Gypsy is a 1962 American musical film produced and directed by Mervyn LeRoy. The screenplay by Leonard Spigelgass is based on the book of the 1959 stage musical Gypsy: A Musical Fable by Arthur Laurents, which was adapted from the 1957 autobiography Gypsy: A Memoir by Gypsy Rose Lee. Stephen Sondheim wrote the lyrics for songs composed by Jule Styne. The film was remade for television in 1993.
Theatrical release poster
Natalie Wood as Gypsy Rose Lee
Rosalind Russell as "Mama Rose" Hovick
Mervyn LeRoy was an American film director, producer and actor. In his youth he played juvenile roles in vaudeville and silent film comedies.
LeRoy in 1958
Aerial view of the aftermath to the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire
On the set of Oh, Kay! (1928), publicity still. L to R, LeRoy, Colleen Moore