Wikipedia's dedicated article on Guys and Dolls, stating the musical premiered on Broadway November 24, 1950, with music and lyrics by Frank Loesser and a book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows, based on Damon Runyon's short stories "The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown" and "Blood Pressure," and that the MGM feature film adaptation, starring Marlon Brando, Frank Sinatra, Jean Simmons and Vivian Blaine, was released November 3, 1955.
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Tier three, general reference encyclopedia entry, matching this database's established convention for Wikipedia citations. Used for the musical's authorship, premiere date and film adaptation, cross checked against the Salvation Army's own Salvationist.org.uk publication and an independent literary history article for the Save-a-Soul Mission's modeling on the Salvation Army. Citation
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URLhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guys_and_Dolls
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- Musical Works, 22 claims: 20 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 general references.
- Sources, 7 claims: 6 well-attested, 1 holds.
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