5 million for film rights o the popular Broadway hit.It turned out to be one of the top five most successful films in 1964 - a combination of clever lyrics and singable tunes, with a great lead and supporting cast, and lavishly-designed heatrical sets and costumes.[He is a graduate student working on his doctor of philosophy degree from Cambridge.] Ex-patriate, free-spirited, over-the-top Sally Bowles, a wild, worldly-wise, hedonistic, starry-eyed, promiscuous, passionate American singer/dancer from the Club, has been there for three months...or wrestlin'?Mary: (after John overwhelms her with many kisses) Gee...I oughtn't o let you kiss me.On the crowded subway ride home, Bert hasn't fared well with Jane, but Mary is sleepily curled up in John's arms.The screenplay, written by screenwriter Robert Riskin, was derived from a 1939 film treatment, titledThe Life and Death of John Doe, written by Richard Connell and Robert Presnell (the recipients of the film's sole Academy Awards nomination for Best Original Story).