Oklahoma! (1955)
Oklahoma! (1955)
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Cast & Crew.
Gordon MacRae
Curly McLain
Gloria Grahame
Ado Annie Carnes
Gene Nelson
Will Parker
Charlotte Greenwood
Aunt Eller
Shirley Jones
Laurey Williams
Eddie Albert
Ali Hakim
James Whitmore
Mr. Carnes
Rod Steiger
Jud Fry
Barbara Lawrence
Gertie
Jay C. Flippen
Skidmore
Roy Barcroft
Marshal
James Mitchell
Dream Curly / Dancer
Bambi Linn
Dream Laurey / Dancer
Jennie Workman
Dancer
Virginia Bosler
Dancer
Kelly Brown
Dancer
Evelyn Taylor
Dancer
Lizanne Truex
Dancer
Jane Fischer
Dancer
Marc Platt
Dancer
Fred Zinnemann
Director
Mark Griffith
Digital Intermediate Colorist
Agnes de Mille
Choreographer
Arthur Hornblow Jr.
Producer
Robert Surtees
Director of Photography
Orry-Kelly
Costume Design
Richard Rodgers
Songs / Music / Musical
Sonya Levien
Screenplay
William Ludwig
Screenplay
Lynn Riggs
Theatre Play
Oscar Hammerstein II
Lyricist / Book / Musical
Oliver Smith
Production Design
Joseph C. Wright
Art Direction
Jay Blackton
Conductor / Music Supervisor
Robert Russell Bennett
Music Arranger
Adolph Deutsch
Music Arranger / Conductor
F. Keogh Gleason
Set Decoration
John Fearnley
Production Assistant
George Boemler
Editor
Arthur S. Black Jr.
Assistant Director
Media.
Details.
Release DateOctober 10, 1955
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 28m
Content RatingG
Filming LocationsArizona, United States
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Oklahoma! is a 1955 American musical film based on the 1943 musical of the same name by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, which in turn was based on the 1931 play Green Grow the Lilacs written by Lynn Riggs. It stars Gordon MacRae, Shirley Jones (in her film debut), Rod Steiger, Charlotte Greenwood, Gloria Grahame, Gene Nelson, James Whitmore, and Eddie Albert. The production was the only musical directed by Fred Zinnemann. Oklahoma! was the first feature film photographed in the Todd-AO 70 mm widescreen process (and was simultaneously filmed in CinemaScope 35mm).
Set in Oklahoma Territory shortly after the turn of the 20th century, it tells the story of farm girl Laurey Williams (Jones) and her courtship by two rival suitors, cowboy Curly McLain (MacRae) and the sinister and frightening farmhand Jud Fry (Steiger). A secondary romance concerns Laurey's friend, Ado Annie (Grahame), and cowboy Will Parker (Nelson), who also has an unwilling rival. A background theme is the territory's aspiration for statehood, and the local conflict between cattlemen and farmers.
The film received a rave review from The New York Times, and was voted a "New York Times Critics Pick". It won Academy Awards in the categories of musical scoring and sound recording. In 2007, Oklahoma! was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".