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Flower drum song / Universal-International presents ; a Ross Hunter production ; in association with Joseph Fields ; Rodgers & Hammerstein's ; music by Richard Rodgers ; lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein, 2nd ; screenplay by Joseph Fields ; produced by Ross Hunter ; directed by Henry Koster.
LIBRA DVD Judaica 77
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LIBRA DVD Judaica 76
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Author/Creator:
- Lee, C. Y., 1915-2018. Flower drum song, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Lee, C. Y., 1915-2018. Flower drum song--Film adaptations.
- Lee, C. Y.
- Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979. Flower drum song--Film adaptations.
- Rodgers, Richard.
- First loves--Drama.
- First loves.
- Mail order brides--Drama.
- Mail order brides.
- Arranged marriage--Drama.
- Arranged marriage.
- Women--Conduct of life--Drama.
- Women.
- Man-woman relationships--Drama.
- Man-woman relationships.
- Women immigrants.
- Chinese Americans.
- Brides.
- Women--Conduct of life.
- California--San Francisco.
- Brides--California--San Francisco--Drama.
- Chinese Americans--California--San Francisco--Drama.
- Women immigrants--California--San Francisco--Drama.
- Chinatown (San Francisco, Calif.)--20th century--Drama.
- Chinatown (San Francisco, Calif.).
- Genre:
- Drama.
- Romantic comedy films.
- Feature films.
- Film adaptations.
- Musicals.
- Video recordings.
- Penn Provenance:
- Sheldon, Harvey (donor)
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (132 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [between 2000 and 2009]
- System Details:
- DVD-R.
- digital
- optical
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- Set in San Francisco's Chinatown in the late 1950's. Pretty Mei Li has stowed away on a Chinese steamer with her professor father to become a mail-order bride for nightclub owner Sammy Fong. Sammy, however, is completely infatuated with saucy showgirl Linda Low, who is intent on making him jealous enough to propose to her. As Sammy sets out to assign his marriage contract (and Mei Li) to Wang Ta, a handsome college student living in Chinatown, complications, merriment, and many musical numbers ensue.
- Contents:
- Main titles
- "A Hundred Million Miracles"
- "Fan Tan Fannie"
- "The Other Celebration"
- "A Hundred Million Miracles" (reprise)
- "I Enjoy Being a Girl"
- "I Am Going to Like It Here"
- Outspoken
- "Chop Suey"
- "You Be the Rock"
- "Grant Avenue"
- "Gliding Through My Memoree"
- "Love, Look Away"
- "You Are Beautiful"
- "Sunday"
- "Don't Marry Me"
- Sealed with a kiss
- "A Hundred Million Miracles" (Reprise/Finale).
- Participant:
- Nancy Kwan, James Shigeta, Benson Fong, Jack Soo, Juanita Hall, Reiko Sato, Patrick Adiarte, Kam Tong, Victor Sen Yung, Soo Yong, Ching Wah Lee, James Hong, Miyoshi Umeki.
- Credits:
- Director of photography, Russell Metty ; film editor, Milton Carruth ; music supervised and conducted by Alfred Newman ; choreography, Hermes Pan.
- Notes:
- Based on the novel "The Flower Drum Song" by C.Y. Lee.
- Originally produced as a motion picture in 1961.
- Local Notes:
- Presented to the Penn Libraries by Harvey Sheldon.
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