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Was adapted into a successful Broadway musical in 1980, with a revival in 2001.
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* [[Adaptation Distillation]]: The book was full of extraneous characters and tons of subplots (many of a controversial nature), most of which were either changed or cut entirely from the movie. The film was in all likelihood improved by the streamlining of the story, but one can't help but wonder what would have happened had the film been made in a more permissive era. (True, there was no [[Bowdlerize|Hays Code]] yet, but there was no way [[Ho Yay|Julian and Billy being a couple]] was going to make it to the silver screen in the early 1930s.)
* [[Busby Berkeley Number]]
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