Flower Drum Song (1961) |
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Other InformationAwardsNational Film Registry National Film Preservation Board, USA [2008] (Won/Nominated: Won) Best Written American Musical Writers Guild of America, USA [1962] (Won/Nominated: Nominated) Top Female Supporting Performance Laurel Awards [1962] (Won/Nominated: Nominated) Top Musical Laurel Awards [1962] (Won/Nominated: 2nd place) Best Soundtrack Album or Recording of Original Cast from Motion Picture or Television Grammy Awards [1962] (Won/Nominated: Nominated) Best Motion Picture Actress - Musical/Comedy Golden Globes [1962] (Won/Nominated: Nominated) Best Motion Picture - Musical Golden Globes [1962] (Won/Nominated: Nominated) Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures Directors Guild of America, USA [1962] (Won/Nominated: Nominated) Best Sound Academy Awards [1962] (Won/Nominated: Nominated) Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture Academy Awards [1962] (Won/Nominated: Nominated) Best Costume Design, Color Academy Awards [1962] (Won/Nominated: Nominated) Best Cinematography, Color Academy Awards [1962] (Won/Nominated: Nominated) Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color Academy Awards [1962] (Won/Nominated: Nominated) Plot SummaryThe only Rodgers and Hammerstein cinemadaptation to be produced by Universal Pictures, Flower Drum Song was, alas, also the only Rogers and Hammerstein film to lose money at the box office. It looks far better now than it did back in 1961, if only be... TaglineMost joyous hit lights up the screen! Broadway`s Most Romantic Musical Comedy comes to the Screen!!! DiscographySinglesSunday Don`t Marry Me You Are Beautiful Love, Look Away Gliding Through My Memoree Grant Avenue You Be the Rock Chop Suey I Am Going to Like It Here I Enjoy Being a Girl The Other Generation Fan Tan Fannie A Hundred Million Miracles |
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Trivia and QuotesQuotes Wang San: You have an unfortunate way of expressing yourself. `Sammy` Fong: She`s alright! She came into this country the regular way; through her mother! Wang: [Cursing the newspaper editor for not publishing his "Letter to the Editor"] Son of a turtle! Wang: [as Wang San runs from his brother`s bedroom] Wait! Why aren`t you in school?
Wang San: It`s Saturday!
Wang: Always excuses! Madame `Auntie` Liang: Who robbed you? What did he look like?
Wang: I don`t know. All white men look alike. Wang: You`ve been going to U.S. citizenship classes for five years, and the only thing you can tell me is "this is not China!". Mei Li: You smell good. You wear incense to scare away evil spirits?
Linda: Oh no, to attract them! Policeman: So where are you folks from?
Mei Li: The East.
Policeman: Oh, New York, huh?
Dr. Li: Further east.Trivia The character of Helen ("Sato, Reiko") is not given a resolution to her storyline in the film. In the original novel she commits suicide, but Rodgers and Hammerstein felt the ending was too depressing for such a strong character. Jack Soo who plays Sammy Fong in the film appeared in the original Broadway cast, but not as Sammy. On Broadway he played Frankie Wing, Sammy Fong`s emcee. Anna May Wong was producer Ross Hunter`s original choice for Madame Liang, and Wong wanted to do the film. Her sudden death at the age of 56, just before filming was scheduled to begin, resulted in the part being given to Juanita Hall, who had created the role on Broadway. Flower Drum Song opened at the Saint James Theater on December 1, 1958 and ran for 600 performances. Miyoshi Umeki and Juanita Hall reprise their roles in the movie. The original Broadway cast album of "Flower Drum Song", issued in early 1959, was the first Broadway cast album of a Rodgers and Hammerstein show to be issued in stereo. (The stereo versions of the film soundtracks of "Oklahoma!", "Carousel", "The King and I", and "South Pacific", were all issued in 1958.) Jack Soo`s first film. During the brief scene where Sammy Fong and Mei Lei sit in a beatnik coffee shop, on stage someone reads the poem "Like a God". This was originally a song in the stage production sung by Wang Ta to Mei Lei, but was cut out of the screenplay. This was the first Oscar Hammerstein II film released by Universal since the 1936 version of "Show Boat". This was the only film version of a Rodgers and Hammerstein musical not released by 20th Century-Fox. (The 70mm Todd-AO version of "Oklahoma!" (1955) had been released by RKO, but the 35mm Cinemascope version was released by 20th Century-Fox.) "Flower Drum Song" was produced and released by Universal-International. | ||
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