The Movie "Guys and Dolls"
(1955, 150 minutes, in colour)
In the movie the "Save-a-Soul mission", which clearly portrays the Salvation Army, the main characte is the young and very pretty Sarah Brown. The gambler named Nathan Detroit bets with his friend Sky Masterson, that Sky will not be able to win over Sarah's heart. As Sky really falls in love with Sarah, the situation becomes more complicated.
The movie is based upon "The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown", one of the many short stories in Damon Runyon's book "Guys and Dolls".
In 1921 in New York, Captain Rheba Crawford was the Corps Officer of the Times Square Corps. Thousands of people came to the meetings and Damon Runyon was inspired to write this story.
"Guys and Dolls" was originally a theatre production which opened in 1950. The original production starred Robert Alda, Vivian Blaine, Sam Levene, and Isabel Bigley.
The film version, which was produced five years later in 1955, starred Marlon Brando, Vivian Blaine, Frank Sinatra and Jean Simmons.