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Title

  • Oklahoma!

Other Title

  • Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma!

Summary

  • In the turn-of-the-century Oklahoma Territory on the brink of statehood, the story unfolds in peaceful Claremore. Laurey and Curley fuss and fight and will not admit that they love each other. Ado Annie cannot decide between Will, a handsome rodeo rider, and Ali Hakim, a smooth, citified travelling peddler. Curley and Jud Fry, the rough-edged hired hand, struggle over Laurey's affections. All will be settled at the Skidmore social.

Names

  • LC Purchase Collection (Library of Congress)
  • Copyright Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • United States : Twentieth-Century Fox Film Corporation, 1956 ; United States : CBS/Fox Video, [1984?]

Headings

  • -  Oklahoma--Social life and customs--Drama
  • -  Love--Oklahoma--Drama
  • -  Cowboys--Oklahoma--Drama
  • -  Farmers--Oklahoma--Drama
  • -  Dance parties--Oklahoma--Drama

Genre

  • Musicals
  • Comedies
  • Historical re-creations
  • Adaptations
  • Features
  • Videodiscs

Notes

  • -  LP5413 U.S. Copyright Office
  • -  Copyright: Rodgers & Hammerstein Pictures, Inc.; 13Oct55; LP5413.
  • -  Copyright notice on videodisc label: CBS/Fox Video ; 1983.
  • -  Copyright notice on videodisc jacket: CBS/Fox Company ; 1984.
  • -  Title appears on videodisc label as Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma!
  • -  Music by Richard Rodgers ; book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II ; director of photography, Robert Surtees ; dances staged by Agnes DeMille ; editor, Gene Ruggiero.
  • -  Gordon MacRae (Curly), Gloria Grahame (Ado Annie), Gene Nelson (Will Parker), Charlotte Greenwood (Aunt Eller), Eddie Albert (Ali Hakim), Rod Steiger (Jud Fry), Shirley Jones (Laurey).
  • -  Variety, 10/12/55 and other sources cited below list Gene Ruggiero as editor; shelflist card lists George Boemler as film editor.
  • -  Film was shot both on 65 mm. using the Todd-AO process for the first time, which is projected at 30 frames per second, and on 35 mm. using the CinemaScope process; the first version released was the Todd-AO version, which was released in 1955 by Magna Theatre Corp., but since only certain theatres could should that version, the 35 mm. CinemaScope version was released in 1956 by Twentieth Century-Fox per videodisc jacket (DAA 2695), Parish, J.R. and M.R. Pitts. The great Hollywood musical pictures, p. 477 and Green, S. Encyclopaedia of musical film, p. 210-211.
  • -  Originally produced on the stage by the Theatre Guild in 1943.
  • -  On credits of viewing copy: CBS/Fox Video; on videodisc jacket: distributed by CBS/Fox Video, Inc.; The video source book, 15th ed., c1994, p. 1904 lists distributor as CBS/Fox Video; Variety's complete home video directory, 1989, p. 479 lists distributor as LaserDisc Corp. of America; possible videodisc reissue date from copyright notice on videodisc jacket for videodisc packaging.
  • -  On credits of viewing copy: The Samuel Goldwyn Company; unable to verify relationship to videodisc.
  • -  Filmed in CinemaScope.
  • -  Two videodiscs in one videodisc jacket.
  • -  Credits of viewing copy are letter-boxed.
  • -  LC holds Cinemascope reissue version (ref print, FGA 8245-8262) and videodisc reissue copy of the Cinemascope reissue version (viewing copy, DAA 0575); LC also holds videodisc reissue copy of the original Todd-AO version (DAA 2695).
  • -  Summary taken from videodisc jacket.
  • -  On videodisc jacket: CBS/Fox Video 7020-80.
  • -  Adapted from the musical play by Rodgers and Hammerstein based upon the a dramatic play by Lynn Riggs.
  • -  Sources used: Variety, 10/12/55; Parish, J.R. and M.R. Pitts. The great Hollywood musical pictures, p. 477; Green, S. Encyclopaedia of musical film, p. 210-211; Monthly film bulletin, v. 23, no. 273, p. 126; videodisc jacket and label; The video source book, 15th ed., c1994, p. 1904.
  • -  Received: 11/7/91; viewing copy; purchase, purchase order no. 172525; LC Purchase Collection.
  • -  Received: 4/1/57; ref print; copyright deposit; Copyright Collection.
  • -  Viewing copy viewed for credits only.

Medium

  • 2 videodiscs of 2 (laser) (ca. 140 min.) : sd., col. ; 12 in. viewing copy.
  • 18 reels of 18 (ca. 12600 ft.) : sd., col. ; 35 mm. ref print.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • DAA 0575 (viewing copy)
  • FGA 8245-8262 (ref print)

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 96503924

Online Format

  • web page
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Lc Purchase Collection, and Copyright Collection. Oklahoma!. [United States: Twentieth-Century Fox Film Corporation, ; United States: CBS/Fox Video, 1984?, 1984] Image. https://www.loc.gov/item/96503924/.

APA citation style:

Lc Purchase Collection & Copyright Collection. (1984) Oklahoma!. [United States: Twentieth-Century Fox Film Corporation, ; United States: CBS/Fox Video, 1984?] [Image] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/96503924/.

MLA citation style:

Lc Purchase Collection, and Copyright Collection. Oklahoma!. [United States: Twentieth-Century Fox Film Corporation, ; United States: CBS/Fox Video, 1984?, 1984] Image. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/96503924/>.