Oklahoma!
1956
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Writer: State Fair. Oscar Hammerstein II was an American lyricist, librettist, theatrical producer, and musical theatre director from New York City. He won a total of 8 Tony Awards for his best known works, "South Pacific" (1949), "The King and I" (1951), and "The Sound of Music" (1959). He twice won the Academy Award for Best Original Song ...
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Oscar Greeley Clendenning Hammerstein II ( / ˈhæmərstaɪn /; July 12, 1895 – August 23, 1960) was an American lyricist, librettist, theatrical producer, and (usually uncredited) director in musical theater for nearly 40 years. He won eight Tony Awards and two Academy Awards for Best Original Song. Many of his songs are standard repertoire ...
Show Boat. New Moon. I'll Take Romance. The Lady Objects. The Strip. Rodgers and Hammerstein's South Pacific. The Song of the Flame.
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- Carousel (1956) - IMDb Rating of 6.6. Coming in at the bottom of the list is Carousel, directed by American filmmaker Henry King. Although it doesn’t have the enduring legacy of some of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s other musicals, many critics regard Carousel as containing some of their most beautiful songs.
- South Pacific (1958) - IMDb Rating of 6.8. Next on the list is South Pacific. Set on a US military base in the Solomon Islands during the Second World War, the film centers on the improbable love affair between an American nurse (Mitzi Gaynor) and a French plantation owner (Rossano Brazzi).
- State Fair (1945) - IMDb Rating of 7.0. Directed by Walter Lang, who would later go on to direct the screen version of The King and I, State Fair is the only musical Rodgers and Hammerstein wrote specifically for film (apart from 1957’s Cinderella, which was written for television).
- Flower Drum Song (1961) - IMDb Rating of 7.0. For their eighth collaboration, Rodgers and Hammerstein chose to adapt for the stage Chinese-American author Chin Yang Lee’s 1957 novel Flower Drum Song.
Oscar Hammerstein II. Highest Rated: 100% Show Boat (1936) Lowest Rated: 13% The King and I (1999) Birthday: Jul 12, 1895. Birthplace: New York, New York, USA. Renowned lyricist of numerous ...
Writer, Actor, Producer. Born July 12, 1895 in New York City, New York, USA. Oscar Hammerstein II was an American lyricist, librettist, theatrical producer, and musical theatre director from New York City. He won a total of 8 Tony Awards for his best known works, "South Pacific" (1949), "The King and I" (1951), and "The Sound of Music" (1959).
Oscar Hammerstein II. Writer: State Fair. Oscar Hammerstein II was an American lyricist, librettist, theatrical producer, and musical theatre director from New York City. He won a total of 8 Tony Awards for his best known works, "South Pacific" (1949), "The King and I" (1951), and "The Sound of Music" (1959). He twice won the Academy Award for Best Original Song, for his songs "The Last Time I ...
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