Shirley MacLaine
Charity Hope Valentine
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Charity Hope Valentine works as a taxi dancer in a sleazy dance hall alongside her two best friends, Nickie and Helene. They have no illusions that what they are doing is renting out their bodies to any man who will pay. Charity wants more than anything to be loved.
Film Details. Awards. Articles & Reviews. Quotes. Trivia. Notes. Brief Synopsis. A taxi dancer's faith in love leads her to one bad match after another. Cast & Crew. Read More. Bob Fosse. Director. Shirley Maclaine. Charity Hope Valentine. Sammy Davis Jr. Big Daddy. Ricardo Montalban. Vittorio Vitale. John Mcmartin. Oscar Lindquist. Chita Rivera.
Sweet Charity is a musical with music by Cy Coleman, lyrics by Dorothy Fields and book by Neil Simon. It was directed and choreographed for Broadway by Bob Fosse starring his wife and muse Gwen Verdon alongside John McMartin. It is based on the screenplay for the 1957 Italian film Nights of Cabiria. However, whereas Federico Fellini 's black ...
Jun 30, 2008. TOP CRITIC. May 9, 2005. Jul 14, 2023. Jan 5, 2022. Jul 12, 2018. In Theaters At Home TV Shows. Charity Hope Valentine (Shirley MacLaine) always tries to look on the bright side of...
Sweet Charity (full title: Sweet Charity: The Adventures of a Girl Who Wanted to Be Loved) is a 1969 American musical comedy-drama film directed and choreographed by Bob Fosse in his feature directorial debut, written by Peter Stone, and featuring music by Cy Coleman and Dorothy Fields. Quick Facts Sweet Charity, Directed by ... Close.
Director. Peter Stone. Screenplay. Taxi dancer Charity continues to have faith in the human race despite apparently endless disappointments at its hands, and hope that she will finally meet the nice young man to romance her away from her sleazy life.
Sweet Charity. Academy Award-winner Shirley MacLaine gives one of her greatest performances in this spectacular musical based on Neil Simon’s Broadway hit. Director Bob Fosse broke new cinematic ground with this freewheeling, visually stunning story of a lovelorn New York dance hall hostess, Charity Hope Valentine, who dreams of old-fashioned ...
