
My Geisha
It's the WACKIEST HOAX That Ever Turned the Screen Hilarious!
Overview
Famed movie director Paul Robaix breaks with tradition by not casting his actress-comedienne wife, Lucy Dell, in his latest film production, a version of Madame Butterfly. Undaunted, the resourceful Lucy wings her way to Tokyo and, masquerading as a Japanese geisha, lands the coveted role from her unsuspecting husband! But in front of the cameras (and behind the pancake makeup), Lucy faces greater challenges: her lecherous leading man - and a husband who is beginning to realize that his talented new "discovery" seems vaguely familiar...
Fun facts
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Nominations
Nominated for the Oscar for Best Costume Design, Color (1963)
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Setting
Set in Tokyo and Los Angeles
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Music
Music by Franz Waxman
Details
- Director
- Writer
- Norman KrasnaStory, Screenplay
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- March 9, 1962
- Original language
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
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In the United States
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