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Carousel (1956) -- Open-ended Trailer from 20th Century Fox

Overview

User Rating:
7.1/10   2,071 votes
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Director:
Henry King
Writers:
Phoebe Ephron (screenplay)
Henry Ephron (screenplay)
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Contact:
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Release Date:
16 February 1956 (USA) more
Genre:
Musical | Romance more
Tagline:
20th-Century Fox proudly presents [Rodgers and Hammerstein's CAROUSEL] more
Plot:
Billy Bigelow asks for permission to be sent down "from above" for one day to try and make amends for mistakes he made in life... more | add synopsis
Plot Keywords:
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Awards:
2 nominations more
User Comments:
The very finest of Rodgers and Hammerstein! more (58 total)

Cast

  (in credits order) (complete, awaiting verification)

Gordon MacRae ... Billy Bigelow
Shirley Jones ... Julie Jordan
Cameron Mitchell ... Jigger Craigin
Barbara Ruick ... Carrie Pipperidge
Claramae Turner ... Cousin Nettie
Robert Rounseville ... Mr. Enoch Snow

Gene Lockhart ... Starkeeper / Dr. Selden
Audrey Christie ... Mrs. Mullin
Susan Luckey ... Louise Bigelow
William LeMassena ... Heavenly Friend
John Dehner ... Mr. Bascombe
Jacques d'Amboise ... Louise's 'Starlight Carnival' Dancing Partner
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Robert Banas ... Ruffian in Louise's ballet (uncredited)
Harry Carter ... Third Policeman (uncredited)
Richard Deacon ... First Policeman (uncredited)
Marion Dempsey ... Sword Swallower (uncredited)
Robert Foulk ... Second Policeman (uncredited)
Lili Gentle ... Young Girl #1 (uncredited)
Marie Greene ... Louise Bigelow (singing voice) (uncredited)
Cheryl Holdridge ... Young Girl #2 (uncredited)
Harry Johnson ... Juggler (uncredited)
Tor Johnson ... Strong Man (uncredited)
Edward Mundy ... Fire Eater (uncredited)
Mary Orozco ... Fat Woman (uncredited)
Dee Pollock ... Enoch Snow, Jr. (uncredited)
Angelo Rossitto ... Midget (uncredited)
Sylvia Stanton ... Contortionist (uncredited)
Frank Tweddell ... Capt. Watson (uncredited)
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Directed by
Henry King 
 
Writing credits
Phoebe Ephron (screenplay)

Henry Ephron (screenplay)

Oscar Hammerstein II (book of stage musical)

Ferenc Molnár (play "Liliom")

Benjamin Glazer (English translation and adaptation of Liliom) (as Benjamin F. Glazer)

Produced by
Henry Ephron .... producer
 
Cinematography by
Charles G. Clarke 
 
Film Editing by
William Reynolds 
 
Art Direction by
Jack Martin Smith 
Lyle R. Wheeler 
 
Set Decoration by
Chester L. Bayhi  (as Chester Bayhi)
Walter M. Scott 
 
Costume Design by
Mary Wills 
 
Makeup Department
Ben Nye .... makeup artist
Helen Turpin .... hair stylist
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Stanley Hough .... assistant director
 
Sound Department
Bernard Freericks .... sound
Harry M. Leonard .... sound
 
Special Effects by
Ray Kellogg .... special photographic effects
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Bob Rose .... additional grip (uncredited)
 
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Charles Le Maire .... wardrobe (as Charle Le Maire)
Sam Benson .... wardrobe (uncredited)
 
Editorial Department
Leonard Doss .... color consultant
 
Music Department
Ken Darby .... vocal supervisor
Earle Hagen .... orchestrator
Gus Levene .... orchestrator
Bernard Mayers .... orchestrator
Alfred Newman .... conductor
Alfred Newman .... music supervisor
Edward B. Powell .... orchestrator
Nelson Riddle .... orchestrator
Herbert W. Spencer .... orchestrator (as Herbert Spencer)
 
Other crew
Rod Alexander .... choreographer
Agnes de Mille .... choreographer: original Louise's Ballet
 
Crew believed to be complete


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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel (USA) (complete title)
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Runtime:
128 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.55 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
4-Track Stereo (35 mm magnetic prints) | 6-Track Stereo (premiere only) | 4-Track Stereo (Westrex Recording System)
Certification:
West Germany:12 (f) | USA:Approved (PCA #17724) | Australia:G (original rating) | Australia:PG (cable rating) | Canada:G | Finland:K-8 | Sweden:15 | UK:U
Filming Locations:
Augusta, Maine, USA more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Judy Garland, who was fresh from A Star Is Born (1954), was considered for the role of Julie Jordan, although that never materialized. more
Goofs:
Anachronisms: Mockingbird calls are heard in a scene between Billy and Louise near the end. At the time the film is set (between the early 1870s and the late 1880s), the mockingbird range was entirely in the American South. There were no mockingbirds in Maine - not even in the year the film was made (by which time the mockingbird's range had extended to New York and New Jersey). more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Heavenly Friend: Bigelow...
Billy Bigelow: [impatiently] Well, what'd I do now?
Heavenly Friend: Nothing. I just thought you'd wanna know - there's trouble.
Billy Bigelow: Huh! Thought you said I didn't do nothin'.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) more
Soundtrack:
You'll Never Walk Alone more

FAQ

Chapter Headings, an unofficial version:
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14 out of 15 people found the following comment useful.
The very finest of Rodgers and Hammerstein!, 1 January 2003
Author: hamlet-16 from Melbourne, Australia

The film of this classic musical is a joy to watch and listen to.

The music is undoubtedly the finest Rodgers and Hammerstein

score.

Of the many fine moments in the film two astounding highlights

must be Billy's Soliloquy and the Shirley Jones' and Gordon

MacRae's lover's duet "If I loved you".

To this is added two great ballet sequences "June is Bustin' out all

Over" and Louise's ballet.

The film is Rogers and Hammerstein at their most dark and

introspective, which may account for the film's relatively lacklustre

reception at the time of its initial release but the at the same time

explains the ongoing appeal of this truly timeless classic film.

It is a fine memorial to both composer and lyricist and to the

artistry of Gordon MacRae whose performance of the soliloquy is

the benchmark against which all performances are judged.

The film was produced in Cinemascope 55 a large film fomat

which overcame many of the problems that were inherent in early

Cinemascope films (even though the film was actually released

only in standard 35mm form ..a bit like a 35mm print of a 70mm

film this still results in a far better image) and gives the film its

immaculate look.

The Fox DVD is crisp and the sound, though very clearly a 1950s

recording is clean and well balanced.

I just wish I could see this film in a cinema on the biggest of

screens... it would be an even more special experience!

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