Hello again fans of the silver screen, my latest 'Movie Memories' article for Lanarkshire Live is dedicated to Ina Purchase, a jolly childhood friend and lifetime fan of 'The Sound of Music'.
The success of the film version of The Sound of Music is nothing short of extraordinary. Produced by Twentieth Century Fox in 1965, it is, by any estimation, the most successful movie musical in history.
Rodgers and Hammerstein were masters in creating musicals in which characters face their own lives, and problems with honesty and clarity. The fact that they wrote five of the world’s most cherished musicals - Oklahoma , Carousel , South Pacific , and The King and I - in addition to their final collaboration, The Sound of Music , is a remarkable achievement in anyone’s book.
