Musicals That Should Be Made Into Movies — Page 2

^I agree! And, it was a wonderful character role, like all of her film roles, but the question comes...could she have been a leading lady?

EDIT: I do think a film version of Carol's Dolly could have been really good. I'm saying this above stuff from what I think the producers perspective from that time might've been.

Updated On: 10/12/14 at 03:33 PM

"At that time, Barbra Streisand was a much larger name to the general public "

In large part because the year before, when Streisand was much less known, she actually got to be Fanny Brice on film.

You see, in order for someone to be a much larger name to the public, she has to first become a much larger name to the public, which takes her, rather than someone else who is already well known to the public, getting a ripe opportunity which makes her very well known to the general public.

But you are completely right that far too often producers don't think this way.

Or for that matter think at all. As Lorenz Hart wrote:

His thoughts are seldom consecutive
he just can't write.
I know a movie executive
who's twice as bright

Updated On: 10/13/14 at 07:00 PM

I'm convinced that MATILDA could be a really interesting film if someone like Tim Burton were to direct it...

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I can see Parade working on screen as a 'Chicago-like' movie adaptation

After listening to the Los Angeles recording of SUNSET BOULEVARD I keep thinking that it was MADE for the screen. So many directors could kill to direct such a project.

A dream cast I had in mind for it are these people.

Norma Desmond- Meryl Streep
Joesph Gillis- Chris Pine
Max- Richard White
Betty Schafer- Emma Watson
Cecil B. DeMille- Alan Arkin

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