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First loves -- Drama.
Mail order brides -- Drama.
Arranged marriage -- Drama.
Chinese Americans -- California -- San Francisco -- Drama.
Women immigrants -- California -- San Francisco -- Drama.
Chinatown (San Francisco, Calif.) -- 20th century -- Drama.
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First loves -- Drama.
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Chinese Americans -- California -- San Francisco -- Drama.
Women immigrants -- California -- San Francisco -- Drama.
Chinatown (San Francisco, Calif.) -- 20th century -- Drama.
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Flower
drum
song
[videorecording (DVD)].
Universal Pictures : distributed by Universal Studios Home Entertainment, c2006.
Call #:
DVD FLO Mus
Subjects
First loves -- Drama.
Mail order brides -- Drama.
Arranged marriage -- Drama.
Chinese Americans -- California -- San Francisco -- Drama.
Women immigrants -- California -- San Francisco -- Drama.
Chinatown (San Francisco, Calif.) -- 20th century -- Drama.
Series
Video Difference legacy collection.
ISBN:
0783299958
Alternate title:
Rodgers
&
Hammerstein
's
Flower
drum
song
[videorecording (DVD)]
Rodgers
and
Hammerstein
's
Flower
drum
song
[videorecording (DVD)]
Format:
[videorecording (DVD)].
Edition:
Special edition.
Description:
1 videodisc (132 min.) : Dolby digital sd., col. ; 12 cm.
Notes:
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1961.
A 1961 film adaptation of the 1958 Broadway musical
Flower
Drum
Song
, written by the composer Richard
Rodgers
and the lyricist/librettist Oscar
Hammerstein
II. The film and stage play were based on the 1957 novel of the same name by the Chinese American author C. Y. Lee.
Based on the novel "The
Flower
Drum
Song
" by C.Y. Lee.
Home use only.
In English (dolby 5.1 or 2.0) ; optional subtitles in English (SDH), Spanish or French.
English (SDH) subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Contents:
Special features: Optional audio feature commentary with actress Nancy Kwan and and film historian Nick Redman ; Featurettes: A classic evolves: From print to stage to screen (19 min.) -- Faces of the east: casting '
Flower
Drum
Song
' (9 min.) -- The songs of '
Flower
Drum
Song
' (11 min.) -- An all-access pass to the sets and costumes of
Flower
Drum
Song
(6 min.) -- The legacy of
Rodgers
and
Hammerstein
(4 min.).
Production:
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 ; director of photography, Russell Metty ; film editor, Milton Carruth ; music supervised and conducted by Alfred Newman ; choreography, Hermes Pan ; costumes, Irene Sharaff ; art directors, Alexander Golitzen and Joseph Wright ; technical advisors, H. K. Wong, Albert Lim.
Performers:
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.
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.
Genre:
Musical films.
Romantic comedy films.
Films for the hearing impaired.
DVDs.
Other authors:
Koster, Henry, 1905-1988.
Kwan, Nancy.
Shigeta, James.
Fong, Benson.
Rodgers
, Richard, 1902-1979.
Hammerstein
, Oscar, II, 1895-1960.
Lee, C. Y., 1917-
Flower
drum
song
. Film adaptations.
Holds:
0
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Home Delivery - HN
Adult Feature DVDs
DVD FLO Mus
Adult Dvds-7 Days
Checked out
Oct 24, 2024
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