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The Original Soundtrack to the film South Pacific was released by RCA Victor in 1958. The film was based on the 1949 musical South Pacific by Rodgers and Hammerstein.The composers had much say in this recording, with many of the songs performed by accomplished singers rather than the actors in the film. [1]
"Happy Talk" is a show tune from the 1949 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical South Pacific. It is sung by Bloody Mary to the American lieutenant Joe Cable, about having a happy life, after he begins romancing her daughter Liat. Liat performs the song with hand gestures as Mary sings.
"Bali Ha'i", also spelled "Bali Hai", is a show tune from the 1949 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical South Pacific. The name refers to a mystical island, visible on the horizon but not reachable, and was originally inspired by the sight of Ambae island from neighboring Espiritu Santo in Vanuatu, where author James Michener was stationed in World War II.
Bloody Mary as portrayed by Juanita Hall, who originated the role in South Pacific (1949) Bloody Mary is a character in the 1946 book Tales of the South Pacific by James Michener, which was made into the 1949 musical South Pacific by Rodgers and Hammerstein, and later into a film in 1958. The Bloody Mary character is Vietnamese . Tonkin is the ...
(The first musical number in the film is "Bloody Mary", sung by the Seabees, while in the stage version it is "Dites-moi", sung by Emile's children. The only version of this song in the final release print of the film is a reprise sung with Emile. Only on the soundtrack recording is it first heard as a duet by the children Ngana and Jerome.)
D.T. Max's "Finale," about Sondheim, and "Shy," by Mary Rodgers and Jesse Green, bring the singular Broadway personalities back to life.
Juanita Hall (née Long, November 6, 1901 – February 29, 1968) [1] was an American musical theatre and film actress. She is remembered for her roles in the original stage and screen versions of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals South Pacific as Bloody Mary – a role that garnered her the Tony Award – and Flower Drum Song as Madame Liang.
The composer (“Once Upon a Mattress”), young adult author (“Freaky Friday”) and philanthropist Mary Rodgers wanted to write a memoir that was candid, cutting, dishy and vanity-free — the ...