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There's a box social coming up, and Curly asks Laurey if she'll be his date. Trouble is, Laurey thinks he's waited too long, and in a fit of pique accepts an offer from the boorish ranch hand Jud instead. Meanwhile, Laurey's friend Ado Annie is also torn between two men: cowboy Will and foreign peddler Ali Hakim. Both women struggle to know their own hearts before it's too late.
CinemaSerf
Nov 14, 2022 · via TMDB
Great music, lyrics and dancing - but boy, what a truly sterile delivery. By necessity, staging has to be precise in a theatre; cinema offers little of such spacial restrictions so why is this musical choreographed to within an inch of it's life? There is virtually none of the spontaneity - especially with the rumbustious dances - that the big screen offered and what we are left with, though colourful and cheery, just lacks... something! So frequently it is as if they are still performing to that seat in the centre of the Royal Circle - complete with the casual supporting cast with their delicate short steps and stage whispers in each other's ear. Gordon MacRae looks pristine, way too pristine, and Gloria Grahame a very pale imitation of Doris Day from 2 years earlier in "Calamity Jane". Charlotte Greenwood does a cracking job as the worldly "Aunt Eller" as does Eddie Albert as the improbably named "Ali Hakim"; even Rod Steiger does genuinely carry off the role of the disgruntled "Jud Fry" but I'm afraid the whole just doesn't equal the sum of the parts - and with Rodgers & Hammerstein providing "Oh, What a Beautiful Morning"; "Surrey with a Fringe on Top" "I'm Just a Girl Who Can't Say No" & the eponymous title tune; that's a real shame...
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Gordon MacRae
Curly McLain
Shirley Jones
Laurey Williams
Gloria Grahame
Ado Annie Carnes
Charlotte Greenwood
Aunt Eller
Eddie Albert
Ali Hakim
Rod Steiger
Jud Fry
Jay C. Flippen
Skidmore
James Whitmore
Mr. Carnes
Gene Nelson
Will Parker
Barbara Lawrence
Gertie
Roy Barcroft
Marshal
James Mitchell
Dream Curly / Dancer
Bambi Linn
Dream Laurey / Dancer
Virginia Bosler
Dancer
Kelly Brown
Dancer
Marc Platt
Dancer
Al Ferguson
Cowboy at Auction (uncredited)
Ben Johnson
Wrangler (uncredited)
Donald Kerr
Farmer at Dance (uncredited)
Nancy Kilgas
Dancer (uncredited)
Ethan Laidlaw
Cowboy at Auction (uncredited)
Rory Mallinson
Cowboy at Auction (uncredited)
Buddy Roosevelt
Cowboy at Auction (uncredited)
Russell Simpson
The Minister (uncredited)
Felix Smith
Dancer (uncredited)
Ray Jones
Cowboy at Auction (uncredited)
Robert Surtees
Director of Photography
Orry-Kelly
Costume Design
Ben Johnson
Stunt Double
Fred Zinnemann
Director
Oscar Hammerstein II
Executive Producer
Richard Rodgers
Executive Producer
Arthur Hornblow Jr.
Producer
Richard Rodgers
Music
Richard Rodgers
Original Music Composer
Richard Rodgers
Songs
Oscar Hammerstein II
Book
Oscar Hammerstein II
Lyricist
Oscar Hammerstein II
Musical
Richard Rodgers
Musical
Sonya Levien
Screenplay
Olenko minä tullut haaremiin!
Blake and Gwen: Now and Then
Sarilho de Fraldas
Vertigo
Singin' in the Rain
For a Few Dollars More
The Royal Waltz
Global Groove
The Ox-Bow Incident
The Hustler
Aladdin
The Wild Bunch
La Vie en Rose
The African Queen
Dead Man
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Sissi
A Hard Day's Night
West Side Story
Lord of the Dance
Marnie
Don't Hug Me I'm Scared 3
Playboy of Paris
A Night with Janis Joplin
Cowboy in the Clouds
Fantasia 2000
The Horse Whisperer
Viva Zapata!
Romeo + Juliet
Dreamgirls
Will Penny
The Tulsa Kid
White Gold
Habana Blues
Rendezvous im Salzkammergut
What I Did for Love
Cuban Pete
Hot Summer
Hello Again
Open
Arizona Trail
Mais uma Vez Amor
Joan Lui
Century
The Cloud Door
Sin of an Angel
A Little Bit of Heaven
Nuori luotsi
Pan-Americana
Tukkijoella
A Fountain for Susan
Merrily We Roll Along
John Adams: Doctor Atomic
Josefina
Alejandro Sanz - La musica no se toca (En vivo)
Space Dogs: The Musical
Pure Air of the Mountain: For All and None
Great Big Groovy Horse
Easter Parade
Colorado Territory
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
Salsa
The Slipper and the Rose
Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration
Will Penny
Gay Purr-ee
The Big Sky
Cinderella
Brigadoon
The Plainsman
Press Play
Daddy Long Legs
Camelot
Beauty and the Beast
Roustabout
The Fighting Kentuckian
Oct 10, 1955
Todd-AO premiere at Rivoli in New York City.
Aug 20, 1982
Samuel Goldwyn Re-Release
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