Rodgers & Hammerstein's Flower drum song
(DVD) 

Book Cover
Average Rating
Contributors
Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979, composer.
Hammerstein, Oscar, II, 1895-1960, lyricist.
Fields, Joseph A., 1895-1966, screenwriter.
Hunter, Ross, film producer.
Koster, Henry, 1905-1988, film director.
Published
Universal City, CA : Universal Studios Home Entertainment, [2006].
Status
Available
Central - Adult DVD/ Blu-ray
DVD MUSICAL RODGE
1 available
Shirlington - Adult DVD/ Blu-ray
DVD MUSICAL RODGE
1 available

Copies

LocationCall NumberStatus
Central - Adult DVD/ Blu-rayDVD MUSICAL RODGEAvailable
Shirlington - Adult DVD/ Blu-rayDVD MUSICAL RODGEAvailable

Description

Loading Description...

More Details

Published
Universal City, CA : Universal Studios Home Entertainment, [2006].
Format
DVD
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (2 hr., 12 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
UPC
025192419027

Notes

General Note
Title from container.
General Note
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1961.
General Note
Based on the novel "The Flower Drum Song" by C.Y. Lee.
General Note
Special features: A classic evolves: from print ot stage to screen; Faces of the east: casting flower drum song; The songs of "Flower drum song"; An all-access pass to the sets and costumes of "Flower drum song"; the legacy of Rodgers and Hammerstein; feature commentary with actress Nancy Kwan and film historian Nick Redman.
Creation/Production Credits
Director of photography, Russell Metty ; costumes, Irene Sharaff ; choreography by Hermes Pan.
Participants/Performers
Nancy Kwan, James Shigeta, Benson Fong, Jack Soo, Juanita Hall, and Miyoshi Umeki.
Description
Set in San Francisco's Chinatown in the late 1950's. Pretty Mei Li has stowed away on a Chinese steamer with her professor father to become a mail-order bride for nightclub owner Sammy Fong. Sammy, however, is completely infatuated with saucy showgirl Linda Low, who is intent on making him jealous enough to propose to her. As Sammy sets out to assign his marriage contract (and Mei Li) to Wang Ta, a handsome college student living in Chinatown, complications, merriment, and many musical numbers ensue.
Target Audience
MPAA Rating: Not rated.
System Details
DVD; Region 1, NTSC; Dolby digital 5.1 surround, Dolby digital 2.0 stereo; anamorphic widescreen presentation, aspect ratio 2.35:1.
Language
In English (dolby 5.1 or 2.0); optional subtitles in Spanish or French; optional English SDH for the hearing impaired.

Also in this Series

Checking series information...

More Like This

Loading more titles like this title...

Published Reviews

Reviews from GoodReads

Loading GoodReads Reviews.

Citations

APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Rodgers, R., Hammerstein, O., II., Fields, J. A., Hunter, R., Koster, H., Kwan, N., Shigeta, J., Fong, B., Soo, J., Hall, J., Umeki, M., Metty, R., Sharaff, I., Pan, H., Lee, C. Y., & Rodgers, R. (2006). Rodgers & Hammerstein's Flower drum song (Special edition.). Universal Studios Home Entertainment.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Richard Rodgers et al.. 2006. Rodgers & Hammerstein's Flower Drum Song. Universal Studios Home Entertainment.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Richard Rodgers et al.. Rodgers & Hammerstein's Flower Drum Song Universal Studios Home Entertainment, 2006.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Rodgers, Richard, et al. Rodgers & Hammerstein's Flower Drum Song Special edition., Universal Studios Home Entertainment, 2006.

Note! Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy. Citation formats are based on standards as of August 2021.

Staff View

Loading Staff View.