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Flower Drum Song was the eighth musical by the team of Rodgers and Hammerstein. It is based on the 1957 novel, The Flower Drum Song, by Chinese-American author C. Y. Lee. It premiered on Broadway in 1958 and was then performed in the West End and on tour. It was adapted for a 1961 musical film .
- Chin Yang Lee
- 1957
Flower Drum Song: Directed by Henry Koster. With Nancy Kwan, James Shigeta, Benson Fong, Jack Soo. A young woman arrives in San Francisco's Chinatown from Hong Kong with the intention of marrying a rakish nightclub owner, unaware he is involved with one of his singers.
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- Comedy, Musical, Romance
- Henry Koster
- 1962-03-28
Flower Drum Song. (film) Flower Drum Song is a 1961 American musical film directed by Henry Koster, adapted from the 1958 Broadway musical Flower Drum Song, written by the composer Richard Rodgers and the lyricist/librettist Oscar Hammerstein II, in turn based on the 1957 novel of the same name by the Chinese American author Chin Yang Lee.
This was the biggest hit from Rodgers and Hammerstein's Broadway play. In the 1961 film adaptation, Nancy Kwan performed it, though her vocals were dubbed by...
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Performed by Miyoshi Umeki, Benson Fong, Juanita Hall and Kam Tong (singing dubbed by John Dodson) I Enjoy Being A Girl. (uncredited) Music by Richard Rodgers. Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. Performed by Nancy Kwan (singing dubbed by B.J. Baker) I Am Going To Like It Here. (uncredited) Music by Richard Rodgers.
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