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72-416: Paul William Gallico (July 26, 1897 – July 15, 1976) was an American novelist and short story and sports writer. Many of his works were adapted for motion pictures. He is perhaps best remembered for The Snow Goose , his most critically successful book, for the novel The Poseidon Adventure , primarily through the 1972 film adaptation, and for four novels about the beloved character of Mrs. Harris. Gallico

144-465: A New York City television studio where Milly, a "sweet-faced girl with [a] slightly harassed expression," is about to make her farewell appearance on the Peter and Panda show. Peter and Panda are part of an ensemble of puppets; they are a leprechaun and a panda respectively; other puppets include Arthur, a "raffish crocodile;" Mme Robineau, a French lady "of indeterminate age with dyed hair;" Doctor Henderson,

216-515: A TV series based on his Hiram Holliday short stories. On resigning from the Daily News to become a full-time fiction writer, Gallico moved from New York to the town of Salcombe , England. Later he lived in different regions of the world, including other parts of England, Mexico, Liechtenstein and Monaco . He spent the last part of his life in Antibes , France, and was buried there after his death from

288-409: A capsized ocean liner , attracted little attention at the time. The New York Times gave it a one-paragraph review, noting that "Mr. Gallico collects a Grand Hotel (a reference to the 1930 Vicki Baum novel) full of shipboard dossiers. These interlocking histories may be damp with sentimentality as well as brine—but the author's skill as a storyteller invests them with enough suspense to last

360-451: A corridor to the engine room, which is completely submerged. Belle Rosen, a former W.S.A. champion, swims through the corridor and finds the passage to get them to the other side. Upon their arrival, they find the engine room. They take time to rest and save the batteries on their recently acquired flashlights. In the darkness, Linda Rogo makes a move on the Reverend. After their rest, they see

432-473: A feature-length anime film in 1979, directed by Hiroshi Saito . The anime, titled Tondemo Nezumi Daikatsuyaku: Manxmouse (Manxmouse's Great Activity) in Japanese, was dubbed into English in the 1980s, broadcast on Nickelodeon, and released on video by Celebrity Home Entertainment. The television series The Adventures of Hiram Holliday (starring Wally Cox ) was adapted from a series of Gallico's stories about

504-511: A fool, and slaps her. Two impresarios from Paris who have been scouting the show come to see Paul and Jacquot. They recognize Paul as the former dancer and tell him that his act with Lili and the puppets is ingenious. Paul is ecstatic about this and the offer, but Jacquot tells the agents that they will have to let them know. He then tells Paul that Lili is leaving. Lili takes the wedding ring to Marc and tells him that every little girl has to wake up from her girlish dreams. She has decided to leave

576-441: A former ballet dancer, disabled by a leg injury and "reduced" to the role of puppeteer. Gallico's Peyrot, however, is more vicious. No ballet dancer, he was "bred out of the gutters of Paris" and by the age of fifteen was "a little savage practiced in all the cruel arts and swindles of the street fairs and cheap carnivals." He has "the look of a satyr." "Throughout his life no one had ever been kind to him, or gentle, and he paid back

648-399: A frankly fanciful romance with clarity, humor, and lack of guile," and admires the choreographer, sets, music, and title song. The film was not universally liked, though; Pauline Kael called it a "sickly whimsy" and referred to Mel Ferrer's "narcissistic, masochistic smiles." According to MGM records, the film earned $ 2,210,000 in the U.S. and Canada and $ 3,183,000 overseas, resulting in

720-595: A heart attack in 1976, aged 78, which is variously reported to have happened in Antibes or Monaco. In 1955, Gallico took an automobile tour of the United States, traveling some 10,000 miles, sponsored by Reader's Digest . He wrote that "it had been almost twenty years since I had traveled extensively through my own country and the changes brought about by two decades would thus stand out." Several stories resulted. In 2000, J.K. Rowling declared that Gallico's 1968 Manxmouse

792-437: A job as waitress. Lili is fired on her first night when she spends her time watching the magic act instead of waiting tables. When Lili consults the magician for advice, he tells her to go back to where she came from. Homeless and heartbroken, she contemplates suicide, unaware that she is being watched by the carnival's puppeteer Paul. He strikes up a conversation with her through his puppets—a brash red-haired boy named Carrot Top,

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864-400: A man...who, emerging from the long nightmare, would be made forever whole by love." If this is a happy ending, it is not the simple happy ending of the movie. Reviewing the book on its publication, Andrea Parke says Gallico creates "magic...when he writes the sequences with Mouche and the puppets." But "when he writes the love story of Mouche as the ill-treated plaything of the puppet master,

936-452: A newspaper proofreader who had many adventures dealing with Nazis and spies in Europe on the eve of World War II. In Fredric Brown 's science-fiction novel What Mad Universe , a magazine editor from our own world is accidentally sent to a parallel Earth significantly different from ours; in this parallel world, the editor reads a biography written of a dashing space hero, a figure central to

1008-424: A penguin; and Mr Tootenheimer, a toymaker. They are all operated by a single puppeteer, named Crake Villeridge. Despite being a puppet show, it has, like the real-life Kukla, Fran and Ollie TV show, a huge audience of all ages. Also like Kukla, Fran and Ollie , there is no script: "it's all ad-libbed ". (In fact, the illustration included with the story features the actual stage used for Kukla, Fran and Ollie .) At

1080-494: A photographer sent on a Christmas Eve wild goose chase by their publisher's wife for two goats harnessed to a little red wagon, which she intends to give her nephews for Christmas. During a night-long search fueled by a few drinks along the way, the reporter and photographer run across the evening's most dramatic news stories, which they must supposedly ignore in favor of the chore set out by their publisher's wife. The radio dramatization remains very popular with Old Time Radio fans and

1152-417: A pit where a boiler tore through several decks. After the panic, Scott's group searches for Tony, Pamela, and Robin. New York Police Detective Mike Rogo finds Tony passed out, intoxicated, and Pamela refuses to leave him. While searching for Robin, his older sister Susan is raped by Herbert, a young, terrified crew member. Susan talks with Herbert, who is remorseful and ashamed, and grows to like him. Realizing

1224-411: A premium on an alert, scheming mind, flashy trickiness, artful dodging and general smart aleckness." Gallico's career was launched by an interview with boxer Jack Dempsey in which he asked Dempsey to spar with him. Gallico described how it felt to be knocked out by the heavyweight champion. He followed up with accounts of catching Dizzy Dean 's fastball and golfing with Bobby Jones . He became one of

1296-507: A profit of $ 1,878,000, making it MGM's most popular musical of the year. The Man Who Hated People appeared in the October 28, 1950 issue of The Saturday Evening Post . It is lighter in tone than other versions of the story. In particular, the abuse heaped by the puppeteer on the innocent "girl" is emotional and verbal. Unlike the novel The Love of Seven Dolls, the short story does not even hint at physical or sexual abuse. The story opens in

1368-474: A provincial town in hopes of locating an old friend of her late father, only to find that he has died. A local shopkeeper offers her employment, then tries to take advantage of her. She is rescued by a handsome, smooth-talking, womanizing carnival magician, Marc, whose stage name is Marcus the Magnificent. Lili is infatuated with him and follows him to the carnival, where on learning that she is 16, he helps her get

1440-595: A salvage line on the Poseidon . Mike curses them because of his World War II experiences and laughs when their efforts fail. The group goes their separate ways—Mary Kinsale and Nonnie on a ship back to England; Mike, Manny, Hubie Muller back to New York, Martin back to Chicago , Dick, Jane and Susan back to Michigan; and the Turk back to Turkey. Aboard the American ship, they watch the Poseidon sink. Jane, giving up hope, silently grieves

1512-404: A sly fox, Reynardo, a vain ballerina, Marguerite, and a cowardly giant, Golo. Soon, a large group of carnival workers is enthralled watching Lili's interaction with the puppets, as she is seemingly unaware that there is a puppeteer behind the curtain. Afterwards, Paul and his partner Jacquot offer Lili a job in the act, talking with the puppets. She accepts, and her natural manner of interacting with

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1584-497: A story. Once upon a time there were two apes.' And I'd tell them a story about two cavemen." In 1939, Gallico published The Adventures of Hiram Holliday , known for its later television adaptation with Wally Cox . It depicts the comic adventures of a modern American knight-errant visiting Europe on the verge of World War II and waging a single-handed, quixotic struggle against the Nazis in various countries. Gallico's Austrian background

1656-534: A successful writer of short stories for magazines, many appearing in the then-premier fiction outlet, The Saturday Evening Post . His novella The Snow Goose and other works are expanded versions of his magazine stories. Gallico once confessed to New York magazine: "I'm a rotten novelist. I'm not even literary. I just like to tell stories and all my books tell stories.... If I had lived 2,000 years ago I'd be going around to caves, and I'd say, 'Can I come in? I'm hungry. I'd like some supper. In exchange, I'll tell you

1728-470: A traveling carnival and its performers, a lothario magician and an embittered puppeteer. In 1954, Gallico published the novella The Love of Seven Dolls , based on "The Man Who Hated People". The versions, while differing, share a core theme surrounding the girl and the puppeteer. The puppeteer, communicating with Lili through his puppets as a surrogate voice, develops a vehicle whereby each of them can freely express their inner pain and anguished emotions. In

1800-473: Is a "primitive" Senegalese man named Golo, rather than the movie's amiable Frenchman, Jacquot. He shares with Mouche a sense of primitive magic, and with her believes in the reality of the puppets. The first four puppets she meets correspond closely to those in the film and are a youth named Carrot Top; a fox, Reynardo; a vain girl, Gigi; and a "huge, tousle-headed, hideous, yet pathetic-looking giant" Alifanfaron. The latter two are named "Marguerite" and "Golo" in

1872-500: Is a 1953 American film released by MGM . It stars Leslie Caron as a touchingly naïve French girl whose emotional relationship with a carnival puppeteer is conducted through the medium of four puppets. The film won the Academy Award for Best Original Score , and was also entered in the 1953 Cannes Film Festival . It was later adapted for the stage under the title Carnival! (1961). Lili's screenplay, written by Helen Deutsch ,

1944-550: Is evident in the book's strong Habsburg Monarchist theme. (The protagonist saves an Austrian princess, wins her love and takes charge of her young son – who, the book hints, is fated to become the new Habsburg Emperor once the Nazis are driven out of Austria.) The Snow Goose was published in 1941 in The Saturday Evening Post and won the O. Henry Award for short stories in 1941. Critic Robert van Gelder called it "perhaps

2016-413: Is featured each year on Sirius XM Radio Classics. His short story "The Man Who Hated People" was reworked into an unpublished short story "The Seven Souls of Clement O'Reilly", adapted into the movie Lili (1953) and later staged as the musical Carnival! (1961). The film Lili is a poignant, whimsical fairy tale, the story of an orphaned waif, a naïve young woman whose fate is thrown in with that of

2088-458: Is on her first North Atlantic crossing under new ownership, celebrated with a month-long Christmas voyage from Lisbon to African and South American ports. On December 26, an undersea earthquake overturns the Poseidon . The ship capsizes as it falls into the void caused by the quake displacing millions of gallons of seawater. Stuck within the upper deck dining room, preacher Reverend Frank "Buzz" Scott suggests his fellow survivors to move to

2160-408: Is the childlike innocence of Mouche/Lili and her conviction that she is interacting directly with the puppets themselves, which have some kind of existence separate from the puppeteer. This separation is explicit in the book. It says that Golo was "childlike...but in the primitive fashion backed by the dark lore of his race" and looked upon the puppets "as living, breathing creatures", but "the belief in

2232-408: Is the puppets, a creature of many facets and many flaws. He concludes by telling her, "This is business." "Not any more," retorts Lili, who walks away. Walking out of town, she imagines that the puppets, now life-sized, have joined her. As she dances with each puppet in turn, they all turn into Paul. Coming back to reality, Lili runs back to the carnival and into Paul's arms. They kiss passionately as

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2304-532: The 1920s as a sportswriter , sports columnist, and sports editor of the New York Daily News . In 1937, in Gallico's "Farewell to Sport" he stated, "For all her occasional beauty and unquestioned courage, there has always been something faintly ridiculous about the big-time lady athletes." In the same book, Gallico later explained why he thinks Jewish people are drawn to and good at basketball, "The game places

2376-468: The 1950s, Gallico spent time in Liechtenstein , where he wrote Ludmila , the retelling of a local legend. His novel Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris (1958) was a bestseller, and became the first of four books about the lovable charwoman Mrs. 'Arris. The character was said by The New York Times to be "perhaps Mr. Gallico's most beloved creation". Negotiations for film rights began as early as 1960 when he

2448-580: The Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made, as did Angie Errigo and Jo Berry in a 2005 compilation of Chick Flicks: Movies Women Love. Bosley Crowther , reviewing the film at its opening, had nothing but praise for the movie, rejoicing that "at last Leslie Caron's simplicity and freshness...have been captured again in the film." He showered other encomia on Caron, calling her "elfin", "winsome", the "focus of warmth and appeal", praising her "charm, grace, beauty, and vitality." He said screenwriter Helen Deutsch had "put together

2520-586: The Cat Who Thought She Was God (1957), filmed in 1964 by the Walt Disney Studios as The Three Lives of Thomasina (which was very popular in the former USSR in the early 1990s, inspiring the Russian remake Bezumnaya Lori ), and Honorable Cat (1972), a book of poetry and essays about cats. Gallico's 1969 book The Poseidon Adventure , about a group of passengers attempting to escape from

2592-488: The book from which this motion picture was adapted." The original short story was clearly based on the popular television puppet show Kukla, Fran and Ollie , as it takes place in a television studio (not a carnival as in the film and book), and has many characters based on the Kuklapolitans. The novella was more mystical and magic than the short story. Brettonais from the village of Plouha..."Wretched though she was, some of

2664-408: The book, however, Peyrot is the exploitative and abusive one, and the relationship with BalottMouche "passed in that moment over the last threshold from child to womanhood" and knew "the catalyst that could save him. It was herself." She tells Peyrot "Michel...I love you. I will never leave you." Peyrot does not respond, but he weeps; Mouche holds his "transfigured" head and knows "they were the tears of

2736-534: The calamity-howlers and porn merchants have to increase the decibels of their lamentations, the hideousness of their violence and the mountainous piles of their filth to keep in the race at all." On December 25, 1949, Gallico's short story " 'Twas the Night Before Christmas" was dramatized as Attraction 66 of the NBC radio series Radio City Playhouse . It tells the humorous tale of a New York newspaper reporter and

2808-444: The carnival. On her way out, she is stopped by the voices of Carrot Top and Reynardo, who ask her to take them with her. As they embrace her, she finds they are shaking. She remembers somebody is behind the curtain and pulls it away to see Paul. Instead of telling her how he feels, he tells her of the agents' offer. She confronts him about the difference between his real self, seemingly incapable of love, and his puppets. Paul tells her he

2880-410: The consequences of his actions, Herbert panics, runs off and falls to his doom. Susan rejoins the group and tells them nothing of what has happened. After an intense search, they make the decision to move on without Robin. His mother, Jane, breaks down and vents her long-held disgust and hatred for her husband. The Reverend, having found a Turkish oiler, guides the other survivors to the stern. They find

2952-590: The desperate journey." In contrast, Irwin Allen 's motion picture adaptation of Gallico's book instantly became a hit. In his article "What makes 'Poseidon' Fun?", reviewer Vincent Canby coined the term "ark movie" for the genre including Airport , The High and the Mighty , A Night to Remember , and Titanic (the 1953 movie). He wrote that "'The Poseidon Adventure' puts the Ark Movie back where God intended it to be, in

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3024-413: The end of the show, "millions watching felt a sense of loss as though a family close to them were breaking up." Milly has been with the show two years, and, as in other versions of the story, she interacts in a spontaneous way directly with the personae of the puppets. In a flashback, during her audition, she had met and talked to the puppets before meeting any human being. Not realizing that this encounter

3096-577: The engine room. After climbing two upside-down stairways, the group comes upon "Broadway", a wide service corridor that runs the length of the ship and connects to the engine room. The posse breaks for a while whilst looking for supplies. Young Robin Shelby ventures off to find the bathroom while Tony "The Beamer" Bates and his girlfriend Pamela find the liquor closet. When the ship's emergency lighting goes out, some crew members panic and stampede; they are trampled, or killed by falling over stairway openings or into

3168-411: The group, who make their way into a propeller shaft where the steel hull is at its thinnest. The oxygen supply begins to give out, but after much waiting, they are found. Belle Rosen has a heart attack and dies before the rescue team can reach her. The team cuts through, and the group climb out of the upturned hull. Manny Rosen, however, refuses to leave without Belle's remains, which are lifted out after

3240-465: The handsome magician, wishing to replace his assistant Rosalie. Soon, Marcus receives an offer to perform at the local casino and decides to leave the carnival, to the joy of Rosalie, who announces to everyone that she is his wife. Lili is heartbroken and innocently invites Marc to her trailer. His lecherous plans are interrupted by Paul, and he leaves. When Lili finds Marc's wedding ring in the seat cushions and tries to chase him, Paul stops her, calls her

3312-547: The highest-paid sportswriters in America. His book, Lou Gehrig : Pride of the Yankees (1941) was adapted into the sports movie The Pride of the Yankees (1942), starring Gary Cooper and Teresa Wright . In the late 1930s, he abandoned sports writing for fiction, first writing an essay about this decision entitled "Farewell to Sport" (published in an anthology of his sports writing, also titled Farewell to Sport (1938)), and became

3384-438: The keel of the ship, where maybe they will have more chances of being rescued. Those who refuse to follow him stay behind. The rest climb a Christmas tree with Scott to ascend into the galley area where they meet stewards and kitchen crew. The group debates whether to try to reach a propeller shaft at the stern, or to go to the bow. A steward fears the lockers that hold the anchor chains will have flooded, and suggests trying for

3456-499: The loss of her son. Susan, meanwhile, dreams of going to Hull in England to visit Herbert's parents. She hopes to be pregnant with his child so he would have a legacy. The book was first adapted into a feature film in 1972 with the story continued by a direct sequel in 1979, both produced by Irwin Allen . A remake was released as a television special in 2005 and another remake as a feature film in 2006. Lili (1953 film) Lili

3528-411: The manuscript in the evening, ready for inclusion in the newspaper. The Silent Miaow (1964) purports to be a guide written by a cat, "translated from the feline", on how to obtain, captivate, and dominate a human family. Illustrated with photographs by Suzanne Szasz , it is considered a classic by cat lovers. Other Gallico cat books include Jennie (1950) (American title The Abandoned ), Thomasina,

3600-503: The mind." "In Paris in the spring of our times, a young girl was about to throw herself into the Seine." Thus opens the novella from which the film Lili and the musical Carnival was drawn. The Paul Gallico short story from which Lili was adapted was published in expanded form in 1954 as Love of Seven Dolls , a 125-page novella. The New York Times review of the book opens "Those audiences still making their way to see Lili may now read

3672-458: The most sentimental story that ever has achieved the dignity of a Borzoi [prestige imprint of publisher Knopf] imprint. It is a timeless legend that makes use of every timeless appeal that could be crowded into it." A public library puts it on a list of "tearjerkers". Gallico made no apologies, saying that "in the contest between sentiment and 'slime,' 'sentiment' remains so far out in front, as it always has and always will among ordinary humans that

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3744-470: The movie (i.e. the name of the puppeteer's assistant in the book becomes the name of a puppet in the movie). The book includes three additional puppets: Dr. Duclos, a penguin who wears a pince-nez and is a dignified academic; Madame Muscat, "the concierge", who constantly warns Mouche that the others are "a bad lot"; and Monsieur Nicholas, "a maker and mender of toys" with steel-rimmed spectacles, stocking cap, and leather apron. The core of both book and movie

3816-413: The mystery of that mysterious land still clung to her...the gravity of her glance, the innocence and primitive mind...there were dark corners of Celtic brooding...a little scarecrow." Gallico's book is far darker in tone. In the book, the girl's nickname is Mouche ("fly") rather than Lili. The puppeteer is named Michel Peyrot, stage name Capitaine Coq, rather than Paul Berthalet. The puppeteer's assistant

3888-506: The novel's narrative, which is supposedly written by Paul Gallico. In 1975, the British progressive rock band Camel released an album of work based on Gallico's The Snow Goose . Although the author was initially opposed to the album's release, legal action was evaded on the condition that the band used the words " Music Inspired by The Snow Goose " on the album's cover. In 2005, a televised disaster film titled The Poseidon Adventure , which

3960-405: The others have left. Once outside, the survivors see another, much larger group of survivors being removed from the bow of the ship. Most are still in their dinner clothes, in contrast to Scott's group, who are mostly in underclothing and streaked with oil. En route to the rescue ships in lifeboats, they see Tony and Pamela, who have survived after all. Sailors from a small German tramper try to put

4032-537: The puppets applaud. Walton and O'Rourke , famous in puppeteering circles, made the puppets. They mostly worked in cabarets and did not appear on television. Lili is among the few known filmed records of their work which also includes the Walter Lantz cartoon and live action short film, Oswald the Lucky Rabbit: Puppet Show (1936). Walton and O'Rourke manipulated Marguerite and Reynardo, George Latshaw

4104-584: The puppets becomes the most valuable part of the act. Paul was once a well-known dancer, but suffered a leg injury in World War II. He regards the puppet show as far inferior to his old career, which embitters him. Lili refers to him as "the Angry Man". Although he falls in love with Lili, he can only express his feelings through the puppets. Fearing rejection due to his physical impairment, he keeps his distance by being unpleasant to her. Lili continues to dream about

4176-405: The separate existence of these little people was even more basic with Mouche for it was a necessity to her and a refuge from the storms of life with which she had been unable to cope." In the movie, the puppeteer, Paul Berthalet, is gruff, unhappy, and emotionally distant. Although Lili refers to him as "the Angry Man", he is not very cruel or menacing. His bitterness is explained by his identity as

4248-488: The side of his face," ending his hockey career, and seriously and permanently disfiguring him. She soon learns that Villeridge is emotionally an abuser. She loves the on-air performances, loves the puppets and their personalities, and finds Mr Tootenheimer, the wise old toymaker, particularly comforting, but she hates Villeridge and what he does to her in rehearsal and after the show. He shouts at her, demeans her, criticizes everything she has done, and humiliates her in front of

4320-514: The song "Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo" were written by Helen Deutsch for her previously published short story "Song of Love". Kaper's setting of the song was performed by Caron and Mel Ferrer in the film; the performance was released on record and reached number 30 in the American charts. Four excerpts from the score were first issued by MGM Records at the time of the film's release. The complete score was issued on CD in 2005, on Film Score Monthly records. The New York Times included it in its 2004 Guide to

4392-459: The staff. When she meets a nice man named Fred Archer and believes she is "a little in love" with him, she decides she can no longer stand Villeridge and his tyrannical ways. She announces that she is marrying Archer and gives notice. After her farewell show, she changes into her street dress. She waits for everyone else to leave the studio, afraid of encountering Villeridge, who "might be waiting for her with one last attack." As she leaves, she hears

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4464-518: The voice of Arthur, the puppet, who says, "I stayed behind. Milly, take me with you." Soon she is talking to Arthur and the other puppets. Mr Tootenheimer, the "old philosopher", explains to her that every man is composed of many things, and that the puppets represent aspects of Villeridge's real personality: Millie cries "Crake! Crake! come to me." They embrace, and Milly decides to say goodbye to "the outside world—reality—Fred Archer" and live with Villeridge and his created "Never-Never Land of

4536-412: The water. Not flying around in the air on one engine or with a hole in its side." The movie was enormously successful, part of a decade of disaster films , and remains a cult classic. In his New York Times obituary, Molly Ivins said that "to say that Mr. Gallico was prolific hardly begins to describe his output." He wrote 41 books and numerous short stories, 20 theatrical movies, 12 TV movies, and had

4608-526: The way out—five decks up, on top of a fractured steel wall. During the difficult climb, Linda rebels and attempts to find her own way. She chooses an unstable route and falls to her death, impaled on a piece of steel. An explosion rocks the ship, and Reverend Scott, enraged, denounces God, offers himself as a sacrifice, and commits suicide. Mary Kinsale, an English spinster, screams in grief and claims they were to be married. Her fellow survivors do not know what to make of this revelation. Mr. Martin takes charge of

4680-407: The world in like. Wholly cynical, he had no regard for man, woman, child, or God ... He would, if he could, have corrupted the whole world." In both book and movie, Mouche/Lili is tempted by a superficial attraction to a handsome man—an acrobat named Balotte in the book, the magician Marc in the movie—but returns to the puppeteer. In the movie, Marc's relation with Lili is exploitative. In

4752-566: Was a remake of the movie inspired by Gallico's novel, was aired; the Captain, played by Peter Weller , is named after Gallico. Film Television Radio Stage musicals Music The Poseidon Adventure (novel) Formerly the RMS Atlantis , the SS Poseidon is a luxury ocean liner from the golden age of travel, converted to a single-class, combination cargo-cruise liner. The ship

4824-413: Was based on a short story and treatment titled "The Seven Souls of Clement O'Reilly" written by Paul Gallico , which in turn was based upon "The Man Who Hated People," a short story by Gallico that appeared in the October 28, 1950 issue of The Saturday Evening Post . After the film's success, Gallico expanded his story into a 1954 novella entitled Love of Seven Dolls . Naive country girl Lili arrives in

4896-608: Was born in New York City in 1897. His father was the Italian concert pianist, composer and music teacher Paolo Gallico ( Trieste , May 13, 1868 – New York, July 6, 1955), and his mother, Hortense Erlich, came from Austria; they had emigrated to New York in 1895. Gallico's graduation from Columbia University was delayed to 1921, having served a year and a half in the United States Army during World War I . He first achieved notice in

4968-448: Was her audition, she is surprised when a station representative meets her and tells her "Your performance this afternoon came closest to what [Mr Villeridge] wants." She says "But it actually wasn't a performance", and is told "Exactly. The first time you start giving a performance, you're through." Villeridge, we learn, is French Canadian, and had once been headed for a serious career as a hockey player. In an accident, two men "skated over

5040-464: Was one of her favorite childhood books. The boggarts appearing in Rowling's Harry Potter books closely resemble Manxmouse's "clutterbumph", which takes the form of whatever the viewer fears the most. Manxmouse was illustrated by Anne and Janet Grahame-Johnstone who also illustrated The Hundred and One Dalmatians by Dodie Smith . The Japanese animation studio Nippon Animation adapted this tale into

5112-520: Was resident in Salcombe. It was produced as a TV movie with Angela Lansbury in 1992. During his time in Salcombe, Gallico serialised an account of the sinking of the MV Princess Victoria , the ferry that plied between Larne and Stranraer, an event which left only 44 out of 179 surviving. It was his habit, at this time, to wander in his garden dictating to his assistant Mel Menzies, who then typed

5184-508: Was responsible for Carrot Top, and Wolo Von Trutzschler handled Golo the Giant. Burr Tillstrom was approached to create puppets for the film, but turned it down. The score was composed by Bronisław Kaper and conducted by Hans Sommer , with orchestrations by Robert Franklyn and Skip Martin . Kaper's music received the Oscar for "Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture." Lyrics for

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