Cat No BMCD3507

• This CD contains all the original music from the movie soundtrack (1955) plus 5 numbers by the original Broadway cast, not included in the film; and 3 unedited studio takes from the soundtrack.

• The film, with music and lyrics by Frank Loesser, was directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, with leading performances by Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons, Frank Sinatra, Viviane Blaine and Stubby Kaye.

• “Guys & Dolls” began as a highly successful Broadway show, opening in 1950, based on two short stories by Damon Runyan.

• 30 tracks, including 8 bonus tracks - Total Time : 79.57 - excellent 20-page colour booklet with photos, complete lyrics, etc.

• “The Beggar's Opera of Broadway. One of the great milestones in the American musical theatre.” —Kenneth Tynan.

• “Guys and Dolls was a carnival of shoddy Broadway innocents lost in a furtive but fabulous world... It was the quintessence of Broadway — naive, impulsive, self-centered, and lively.” —Brooks Atkinson, Broadway (1970)