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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.
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.
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.
Released Nov 9, 1961 2h 13m Musical Comedy List. 79% Tomatometer 56 Reviews 72% Audience Score 1,000+ Ratings In this adaptation of the 1958 Rodgers and Hammerstein Broadway musical, Chinese...
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Mar 10, 2023 · Flower Drum Song (1961) Original Trailer [FHD] Directed by Henry Koster. Starring Nancy Kwan, James Shigeta and Benson Fong. Blu-ray (Amazon) https://amzn.to/3JrXqQn Blu-ray (Kino Lorber)...
Flower Drum Song Synopsis. 2002 Broadway Revival Version. Stills from the 1958 Original Broadway Production. ACT ONE. In a Prologue, Mei-Li begins a flower drum song she has learned from her father ( “A Hundred Million Miracles” ), which becomes the theme as she begins her own journey to the West.
Chinese stowaway Mei Li (Miyoshi Umeki) arrives in San Francisco with her father to meet her fiancé, wealthy nightclub owner Sammy Fong (Jack Soo), in an arranged marriage, but the groom has his eye on his star singer Linda Low (Nancy Kwan). This film version of the Rodgers and Hammerstein Broadway musical is filled with memorable song-and ...
1961 Motion Picture. On November 9, 1961, the musical event of the season took place at New York’s historic Radio City Musical Hall: the highly anticipated big-screen premiere of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Flower Drum Song starring Nancy Kwan and James Shigeta.
Flower Drum Song - (Original Trailer) A refugee travels to Chinatown as a mail-order bride in Rodgers and Hammerstein's musical comedy Flower Drum Song (1961).
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...
