george abbott, stanley donen george abbott. Enter applegate ray walston, who offers to turn boyd into joe. The two met in 1955, when she starred in broadways damn yankees, which he choreographed. Directed by 2 writing credits 4 cast 52 produced by 5 music by 2 cinematography by 1 film editing by 1 production design by 2 art direction by 2 set decoration by 2 costume design by 2 makeup department 3. Bright technicolor warner brothers adaptation of the classic 1950s musical damn yankees, about how the devil tries to seduce the yankees ball club. Download damn yankees full movie online full musical hd. Damn yankees is a frothy, faithful adaptation of the 1956 broadway hit.
Damn yankees 1958 stream and watch online moviefone. Enjoy your free time to watch streaming movies for your home entertainment. Ray walston, tab hunter, and gwen verdon in damn yankees 1958. Originally a hugely successful broadway play, damn yankees returns most of the original stage cast, with tab hunter taking over in the lead role. Damn yankees is a 1955 musical comedy with a book by george abbott and douglass wallop, music and lyrics by richard adler and jerry ross. The 1958 new york yankees season was the 56th season for the team in new york, and its 58th season overall. A frustrated fan of the hopeless washington senators makes a pact with the devil to help the baseball team win the league pennant. It is based on wallops 1954 novel the year the yankees lost the pennant. Film adaptation of the george abbott broadway musical about a washington senators fan who makes a pact with the devil to.
In an amusing slant on the faust legend, aging baseball fan joe boyd robert schafer is given an opportunity to lead his. For the 1958 film, they reprised those duties and he also appeared in the whos got the pain mambo number. Rent damn yankees 1958 starring tab hunter and gwen verdon on dvd and bluray. Autoplay when autoplay is enabled, a suggested video will automatically. Dont miss to download damn yankees full movies at this sites. With damn yankees 1958, donen and abbott codirected another musical that originated onstage under abbotts direction. Six months out of every year music by richard adler lyrics by jerry ross performed by shannon bolin, robert shafer, and chorus.
Bob fosse and gwen verdon in damn yankees whos got the. In an amusing slant on the faust legend, aging baseball fan joe boyd robert schafer is given an opportunity to lead his beloved washington senators to victory by a devilish gent named applegate ray walston. Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on youtube. Damn yankees, dvd, manufactured on demand, amaray case, subtitled, musicals theatrical, 883929690220. Damn yankees movie tv listings and schedule tv guide. Damn yankees film by donen and abbott 1958 britannica. Full movie in hd visit film adaptation of the george abbott broadway musical about a washingt. Damn yankees by george abbott, stanley donen george. Damn yankees on dvdbluray 1958 broadway on video database. The story is a modern take on the faust legend involving the new york yankees and washington senators baseball teams the film was directed by george abbott, as was the earlier stage version, with assistance from stanley donen. Gwen verdon publicity portrait for the film damn yankees.
Damn yankees is a 1958 musical film made by warner bros. The film soundtrack to damn yankees is similar but certainly quite inferior to the peerless 1955 original broadway cast album. But when joe tries to bag out of the soul swap using an escape clause. Large database of subtitles for movies, tv series and anime at opensubtitles. Throw in some baseball and several catchy songs, and dust off that old faust legend, and you get this breezy 1958 musical from warner brothers. Those were the good old days from damn yankees 1958 duration. Combining the faust legend with baseball, the film retained most of the broadway cast notably gwen verdon, ray walston, and jean stapleton and a score that included whatever lola wants.