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00:00Ladies and gentlemen, I think you've all heard about the man who actually paid a million

00:22dollars for a movie story.

00:24His name, of course, Samuel Goldman.

00:28And the story he bought was Guys and Dolls.

00:30Now, because I felt that this was the greatest musical I'd ever seen, I actually made four

00:36flying trips to the Pacific coast to film excerpts of the show for my Sunday night TVer

00:43over the CBS network.

00:45And it is my idea of a wonderful picture.

00:48Now, incidentally, that million dollar check that Sam wrote was only a starter.

00:53Before he was through, Guys and Dolls had cost him five and a half million dollars.

00:59And in Runyon's language, that is a lot of lettuce.

01:03Now, what did Sam Goldman get for it?

01:06Well, among other things, he got Damon Runyon's world of fabulous characters.

01:12The jails must be empty tonight.

01:15Can anybody be missing?

01:17Terry the Horse, Liver Lips Louie, Angie the Ox, Society Max, and here is a face for which

01:28I cannot supply a name.

01:31May I ask where you come from?

01:33East Cicero, Illinois.

01:36And what is your occupation there?

01:39I'm a scout, master.

01:44Marlon Brando never danced or sang a note in his life until he met Goldman.

01:49But he sings and he dances in Guys and Dolls and he'll fracture you.

01:55Jean Simmons, too, is a dramatic star, not a singer.

01:59But as Sister Sarah of the Mission Doll, she's adorable and her singing voice is terrific.

02:05Together, these two generate excitement that's electric.

02:08Let me show you what I mean.

02:10Would you be open to a proposition?

02:13I've had those, no.

02:15Don't flatter yourself.

02:16I'm talking business.

02:17I am in a position to supply you with the raw material you need for your work, namely

02:22sinners.

02:23How?

02:24Frank Sinatra has amazed the entertainment world with his dramatic prowess.

02:29Now to prove he's still the top song interpreter, here he is as Nathan Detroit.

02:35Adelaide, Adelaide, ever loving Adelaide, is taking a chance on me.

02:49You're at it again.

02:50You're running the game.

02:51I'm not going to play second fiddle to that.

02:52I'm sick and I'm tired of stalling around.

02:53I'm telling you now that with you, when I think of the time gone by, Adelaide, Adelaide,

02:54the way I try, Adelaide, Adelaide, I could honestly die.

02:55Adelaide, Adelaide, Adelaide, Adelaide, Adelaide, Adelaide, Adelaide, Adelaide, Adelaide, Adelaide,

02:56Adelaide, Adelaide, Adelaide, Adelaide, Adelaide, Adelaide, Adelaide, Adelaide, Adelaide, Adelaide,

02:57I can't even handle the pain that you put me through.

03:08Adelaide, Adelaide, I'm running the game, you're at it again.

03:09I'm sick and I'm tired of stalling around.

03:10I'm telling you now that with you, when I think of the time gone by, Adelaide, Adelaide,

03:11the way I try, Adelaide, Adelaide, Adelaide, Adelaide, Adelaide, Adelaide, Adelaide, Adelaide,

03:12Adelaide, Adelaide, Adelaide, Adelaide, Adelaide, Adelaide, Adelaide, Adelaide, Adelaide, I

03:13could honestly die.

03:14Vivian Blaine was a comedy sensation in the original cast.

03:15She's even funnier in the picture.

03:16With four great stars like these, Goldwin needed a writer and a director just as big.

03:19He found both these talents in four-time Academy Award winner Joseph L. Mankiewicz.

03:26The result is sheer greatness.

03:29One short scene will show you what Joe Mankiewicz can do with a few simple words.

03:35Whatever you do, wherever you go.

03:38Why, Sister Sarah, why?

03:40I want to be with you.

03:42The world's full of souls closer to salvation than mine.

03:45Anytime, anywhere.

03:47Easier to save and much more worth saving.

03:53The music of Frank Lesser is always a part of the story.

03:57Michael Kidd's imaginative dance direction

04:00even tops the exciting job he did in Seven Brides for Seven Brothers.

04:04Now he has the Goldwyn Girls to work with.

04:07Of all the grand entertainment ever produced by Samuel Goldwyn,

04:11an Academy Award winner himself,

04:13this is his best.

04:15With its humor and drama, its songs, its beauty,

04:19no musical ever made can compare to Guys and Dolls.

04:23And with stars like Marlon Brando,

04:26Gene Simmons,

04:28Frank Sinatra,

04:29Vivian Blain,

04:31and a cast of hundreds in cinemascope and color,

04:34the toast to the town predicts

04:36that Guys and Dolls will be the toast to the world.

04:45Guys and Dolls

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