140: Say More. Say It Now. Tell Us Everything!

About this episode

The episode reviews the late-50s musical 'Funny Face', discussing its stars, fashion, and music.

By request, we take on this late-50s musical, directed by Stanley Donan. Our stars are Fred Astaire, Audrey Hepburn and Kay Thompson. (I’ll have lots to say about Kay.) Revolving, as it does around the fashion industry in Paris, Funny Face is pretty to look at, including many great costumes. It also features songs by the Gershwins and some better ones that are not by them....

People in this episode

Host: Shelly Brisbin

Topics covered

• musical
• film review
• fashion industry
• Paris
• Gershwins
• costumes

Keywords

• Funny Face
• musical
• Stanley Donan
• Fred Astaire
• Audrey Hepburn
• Kay Thompson
• Gershwins
• fashion
• Paris

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Stanley Donan

Books & works: Funny Face

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