EVENINGS OF CLASSICAL MUSIC - BAHRAIN - |
PROGRAMME FOR 2 JULY 2003 |
CAROUSEL |
MUSICAL FILM (1956) Twentieth Century Fox starring Gordon MacRae and Shirley Jones with Cameron Mitchell, Barbara Ruick, Claramae Turner, Robert Rounseville, and Gene Lockhart Music: Richard Rodgers Lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein II Produced by Henry Ephron Directed by Henry King |
In this bittersweet love story Billy Biglow (MacRae), a smooth-talking carny barker, falls in love with a millworker (Jones) in a little town on the coast of Maine. Although Billy is killed during a robbery before the birth of his daughter, years later he is allowed to return to earth for one day to redeem himself - and to teach his daughter one very important lesson. This, the most poetic and lyrical of all the Rodgers & Hammerstein musicals, features the classics "If I Loved You" and "You'll Never Walk Alone", among many others. It is the second Rodgers & Hammerstein musical film in which MacRae and Jones appear together, the first being Oklahoma! |
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