Shirley MacLaine is full of energy as Charity Hope Valentine, a taxi dancer who always has hope for the future, no matter how badly things go, in Bob Fosse's first film as a director, Sweet Charity. The story was written by Neil Simon (from the story of the Fellini film, Nights of Cabiria), although the screenplay was written by Peter Stone. The choreography was also Fosse's, and it's based on Fosse's Broadway musical (which starred his wife, Gwen Verdon). The songs are by Cy Coleman and Dorothy Fields.
Here, Charity is celebrating her good fortune at getting the interest of an actor (played by Ricardo Montalban).
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