On April 2, 2007, Robert Osborne of TCM, introducing the MGM film Fearless Fagan (1952) directed by Stanley Donen, said that Donen was due to direct Jumbo right after Singin' in the Rain in 1952. Stephen Boyd's singing voice was dubbed by Los Angeles studio singer, Jimmy Joyce. The film was Doris Day's last screen musical. Despite featuring such Rodgers and Hart standards as " My Romance" and " The Most Beautiful Girl in the World", neither the original play nor the film was especially successful. Both play and film feature songs by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart, although the film borrows two songs from Rodgers and Hart shows other than Jumbo (including " This Can't Be Love", from The Boys from Syracuse). Original producer Billy Rose stipulated that if a film version was ever made, he must be credited in the title, even if he were not personally involved. The Broadway show Jumbo opened on November 16, 1935, and was the last musical produced at the New York Hippodrome before it was demolished in 1939. It was nominated for an Academy Award for the adaptation of its Rodgers and Hart score. An adaptation of the stage musical Jumbo produced by Billy Rose, the film was directed by Charles Walters, written by Sidney Sheldon, and featured Busby Berkeley's choreography. Billy Rose's Jumbo is a 1962 American musical film released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and starring Doris Day, Stephen Boyd, Jimmy Durante, and Martha Raye.
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