1969. Shirley MacLaine - Sweet Charity

ΤΑΙΝΙΑ: Sweet Charity ΕΤΟΣ: 1969 ΣΚΗΝΗ: The Aloof, The Heavyweight, The Big Finish ΧΟΡΕΥΟΥΝ: Everybody plus Shirley MacLaine & Ricardo Montalbán ΤΡΑΓΟΥΔΙ: The Rich Man’s Frug ΣΥΝΘΕΤΕΣ: Coleman, Dorothy Fields ΕΤΟΣ: 1969 ******************************* SWEET CHARITY Directed by Bob Fosse Screenplay by Peter Stone Story by Neil Simon (Based on Sweet Charity by Neil Simon Le Notti di Cabiria (Nights of Cabiria) by Federico Fellini Music by Cy Coleman, Dorothy Fields Distributed by Universal Pictures Release date: April 1, 1969 Running time: 149 min STARRING Shirley MacLaine as Charity Hope Valentine John McMartin as Oscar Lindquist Ricardo Montalbán as Vittorio Vitale Chita Rivera as Nickie Barbara Bouchet as Ursula PLOT Charity Hope Valentine works as a taxi dancer along with her friends, Nickie and Helene. She longs for love, but has bad luck with men, being robbed and pushed off Gapstow Bridge in Central Park by one ex-boyfriend. She has another humiliating encounter with famous movie star Vittorio Vitale (Ricardo Montalbán). After failing to find a new job through an employment agency, Charity meets shy Oscar Lindquist in a stuck elevator. They strike up a relationship, but Charity does not reveal what she does for a living. When she finally does tell Oscar, he initially seems to accept it, but finally tells Charity that he cannot marry her. The optimistic Charity faces her future, alone for the time being, living hopefully ever after.