Film Trivia 13 clue added winner Noel

[katb]

A boy and girl are sat by a stream talking. An older woman also talks to them. What's the film?

It's a musical

[LDunlop76]

Nope, no idea!

[Karen]

My guess ....[:p]

"The Night of the Hunter"

Shelly Winters and Robert Mitcham
(Two of my favorites)

[noel]

South Pacific.

[katb]

Noel's right, well done. "Happy Talk" was the song they started singing.

[noel]

It's one of the very few films I've seen, wasn't "JR"s mother in the lead female role?

[William R]

Just for a laugh - What film was due to show the week after the Regent Cinema burnt down?

[katb]

quote:

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Originally posted by noel

It's one of the very few films I've seen, wasn't "JR"s mother in the lead female role?

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I don't know the answer to that one, but she certainly changed if it was her. I'll see if I can find out...... on the web site it says Mitzi Gaynor was she JR's mother? ps Have you seen the newer version. It's just as magical Glen Close plays the lead role

[katb]

Regent Cinema I guess that was the one where Woolies used to be. My only knowledge of the Regent was asking for a ticket on the Fishwicks bus. My dad always called it the Regent, so that's what I called it. I suppose it must be an early 50's film was it an Elvis one?

[noel]

Apparently it's the original stage production that Larry Hagman's mother starred in.
Originally, of course, South Pacific was a stage production and Nellie's part was played by Mary Martin (J.R.Ewing, or Larry Hagman's if you prefer his real name, real life mother). The stage production was a huge success with Rogers and Hammerstein's musical scores and eventually the film was made and first hit the cinemas in l958. It was one of the first films to be produced in Todd AO and many people auditioned for the star roles, including Rock Hudson as Emile De Beque and Doris Day and Elizabeth Taylor as Nellie Forbush, but these parts were eventually given to Rossanno Brazzi and Mitzi Gaynor.
Unfortunately, however most of the stars selected couldn't sing and their voices were therefore dubbed (some say very badly)
although Mitzi Gaynor was an established singer and dancer and the voice in the film is her own.