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The stage musical and movie were based on the novel "The Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant", by Doug [...]	D
Damn Yankees (1958) is nearly a direct transfer to film of George Abbott's 1955 Broadway musical. Th [...]	D
A musicians' strike forced the performers to sing and dance to a piano and metronome accompaniment. [...]	D
One of the chief flaws in the plotting of Damn Yankees (1958) is the fact that Meg (Shannon Bol [...]	D
The Overture by the Warner Bros Studio Orchestra that was played during the opening credits was also [...]	D
Because so many of the artists associated with the original stage show were recruited for the film v [...]	D
The stadium used for filming was the old Wrigley Field minor-league park in South Los Angeles. It ho [...]	D
Just as the film went into rehearsal, a musicians' union strike prevented the company from pre-recor [...]	D
Five songs from the stage score were deleted from the film version: "The Game," "A Man Doesn't Know, [...]	D
Tab Hunter was the only cast member who was not in the original stage production. According to his a [...]	D
During rehearsals on the Warner Bros. lot, the entire cast took to calling Tab Hunter by the name Gw [...]	D
As Doris Day had remarked one year earlier as the only major cast replacement in The Pajama Game (19 [...]	D
Harold Prince, Robert Griffith and Frederick Brisson, who produced the show on Broadway, decided ear [...]	D
Despite rumors that Warner Bros. was considering Cyd Charisse for Lola and Cary Grant for Applegate, [...]	D
Much of the criticism dealt to the film centered on the flat, stage-bound direction; indeed, nearly [...]	D
Gwen Verdon doesn't make her first appearance as Lola until forty-six minutes into the film.	D
The musical play "Damn Yankees" opened at the 46th Street Theater in New York City on May 5, 1955, a [...]	D
Gwen Verdon was nominated for a BAFTA as best newcomer. Although this was her 14th film (going back [...]	D
The surviving theatrical trailer is of the British release print which was renamed "What Lola Wants! [...]	D
In the 1960s, Jean Stapleton reprised her role as Sister Miller in a revival of the stage version of [...]	D
Tab Hunter and Gwen Verdon's duet of "Two Lost Souls" was captured live on the set during filming, w [...]	D
The first film of Jean Stapleton.	D
Jack Warner optioned the film rights to both The Pajama Game (1957) and Damn Yankees (1958) with the [...]	D
James Komack's first film.	D
At the end of "Who's Got The Pain?," as Bob Fosse exits the stage into the wings, Tab Hunter congrat [...]	D
Rae Allen's film debut.	D
The Washington Nationals major league baseball team in the 2014 and 2015 seasons used footage of bal [...]	D
In keeping with his tradition of employing a diverse company in his stage shows, co-director George [...]	D
Star Gwen Verdon doesn't appear until almost 45 minutes into the film.	D
Gwen Verdon's dance partner in "Who's Got the Pain?" is none other than Bob Fosse, who was restaging [...]	D
The first film of Shannon Bolin.	D
Based on leading man Tab Hunter's limited vocal range, the film version omitted two key ballads from [...]	D
Gwen Verdon won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical, Ray Walston copped the Tony Award for [...]	D
When Joe sings "Goodbye Old Girl" to his sleeping wife before he's turned into Joe Hardy, he says, " [...]	D
Included among the American Film Institute's 2004 list of 400 movies nominated for the top 100 Ameri [...]	D
With both of the show's romantic ballads deleted from the film score, it was decided that the charac [...]	D
Lola's surname is Hernando, a nod to the song "Hernando's Hideaway" in the production team's previou [...]	D

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When talking to Albert Linville's character, Vernon, another actor makes the mistake of referring to [...]	D
When Mr. Applegate and Joe meet for the first time, Applegate states he will be 22-years-old. Howeve [...]	D
Actor William Adams, who plays the team's owner, mouths the lines of all the other actors in the cou [...]	D
When Joe is introduced to the manager and the reporter at the ballpark, there is a palm tree in the [...]	D
During Joe's tryout batting practice, he hits four over the fence. On his fifth attempt, he hits wha [...]	D
When the cast of a variety show reads a front page expose about Joe, during one shot it's obvious th [...]	D
After the dance scene (The Mambo) with Bob Fosse and Gwen Verdon , as they walk offstage, Joe says " [...]	D
In the time depicted, major-league baseball players almost never had jersey numbers higher than the [...]	D
While hanging around backstage at a variety show to honor Joe, a female newspaper reporter hears an [...]	D
When Joe appears in his first game as a pinch-hitter, he hits a home run on an 0-1 pitch. As he roun [...]	D
Applegate "remembers" Jack the Ripper killing someone with his right hand. Research has shown him to [...]	D

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Mr. Applegate: I've got thousands of Washington fa [...]	D
Mr. Applegate: Wives! They cause me more trouble t [...]	D
Smokey: Hey Linvy, what's a three letter word for [...]	D
Joe Boyd: One long ball hitter, that's what we nee [...]	D
Mr. Applegate: Have a nice trip? Lola: Perfect. T [...]	D
Ballplayers: So what the heck's the use of cryin'? [...]	D
Mr. Applegate: [to Gloria Thorpe] Oh, don't be so [...]	D
Mr. Applegate: I see it all now! Ya doped me. But [...]	D
Mr. Applegate: Uh, if you will permit me to say a [...]	D
Lola: Whatever Lola wants, Lola gets / And little [...]	D
Lola: I took the zing out of the King of Siam. / I [...]	D
Lola: I was the ugliest woman in Providence, Rhode [...]	D
Meg Boyd: Is Washington winning dear? Joe Boyd: N [...]	D
Mr. Applegate: You should have seen a real artist [...]	D
Joe Boyd: What happens after I stop being a baseba [...]	D
Mr. Applegate: I've got too much on my mind. I'm o [...]	D
Van Buren: We didn't invite the press this morning [...]	D
Meg Boyd: Now, my friends Sister and Doris, they l [...]	D
Gloria Thorpe: Wait a minute, I got it! Shoeless J [...]	D
Meg Boyd: In Hannibal, they were always sayin' coo [...]	D
Mr. Applegate: Joe moved into a hotel because... W [...]	D
Lola: Joe, would you like to take Lola some place [...]	D
Mr. Applegate: Going a little far don't you think? [...]	D
Van Buren: [singing] You've gotta have heart, / Al [...]	D
Rocky: It's not that I'm dumb, Benny! Van Buren: [...]	D
Mr. Applegate: With my help a lot of things come e [...]	D
Reporter: Do you think Washington will win the pen [...]	D
Mr. Applegate: Well if you're referring to the rum [...]	D

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