Victoria returns to her room and finds Squash in bed with Toddy. Victoria and King argue over whether or not the relationship could work and Victoria discovers that King is not really a gangster but someone who pretends to be in order to stay in the nightclub business, leading Victoria to point out that they are both pretending to be something they are not. King tries to explain, but then Squash reveals he himself is gay. Squash returns to the suite and catches King in bed with Victoria. King kisses Victoria, pretending that he does not care about Victoria's assumed gender. Squash and Toddy are both arrested, along with many of the club clientele, but King and Victoria manage to escape. King invites Victoria, Toddy, and Cassell to Chez Lui. Back in Chicago, Norma, still angry over being dumped, tells King's business partner Sal Andretti that King is having an affair with a man. Determined to uncover the truth, King sneaks into Victoria and Toddy's suite and confirms his suspicion when he spies her getting into the bath. King, however, is convinced that "Victor" is not a man.Īfter Norma violently attacks King during a quarrel, he sends her back to the United States. Victoria is an immediate hit, and King is smitten, but he is shocked when she "reveals" herself to be a man at the end of the act.
Among the guests is King Marchand, a Chicago gangster, and his ditzy blonde moll Norma Cassidy and burly bodyguard Mr. Cassell gets her a booking in a nightclub show and invites a collection of club owners to the opening. Seeing this, Toddy is struck with the inspiration of passing Victoria off as a man and presenting her to Andre Cassell, the most successful talent agent in Paris, as a female impersonator.Ĭassell accepts her as Count Victor Grazinski, a gay Polish female impersonator and Toddy's new boyfriend. When Richard opens the closet door, she punches him, breaking his nose before finally kicking him out. Victoria, who is wearing his suit and hat, hides in Toddy's closet. The next morning, Richard shows up to collect his things. The duo runs through the rain to Toddy's, and he invites her to stay when she discovers the rain has shrunken and damaged her decrepit clothing. As neither of them can pay for the meal, she has a plan to dump a cockroach in her salad to avoid paying, but it escapes and mayhem ensues. Walking home, he spots Victoria in a restaurant. Labisse fires Toddy and bans him from the club. That night, when Richard, a hustler with whom Toddy is romantically involved, comes to Chez Lui as part of a straight foursome, Toddy incites a brawl resulting in major damages and the police locking up whomever they can get their hands on. After her failed audition, Victoria returns to her hotel room to find herself about to be evicted, as she is unable to pay her rent. In 1934 Paris, Carroll "Toddy" Todd, an aging gay performer at Club Chez Lui in Paris, sees Labisse, the owner, auditioning frail and impoverished soprano, Victoria Grant. It is a remake of the 1933 German film Victor and Victoria. The film was nominated for seven Academy Awards and won the Academy Award for Best Original Score. Released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, it was adapted in 1995 as a Broadway musical. The film was produced by Tony Adams and scored by Henry Mancini, with lyrics by Leslie Bricusse. Victor/Victoria is a 1982 musical comedy film written and directed by Blake Edwards and starring Julie Andrews, James Garner, Robert Preston, Lesley Ann Warren, Alex Karras, and John Rhys-Davies.
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