![]() ![]() Rex Harrison reprised his role as Professor Henry Higgins in 1964’s “My Fair Lady,” but producer Jack L. In those days, Hollywood rarely cast the Broadway leads in the film versions. It’s charming, it’s beautifully directed by David Swift.” Karaszewski believes most of the Broadway musicals that were turned into films in the 1960s don’t hold up very well because “they try to preserve that Broadway experience that I sometimes don’t think necessarily translates well to film, but ‘How to Succeed in Business’ kicks as a movie. “I really love this film,” said Karaszewski, who worked with Morse on the Simpson miniseries. Morse will be in conversation with Oscar-nominated and Emmy Award-winning screenwriter/producer Larry Karaszewski (“Ed Wood,” “The People vs. 14 at the American Cinematheque’s Aero Theatre. Kennedy.’ Those are the memories that I now hold on to because as you get older, sometimes you think ‘Oh my God, I didn’t do anything.’ And then you go to IMDb and you look at everything you’ve done and go, ‘Hey, be proud of yourself.’”Īnd he definitely should be proud of the 1967 film version of “How to Succeed,” which screens Aug. He sent me a lovely, lovely picture, ‘With Esteemed and Best Wishes, John F. ![]() Kennedy came to see the show,” recalled Morse, who is still boyish at 88. Along the way, he falls in love with company secretary Rosemary.įeaturing a fabulous score by Frank Loesser (“I Believe In You,” “Rosemary,” “A Secretary Is Not a Toy” and “Company Way”), a smart book and equally perceptive direction by Abe Burrows, and musical staging by none other than Bob Fosse, the show ran from 1961-65 on Broadway, earning seven Tonys - including one for Morse - and even the Pulitzer Prize. ![]() Pierrepont Finch (“Ponty”) who, thanks to Sherman Mead’s book “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying,” makes the leap from window washer to executive at the World Wide Wicket Company. Morse was the toast of Broadway in the comedy as the impish and ambitious J. More than four decades before he earned five Emmy nominations for his performance as the eccentric and often shoeless Bertram Cooper, founding partner of the ad agency Sterling Cooper on “Mad Men,” Robert Morse was climbing the corporate ladder in the Broadway smash musical “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying.” ![]()
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