I Am a Camera (film)
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I Am a Camera is a 1955 British comedy-drama film based on the 1945 book The Berlin Stories by Christopher Isherwood and the 1951 eponymous play by John Van Druten. The film is a fictionalized account of Isherwood's time living in Berlin between the World Wars. Directed by Henry Cornelius, from a script by John Collier, I Am a Camera stars Laurence Harvey as Isherwood and Julie Harris recreating her Tony Award-winning performance as Sally Bowles.
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For the 1955 film, Julie Harris recreated her stage performance as Sally Bowles. Her performance in the 1951 play had garnered rave reviews.
The New York Times film critic Bosley Crowther blasted the film's script by John Collier for largely discarding the original source material by Van Druten and Isherwood.
Cabaret (musical)
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Cabaret is an American musical with music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb, and a book by Joe Masteroff. It is based on the 1951 play I Am a Camera by John Van Druten, which in turn was based on the 1939 novel Goodbye to Berlin by Christopher Isherwood.
Julie Andrews was offered the role of Sally Bowles, but her manager refused due to the character's immorality.
Kelly Hunter as Sally Bowles, 1986
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