Gaily, Gaily

Gaily, Gaily
Film poster
Directed byNorman Jewison
Screenplay byAbram S. Ginnes
Based onnovel by
Ben Hecht
Produced byNorman Jewison
StarringBeau Bridges
Brian Keith
George Kennedy
Hume Cronyn
Melina Mercouri
CinematographyRichard H. Kline
Edited byByron W. Brandt
Ralph E. Winters
Music byHenry Mancini
Production
company
Distributed byUnited Artists
Release date
  • December 16, 1969 (1969-12-16)
(New York City)
Running time
107 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$9 million[1][2]
Box office$1 million (domestic rentals)[1]

Gaily, Gaily (released in the United Kingdom as Chicago, Chicago) is a 1969 American comedy film directed by Norman Jewison.[3] It is a fictionalized adaptation of a 1963 memoir of the same name by Ben Hecht and stars Beau Bridges, Brian Keith, George Kennedy, Hume Cronyn and Melina Mercouri.

The film featured two songs sung by Mercouri with lyrics by Alan and Marilyn Bergman set to Henry Mancini's music.[4]

  1. ^ a b Solomon, Aubrey (1989). Twentieth Century Fox: A Corporate and Financial History. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, p. 162, ISBN 978-0-8108-4244-1.
  2. ^ Tino Balio, United Artists: The Company That Changed the Film Industry, University of Wisconsin Press, 1987 p. 193
  3. ^ "Gaily, Gaily". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved February 29, 2016.
  4. ^ Nielsen Business Media, Inc. (May 3, 1969). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. p. 74. {{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help)