Mitzi Gaynor
Ens. Nellie Forbush
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Summaries. On a South Pacific island during World War II, love blooms between a young nurse and a secretive Frenchman who's being courted for a dangerous military mission. Can a girl from Little Rock find happiness with a mature French planter she got to know one enchanted evening away from the military hospital where she is a nurse?
Nurse Nellie Forbush (Mitzi Gaynor) of the U.S. Navy falls for middle-aged French plantation owner Emile De Becque (Rossano Brazzi), but recoils upon discovering that he's fathered two mixed-race...
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“South Pacific” is a classic musical film set in the South Pacific during World War II, featuring iconic songs and themes of love and prejudice. It won several Academy Awards and continues to inspire filmmakers and performers.
ACT ONE. On a terrace in the South Pacific during World War II, two Polynesian children, Ngana and Jerome, sing a simple song in French (“Dites-Moi”). As they’re playfully chased inside by a house attendant, French plantation owner Emile de Becque escorts Nellie Forbush, a nurse from Arkansas, on a tour through his estate.
1958 Motion Picture. Music by Richard Rodgers | Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II | Screenplay by Paul Osborn | Adapted from South Pacific by Oscar Hammersetin II and Joshua Logan and the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel Tales of the South Pacific by James Michener.
While waiting for action in the war in the South Pacific, sailors and nurses put on a musical comedy show. The war gets closer and the saga of Nellie Forbush and Emile de Becque becomes serious drama. Joshua Logan. Director. James Michener. Novel. Paul Osborn. Screenplay. Written by John Chard on November 9, 2019.
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