Fanny

film by Logan [1961]

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discussed in biography

  • Umeki, Miyoshi; Buttons, Red: Sayonara
    In Joshua Logan: Films and plays of the 1960s

    Having adapted Marcel Pagnol’s comedy Fanny as a stage musical in 1954, Logan transferred the musical to film in 1961, with Boyer, Leslie Caron, and Maurice Chevalier in the lead roles. Both the film and the score were nominated for Academy Awards. Produced, directed, and cowritten by Logan, Ensign Pulver

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role of Chevalier

  • Maurice Chevalier
    In Maurice Chevalier

    …pictures included Can-Can (1960) and Fanny (1961). In 1958 Chevalier received an honorary Academy Award for his more than 50 years of contributions to the entertainment field.

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