Gypsy

TCM's Alicia Malone introduces Gypsy, 1962.

TCM's Saturday afternoon host Tiffany Vazquez introduces Gypsy, 1962.

Chasing Vaudeville bookings cross-country in the 1930's, crazy stage-mother Rose (Rosalind Russell) at a New York Chinese joint with Herbie (Karl Malden), her persistent suitor and manager of her two daughters, finds another Jule Styne-Stephen Sondheim original from the Broadway smash, in Gypsy, 1962.

Manager and virtual-spouse Herbie (Karl Malden) of their tiger stage-mother Rose (Rosalind Russell) reassures sisters (Natalie Wood as less-gifted Louise, Ann Jillian as star

Tulsa (Paul Wallace) tells Louise (Natalie Wood) about the act he's planning with the Jule Styne-Stephen Sondheim number "All I Need Now Is The Girl," in the Mervyn LeRoy production of Gypsy, 1962.

Early days, Karl Malden as Herbie (stage name Uncle Jocko) intervenes somewhat to do the right thing for young June (Suzanne Cupito) and Louise (Diane Pace), a Styne/Sondheim tune getting murdered, and Mama Rose (Rosalind Russell) storms in, 1920’s vaudeville, in Gypsy, 1962.

Mama Rose (Rosalind Russell) narrates as the act reaches New Jersey, whereupon the boys surprise Louise (Natalie Wood) with birthday gifts, in the Jule Styne-Stephen Sondheim musical Gypsy, 1962.

Mama Rose (Rosalind Russell) at a gloomy train station delivers the famous upbeat Jule Styne/Stephen Sondheim tune from the original Broadway show for Louise (Natalie Wood) and Herbie (Karl Malden) in Gypsy, 1962.

A domineering mother (Rosalind Russell) pushes her two daughters to burlesque stardom in Gypsy (1962), with Natalie Wood playing the title role of Gypsy Rose Lee.