"Luck Be a Lady" Marlon Brando 1955

Marlon Brando performs "Luck Be a Lady" Decca, 78rpm #9-29782 US 1956 From the 1955 MGM Motion Picture Musical "Guys and Dolls ' Directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz. Music by Frank Loesser. Based on the stories of Newspaper Man Damon Runyon, this is arguably the Greatest American Musical of all time. Runyon was famous for funny and sentimental stories that depicted colorful character types like gangsters, gamblers, actors, and hustlers, and he usually gave them colorful names, you know, like "Nathan Detroit" or "Sky Masterson" "Benny Southstreet", "Big Jule", "Dave the Dude", or "The Seldom Seen Kid". The Narrative Voice and Characters in Runyon Stories always used a distinct dialect which has been coined "Runyonesque". The stories were always well received and Runyon enjoyed great popularity in his day. Marlon Brando b. April 3rd 1924 Libertyville Illinois Alfred Damon Runyon b. October 4th 1880 Manhattan Kansas Orchestra conducted by Jay Blackton Starring Marlon Brando as Sky Masterson Frank Sinatra as Nathan Detroit with Sheldon Leonard Stubby Kaye Jean Simmons Johnny Silver B.S. Pully Vivianne Blaine Robert Keith