Photo: French icon, Catherine Deneuve in “Les Parapluies de Cherbourg” (The Umbrellas of Cherbourg.) The film won La Palme d'or of the Festival de Cannes 1964. Directed by Jacques Demy. A bittersweet and ravishing classic, featuring the music of Michel Legrand, starring Deneuve in a film where every word is sung.
Photo: Leslie Caron
in an elegant ensemble complete
with elbow-length white gloves in the 1958 film “Gigi” directed by
Vincente Minelli, based on a novel by Colette. Screenplay by
Alan J. Lerner. Starring Leslie Caron, Maurice Chevalier,
Louis Jourdan and Eva Gabor.
Photo: Julie Andrews in the breathtaking opening scene of
the 1965 “The Sound of Music.” A superb film with
music by
Richard Rodgers,
lyrics:
Oscar Hammerstein II.
Written by
Howard Lindsay
and
Russel Crouse,
based on the book “The
Story of the Trapp Family Singers” by
Maria von Trapp.
The film showcased the 4 octave voice of Julie Andrews.
Highlights: 3 songs,
The Sound of Music,
Edelweiss,
and
My Favorite Things,
became world popular and standards in the genre. A British stage
production opened at the
Palace Theatre
in London on
May 18,
1961 and
ran for 2,385 performances.
An Australian stage production opened at the Princess Theatre, in
Melbourne in 1961, and ran for 3 years.
A New York stage production starring
Mary Martin
as Maria and
Theodore Bikel
opened on
Broadway
at the
Lunt-Fontanne Theatre
on
November 16,
1959 and
ran for 1,443 performances.
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