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Oklahoma! is a 1955 American musical film based on the 1943 musical of the same name by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, which in turn was based on the 1931 play Green Grow the Lilacs written by Lynn Riggs. It stars Gordon MacRae, Shirley Jones (in her film debut), Rod Steiger, Charlotte Greenwood, Gloria Grahame, Gene Nelson, James ...
Oklahoma! is the first musical written by the duo of Rodgers and Hammerstein.The musical is based on Lynn Riggs's 1931 play, Green Grow the Lilacs.Set in farm country outside the town of Claremore, Indian Territory, in 1906, it tells the story of farm girl Laurey Williams and her courtship by two rival suitors, cowboy Curly McLain and the sinister and frightening farmhand Jud Fry.
Oklahoma! is the original soundtrack album of the 1955 film Oklahoma!, an adaptation of the musical Broadway play of the same name. The soundtrack charted No. 1 on the Billboard Pop Album Chart in 1956 and has been in continual print. On July 8, 1958, it became the first album to be certified "gold" by the RIAA, [2] and was later certified "2x ...
Shirley Jones. Shirley Mae Jones (born March 31, 1934) is an American actress and singer. In her six decades in show business, she has starred as wholesome characters in a number of musical films, such as Oklahoma! (1955), Carousel (1956), and The Music Man (1962). She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for playing a vengeful ...
Cast Genre Notes Oklahoma! Fred Zinnemann: Gordon MacRae, Shirley Jones, Rod Steiger, Gloria Grahame: Musical: RKO. Based on stage musical by Rodgers and Hammerstein; 4 Oscar nominations One Desire: Jerry Hopper: Anne Baxter, Rock Hudson, Julie Adams: Romantic drama: Universal: Outlaw Treasure: Oliver Drake: Adele Jergens, Johnny Carpenter ...
Rodgers and Hammerstein. Rodgers and Hammerstein was a theater-writing team of composer Richard Rodgers (1902–1979) and lyricist-dramatist Oscar Hammerstein II (1895–1960), who together created a series of innovative and influential American musicals. Their musical theater writing partnership has been called the greatest of the 20th century.
Howard Keel. Harold Clifford Keel (April 13, 1919 – November 7, 2004), [1] professionally Howard Keel, was an American actor and singer known for his rich bass-baritone singing voice. [2] He starred in a number of MGM musicals in the 1950s and in the television series Dallas from 1981 to 1991.
36:53. Label. Capitol T-596. Nelson Riddle chronology. The Music from Oklahoma! (1955) The Tender Touch. (1956) The Music from Oklahoma! was Nelson Riddle 's first studio album in his own right, released in 1955, after successful collaborations with Nat King Cole and Frank Sinatra for Capitol Records.