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Fanny
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Fanny (1954), a musical play by S. N.
Behrman, Joshua
Logan (book), Harold
Rome (music, lyrics). [
Majestic Theatre, 888 perf.] César ( Ezio
Pinza), owner of a small Marseilles café, hopes his son Marius ( William Tabbert) will marry their young neighbor Fanny ( Florence Henderson) and take over the business. Instead, Marius runs off to sea, leaving Fanny pregnant but unwed. Frightened, she marries a benevolent old sail maker, Panisse ( Walter
Slezak). Years pass and Marius returns, hoping to marry Fanny. But César, not wanting his friend Panisse to be hurt, chases Marius away. On his deathbed, Panisse urges Fanny to marry Marius after all, so that Fanny and Marius's young son can have a proper home.
Notable songs: Fanny; Love Is a Very Light Thing; Restless Heart; Welcome Home. Based on Marcel Pagnol's film trilogy,
Marius, Fanny, and
César, this Joshua Logan–David
Merrick production was a major hit in a season of superior musicals, thanks largely to Rome's fine score and the performances of Pinza and Slezak.
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Travel: Rural Europe - Pagnol's patch The Provencal landscape immortalised by Marcel Pagnol remains frozen in time. By Ray Kershaw
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 5/23/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...closely with that of their life. Marcel Pagnol was born in Aubagne, the bustling...French Foreign Legion. And although Marcel was only two when his schoolmaster...itself increasingly as the gateway to Pagnol land. The tourist office gets an...
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Provencal, but not provincial. (centenary of the birth of filmmaker Marcel Pagnol)
Magazine article from: Insight on the News; 10/2/1995; ; 700+ words
; On the centenary of his birth, French filmmaker Marcel Pagnol is as popular as ever. Playing to full houses this...retrospectives feting the centenary of his birth, the films of Marcel Pagnol are as popular as ever. But the F'rench director...
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Sugar Without the Spice; `My Father's Glory': Marcel Pagnol's Paean to Family
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 7/19/1991; ; 595 words
; ...novelist and filmmaker Marcel Pagnol's childhood memoirs are...through the chalky hills, Marcel attempts to drive birds toward Pere Pagnol. When he becomes separated from the older men, Marcel meets his first close friend...
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Berkeley, Calif.: Simple pleasures.(Aurora Theatre Company to show Marcel Pagnol's Fanny Trilogy in a new English translation)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: American Theatre; 11/1/2005; ; 623 words
; THE SIMPLE PROVENCAL CAFE AND characters of Marcel Pagnol's Fanny Trilogy were natural icons for Alice Waters...use of organic ingredients at Chez Panisse, named for Pagnol's patriarch. Now Berkeley audiences can see Panisse...
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Au hasard, Pagnol. (French motion picture producer Marcel Pagnol)
Magazine article from: The Economist (US); 12/1/1990; 700+ words
; THE death of a faker is not necessarily news; but the faker who died recently in Turin, at the age of 91, deserves better than his peers. Cesare Tubino's master. work was a "lost" Leonardo da Vinci of a madonna, child and smallish cat, painted on poplar wood, called "The Madonna of the Kitten". The
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SAN PEDRO; Library to screen film about Pagnol; SAN PEDRO . Pet fair vendor booths available. SAN PEDRO. Depressionchecks offered Thursday. Correction
Newspaper article from: Daily Breeze; 10/9/2002; ; 609 words
; ...SAN PEDRO. Library to screen film about Pagnol. SAN PEDRO. SAN PEDRO. Library to screen film about Pagnol "My Father's Glory," a 1991 film based on the childhood of French novelist Marcel Pagnol, will be shown at 7:30 p.m. Saturday...
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PAGNOL TRILOGY BOOKED INTO COOLIDGE CORNER
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 1/25/1988; ; 700+ words
; ...Manon of the Spring," based on a Marcel Pagnol film and novel, has prompted the...Moviehouse in Brookline to book the Pagnol trilogy -- "Marius" (1931...1936) -- Feb. 5-11. Also Pagnol's "The Baker's Wife" (1938...
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New Pagnol production proves as appealing as a stale baguette
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 7/30/1996; ; 393 words
; ...Jerusalem Post 07-30-1996 MARIUS - By Marcel Pagnol. Hebrew, Eli Malka. Adaptation...authentic evocation of the famous Pagnol piece. This year Habimah has followed...with a summer production of a second Pagnol play. Despite some striking stage...
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SHORT BREAKS: 48 hours in Marseilles Sip pastis in the Vieux-Port, watch the boats bob in the autumn sun, and imagine that you are a character in a Pagnol novel... By Jim Ferguson
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 9/22/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...Accoules, a vertiginous alley leading into Le Panier's warren of streets. This is the Marseilles of the novelist Marcel Pagnol, a tough place of pastis and passions, and once the heartland of the city's homegrown Mafia. Dominating this mini...
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`My Father's Glory': Charmed childhood
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 7/12/1991; ; 700+ words
; ...Louis Nucera, based on Marcel Pagnol's autobiography...subtitles) Rated: G Marcel Pagnol was in his 60s when he...but simply parked young Pagnol in his father's classroom...day. Drama consists of Marcel (Julien Ciamaca) at...
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Pagnol, Marcel
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers
PAGNOL, Marcel Nationality: French. Born: Aubagne, near Marseilles...ma d'aujourd'hui , Paris, 1970. Domeyne, P., Marcel Pagnol , Paris, 1971. Beylie, Claude, Marcel Pagnol , Paris, 1972. Castans, Raymond, Marcel Pagnol m...
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Marcel Pagnol
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Marcel Pagnol , 1895-1974, French dramatist and film director. Pagnol gained recognition for his trilogy of sentimental comedies...Windmill (1955). Merlusse (1935, tr. 1937) embodies Pagnol's theories of the film art. His other works include...
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La Femme du Boulanger
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers
...Baker's Wife) France, 1938 Director: Marcel Pagnol Production: Les Films Marcel Pagnol; black and white, 35mm; running time...110 minutes. Released 1938. Screenplay: Marcel Pagnol, from Jean le Bleu by Jean Giono; photography...
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The Marius Trilogy
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers
...11,000 feet. Released 1931. Producer: Marcel Pagnol; screenplay: Marcel Pagnol, from his own play; production designer...Alexander Korda , London, 1959. Beylie, Claude, Marcel Pagnol , Paris, 1972; as Marcel Pagnol; ou, Le...
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Fernandel
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers
...film role as Saturnin in Marcel Pagnol's Ang è le...Schpountz ( Heartbeat ) (Pagnol) (as Iren é...and Autant-Lara) (as Marcel); L'H é ritier...Digger's Daughter ) (Pagnol) (as Felipe Rambert...
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