Oklahoma! (1955)
Oklahoma! (1955)
Plot.
Where to Watch.
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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
Andrew Carnes
Rod Steiger
Jud Fry
Barbara Lawrence
Gertie Cummings
Jay C. Flippen
Skidmore
Lynn Riggs
Writer
Roy Barcroft
Marshal
Fred Zinnemann
Director
James Mitchell
Dream Curly / Dancer
Sonya Levien
Writer
Bambi Linn
Dream Laurey / Dancer
William Ludwig
Writer
Jennie Workman
Dancer
Richard Rodgers
Writer
Virginia Bosler
Dancer
Oscar Hammerstein II
Writer
Kelly Brown
Dancer
Arthur Hornblow Jr.
Producer
Evelyn Taylor
Dancer
Robert Surtees
Cinematographer
Lizanne Truex
Dancer
Jane Fischer
Dancer
George Boemler
Editor
Marc Platt
Dancer
Oliver Smith
ProductionDesigner
Adolph Deutsch
Conductor / Music Arranger
Orry-Kelly
Costume Design
Joseph C. Wright
Art Direction
F. Keogh Gleason
Set Decoration
Frank Beetson Jr.
Wardrobe Master
Robert Russell Bennett
Music Arranger
Agnes de Mille
Choreographer
Ben Lane
Makeup Artist
Arthur S. Black Jr.
Assistant Director
Annabell Levy
Hairstylist
Media.
Details.
Release DateOctober 10, 1955
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 28m
Content RatingG
Filming LocationsArizona, United States of America
Genres
Wiki.
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, 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".