Richard Rodgers
12) The king and I
Language
English
Description
A gentle but plucky English widow goes to Siam in 1862 to educate the king's wives and children in the ways of western culture. She subtly influences the volatile king, whose avidity for scientific knowledge and enlightenment often conflicts with his traditional arrogance and his adherence to the customs of his country.
14) South Pacific
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c1999
Language
English
Description
Set in the Pacific theater during World War II, this musical film explores the theme of racial prejudice in two parallel stories; that of a Navy nurse's love for a plantation owner with two Eurasian children, and a Marine lieutenant's love for a native woman
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Video
Pub. Date
[1997]
Language
English
Description
History's most enduring fairy tale returns with a thoroughly modern twist in this production of the classic musical--including three additional Rodgers & Hammerstein songs exclusive to this Disney presentation--Adapted from container.
16) Flower drum song
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
This unforgettable Broadway smash, filled with memorable songs and brilliant dances, centers on a Hong Kong girl who comes to San Franciso for an arranged marriage. Features the hit tunes: "I enjoy being a girl", "Chop Suey", and "A hundred million miracles."
17) Victory at sea
Publisher
Mill Creek Entertainment
Language
English
Description
The true glory (80 min.): A documentary account of the allied invasion of Europe during World War II compiled from the footage shot by nearly one thousand four hundred cameramen.
The first forty days in Korea (28 min.): several companies of the 24th Division fight the Communist Chinese against great odds.
Vietnam! Vietnam! (58 min): shot on location in Vietnam in October-December 1968.
"An Emmy and Peabody award-winning TV series chronicling naval...
Author
Publisher
Decca Broadway
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Over 75 years after Rodgers & Hammerstein reinvented the American musical, this is OKLAHOMA! as it has never been seen or heard before. Stripped down to reveal the darker psychological truths at its core, Daniel Fish's production tells a story of a community circling its wagons against an outsider, and the violence of the frontier that shaped America. Upending the sunny romance of a farmer and a cowpoke, this production allows the classic musical...