Movie Description Rodgers and Hammerstein's musical about a love triangle in the midst of the Oklahoma land rush is adapted to the screen featuring the enduring songs "People Will Say We're in Love," "Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin," "Oklahoma!" and more. Shirley Jones' debut, this panoramic film was actually shot in Arizona! Academy Award Nominations: 4. Academy Awards: Best Sound Recording and Best Scoring of a Musical Picture.
| Credits | | Producer: | Arthur Hornblow Jr. | | Cast: | Charlotte Greenwood, Eddie Albert, Gloria Grahame, Rod Steiger |
| Details | | Edition: | 50th Anniversary Edition |
Editorial Reviews Rating: B+ Entertainment Weekly - pp.58-9 - Ty Burr (07/08/1994)
"...Much of this outdoor musical was literally shot outdoors, and the skies Gordon MacRae sings to look the bluest they've looked in 40 years..." USA Today - Mike Clark (12/09/1994)
"[T]he lavish 1955 production almost instantly became a Great American Film Musing….A sunny explosion of classic songs, all gorgeously shot..." Premiere - Sara Brady (12/01/2005)
Awards 1955Academy AwardsBest Adapted or Musical Song/ScoreAdolph Deutsch, 1955Academy AwardsBest Adapted or Musical Song/ScoreJay Blackton, 1955Academy AwardsBest Adapted or Musical Song/ScoreRobert Russell Bennett, 1955Academy AwardsBest Sound Recording
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