authored by Joshua Logan (I) (qv), who also  directed the show, which starred Ezio Pinza (qv), in his last  stage role before his death, as Cesar, Walter Slezak (qv) as  Panisse, and Florence Henderson (I) (qv) as Fanny. When the  musical was filmed, Logan stayed on as director, and the film was  faithful to the show, except for the fact that Logan dropped all of  the songs and simply used them as background scoring.