Damn Yankees (1958)
September 26, 1958Release Date
Damn Yankees (1958)
September 26, 1958Release Date
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Cast & Crew.
Tab Hunter
Joe Hardy
Gwen Verdon
Lola
Ray Walston
Mr. Applegate
Russ Brown
Benny Van Buren
Shannon Bolin
Mrs. Meg Boyd
Nathaniel Frey
Smokey
James Komack
Rocky
Rae Allen
Gloria Thorpe
Robert Shafer
Joe Boyd
Jean Stapleton
Sister Miller
Bob Fosse
Mambo Dancer (uncredited) / Choreographer
George Abbott
Director
Herschel Graham
Baseball Game Spectator (uncredited)
Stanley Donen
Director
Douglass Wallop
Writer
Richard Adler
Songs / Original Music Composer
Media.
Details.
Release DateSeptember 26, 1958
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 51m
Content RatingNR
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Damn Yankees (retitled What Lola Wants in the United Kingdom) is a 1958 American widescreen musical sports romantic comedy film. It was directed by George Abbott and Stanley Donen from a screenplay by Abbott, adapted from his and Douglass Wallop's book of the 1955 musical of the same name, itself based on the 1954 novel The Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant by Wallop. The story line is a take on the Faust legend and centers on the New York Yankees and Washington Senators baseball teams. With the exception of Tab Hunter in the role of Joe Hardy (replacing Stephen Douglass), the Broadway principals reprise their stage roles, including Gwen Verdon as Lola.
A notable difference between the film and stage versions was Gwen Verdon's performance of the song "A Little Brains". Verdon's suggestive hip movements (as choreographed by Bob Fosse and performed on stage) were considered too risqué for a mainstream 1958 American audience, and so she simply pauses at these points in the film. The title was changed in the United Kingdom to avoid use of the word "Damn" on film posters, hoardings, and cinema marquees.