Oklahoma! (1955)
| Tagline | Now a motion picture as big as all outdoors! (first run Todd-AO version) |
| Genre | Musical, Romance, Western |
| Country | USA |
| Filming Locations | Amado, Arizona, USA |
| Language | English |
| Sound Mix | 4-Track Stereo, 70 mm 6-Track, Mono |
| Color | Color |
| Film Type | Feature |
| Film Class | Musical Western, Americana, Musical Romance |
| Mood | In the Mood for Love |
| Themes | Star-Crossed Lovers, Love Triangles, Otherwise Engaged, Unrequited Love, Farm Life, Opposites Attract |
| Tones | Rousing, Bright, Stylized, Easygoing, Whimsical, Warm, Heartwarming |
| Tags | Cowboy, Farmhand, Fight, Honeymoon, Knife, Love Triangle, Traveling Salesman, Wild West |
Based on the 1943 musical play Oklahoma!, written by composer Richard Rodgers and lyricist/librettist Oscar Hammerstein II (see Rodgers and Hammerstein), was adapted into a musical film in 1955, starring 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 first musical directed by Fred Zinnemann. Oklahoma! was the first feature film photographed in the Todd-AO 70 mm widescreen process.
Cast and Crew
Cast
Bambi Linn
Dream Laurey
Jennie Workman
Dancer
Virginia Bosler
Dancer
Kelly Brown
Dancer
Evelyn Taylor
Dancer
Lizanne Truex
Dancer
Jane Fischer
Dancer
Jerry Dealey
Dancer
Al Ferguson
Cowboy at auction
Donald Kerr
Farmer at dance
Buddy Roosevelt
Cowboy at Auction
Director
Writer
Lynn Riggs
William Ludwig
Producer
Original Music
Cinematographer
Robert Surtees
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Editor
George Boemler
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Gene Ruggiero
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Production Designer
Oliver Smith
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Art Director
Joseph C. Wright
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Set Decorator
F. Keogh Gleason
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Costume Designer
Charles Arrico
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Sophie Devine
Orry-Kelly
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Makeup Department
Ben Lane
makeup artist
Anna Malin
hair stylist
Production Manager
Samuel Lambert
unit manager
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Arthur S. Black Jr.
assistant director
Jack Voglin
assistant director
Robert E. Relyea
second assistant director
Sound Department
Fred Hynes
sound
Joseph I. Kane
dubbing
Milo B. Lory
sound editor
Stunts
Camera and Electrical Department
Schuyler Crail
still photographer
Bob Gilbreath
helicopter pilot: aerial camera helicopter
Bobby Moreno
camera operator
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Frank Beetson Jr.
wardrobe
Ann Peck
wardrobe
Editorial Department
Alvord Eiseman
color consultant
Music Department
Jay Blackton
conductor
Adolph Deutsch
composer: incidental music
Robert Helfer
music coordinator
Ralph Ives
music editor
Richard Melfer
music coordinator
Other Crew
Barney Briskin
production executive
John Fearnley
production aide
Schuyler A. Sanford
technician: Todd-AO
Jus Addiss
dialogue coach
John Emerson
production assistant
H. Thomas Wood
unit publicist
Production Company
Magna Theatre Corporation
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Rodgers & Hammerstein Productions
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Distributor
Magna Theatre Corporation
RKO Radio Pictures
Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
RKO Radio Pictures
CBS Television
Samuel Goldwyn Company, The
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20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
CBS/Fox
Park Circus
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Miscellaneous
Angel Records
soundtrack released by , soundtrack released by
Capitol Records
soundtrack released by
Theatre Guild
original stage production
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Films directed by Fred Zinnemann
A Hatful of Rain (1957)
A Man for All Seasons (1966)
Act of Violence (1948)
Behold a Pale Horse (1964)
Benjy (1951)
Five Days One Summer (1982)
From Here to Eternity (1953)
High Noon (1961)
High Noon (1952)
Julia (1977)
Oklahoma!
People on Sunday (1930)
That Mothers Might Live (1938)
The Day of the Jackal (1973)
The Men (1950)
The Nun's Story (1959)
The Old Man and the Sea (1958)
The Search (1948)
The Seventh Cross (1944)
The Sundowners (1960)
Rodgers and Hammerstein
Carousel (1956)
Cinderella (1965)
Flower Drum Song (1961)
Oklahoma!
South Pacific (1958)
State Fair (1945)
The King and I (1956)
