Sweet charity

SWEET CHARITY 1969 (detail) The height of 60's chic, costumes by Edith Head. For 'The Rich Man's Frug' dance number Edith turned to Richard Hopper for ideas to dress the impossibly chic mod POMPEII CLUB patrons & the night club dance sequences. He created sequinned black mini skirts, elaborate wigs hairpieces & headdresses for the specialised Bob Fosse dance numbers. 'The Aloof', 'The Heavyweight' & 'The Bg Finish'. EDITH HEAD by Jay Jorgensen 2010 (please follow minkshmink on pinterest)

When people think of the work of Bob Fosse, Broadway’s foremost choreographer-director in the 1960s and 1970s, what they are likely to see in their minds is a group of dancers, in bowler hats and white gloves, standing in a stiff configuration and bobbing up and down in a cool sort of way. The dancers may rotate their wrists or splay their fingers, but they don’t stick out too many parts of themselves at one time, and they generally don’t travel around the stage much. They are often dressed…

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Sweet Charity / Bob Fosse era #dandy

Big Spender-"Sweet Charity."

SWEET CHARITY 1969 The height of 60's chic, costumes by Edith Head. For 'The Rich Man's Frug' dance number Edith turned to Richard Hopper for ideas to dress the impossibly chic mod POMPEII CLUB patrons & the night club dance sequences. He created sequinned black mini skirts, elaborate wigs hairpieces & headdresses for the specialised Bob Fosse dance numbers. 'The Aloof', 'The Heavyweight' & 'The Bg Finish'. EDITH HEAD by Jay Jorgensen 2010 (please follow minkshmink on pinterest)

Sweet Charity (1969) starring Shirley MacLaine — French film poster

"The Aloof"... Sweet Charity has always been a favourite!

Portrait of American actress and dancer Paula Kelly in costume for the film 'Sweet Charity' at Universal Studios, Los Angeles, California, 1969.

Picture of Suzanne Charney during a promotion photo shoot for “Sweet Charity” circa 1969

Half-a-century ago this month - April 1969 - Bob Fosse began his career as a Hollywood director with Sweet Charity. It ended barely a decade later, and within the next both Fosse's Broadway bankability and then Fosse himself died too. Yet his name

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Sweet Charity (1969) / Director: Bob Fosse

A still of Bob Fosse’s “Rich Man’s Frug,” from the 1969 film Sweet Charity.

“"Sweet Charity" directed by Bob Fosse (1969)”

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