Oklahoma!
There's a box social coming up, and Curly asks Laurey if she'll be his date. Trouble is, Laurey thinks he's waited too long, and in a fit of pique accepts an offer from the boorish ranch hand Jud instead. Meanwhile, Laurey's friend Ado Annie is also torn between two men: cowboy Will and foreign peddler Ali Hakim. Both women struggle to know their own hearts before it's too late.
Director(s)
Fred Zinnemann
Arthur S. Black Jr.
Edward F. Mull
Milton Carter
Russ Haverick
James Curtis Havens
Howard Joslin
Robert E. Relyea
Jack Voglin
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CinemaSerf
Great music, lyrics and dancing - but boy, what a truly sterile delivery. By necessity, staging has to be precise in a theatre; cinema offers little of such spacial restrictions so why is this musical choreographed to within an inch of it's life? There is virtually none of the spontaneity - especially with the rumbustious dances - that the big screen offered and what we are left with, though colourful and cheery, just lacks... something! So frequently it is as if they are still performing to that seat in the centre of the Royal Circle - complete with the casual supporting cast with their delicate short steps and stage whispers in each other's ear. Gordon MacRae looks pristine, way too pristine, and Gloria Grahame a very pale imitation of Doris Day from 2 years earlier in "Calamity Jane". Charlotte Greenwood does a cracking job as the worldly "Aunt Eller" as does Eddie Albert as the improbably named "Ali Hakim"; even Rod Steiger does genuinely carry off the role of the disgruntled "Jud Fry" but I'm afraid the whole just doesn't equal the sum of the parts - and with Rodgers & Hammerstein providing "Oh, What a Beautiful Morning"; "Surrey with a Fringe on Top" "I'm Just a Girl Who Can't Say No" & the eponymous title tune; that's a real shame...
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The directors of Oklahoma! are Fred Zinnemann, Arthur S. Black Jr., Edward F. Mull, Milton Carter, Russ Haverick, James Curtis Havens, Howard Joslin, Robert E. Relyea, and Jack Voglin.
The cast of Oklahoma! includes Al Ferguson as Cowboy at Auction (uncredited), Ethan Laidlaw as Cowboy at Auction (uncredited), Donald Kerr as Farmer at Dance (uncredited), Rory Mallinson as Cowboy at Auction (uncredited), Rod Steiger as Jud Fry, Buddy Roosevelt as Cowboy at Auction (uncredited), James Whitmore as Mr. Carnes, Jay C. Flippen as Skidmore, Robert Cole as Dancer (uncredited), Roy Barcroft as Marshal, Russell Simpson as The Minister (uncredited), Gloria Grahame as Ado Annie Carnes, and more.
The duration of Oklahoma! is 2h 28 mins.
Yes. Oklahoma! has 2 trailers on Fanbiz, including Oklahoma! - Trailer. Watch them on this page.
Oklahoma! was released on 10 Oct 1955.
Oklahoma! is listed under Western, Music, and Romance on Fanbiz.
Oklahoma! has 1 review on Fanziz, with an average rating of 6.0/10. One reviewer wrote: "Great music, lyrics and dancing - but boy, what a truly sterile delivery. By necessity, staging has to be precise in a theatre; cinema offers little of such spacial restrictions..."
