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Carousel is a 1956 American drama fantasy musical film based on the 1945 Rodgers and Hammerstein stage musical of the same name, which in turn was based on Ferenc Molnár's 1909 non-musical play Liliom. The film stars Gordon MacRae and Shirley Jones and was directed by Henry King.
Carousel is the second musical by the team of Richard Rodgers (music) and Oscar Hammerstein II (book and lyrics). The 1945 work was adapted from Ferenc Molnár 's 1909 play Liliom , transplanting its Budapest setting to the Maine coastline.
The song was performed in the 1956 film version Carousel by Gordon MacRae and Shirley Jones. Other recordings. There were four hit versions of the song in 1945: ...
Luckey's best known film roles were in Carousel and The Music Man.She co-starred as Louise, the daughter of Billy Bigelow, played by Gordon MacRae, in Carousel. [2] She appeared as Zaneeta, the daughter of Mayor Shinn (portrayed by Paul Ford), in The Music Man, [2] repeating the role she had in the national company of that musical. [6]
"Soliloquy" is a 1945 song composed by Richard Rodgers, with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, written for their 1945 musical Carousel, where it was introduced by John Raitt. Gordon MacRae performs the song in the 1956 film version.
Rodgers and Hammerstein's musical adaptation, Carousel, was made into a CinemaScope 55 color film by 20th-Century Fox in 1956, starring Gordon MacRae and Shirley Jones. The movie version of the hit musical failed to attract wide public attention at the time, although its soundtrack album was a best-seller and remains so to this day.
Shirley Jones and Gordon McRae in "Carousel." 20th Century Fox Redditor Yoyti described the issues with "Carousel," the adaptation of the 1945 musical about a romance between an amusement-park ...
On the radio in 1945, his talents were showcased on the Gordon MacRae Show on the CBS network in collaboration with the conductor Archie Bleyer. [6] In 1946, his fifteen minute variety show Skyline Roof also featured emerging musical talent, including the accordionist John Serry Sr. [7] [8] [9] MacRae was also the host and lead actor on The Railroad Hour, a half-hour anthology series made up ...