| Edition |
Special edition. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (132 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD; Region 1, NTSC; Dolby digital 5.1 surround, Dolby digital 2.0 stereo; anamorphic widescreen presentation, aspect ratio 2.35:1. |
| Note |
Based on the novel "The Flower Drum Song" by C.Y. Lee. |
| Cast |
Nancy Kwan, James Shigeta, Benson Fong, Jack Soo, Juanita Hall, Reiko Sato, Patrick Adiarte, Kam Tong, Victor Sen Yung, Soo Yong, Ching Wah Lee, James Hong, Miyoshi Umeki. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Russell Metty ; film editor, Milton Carruth ; music supervised and conducted by Alfred Newman ; choreography, Hermes Pan ; costumes, Irene Sharaff ; art directors, Alexander Golitzen and Joseph Wright ; technical advisors, H. K. Wong, Albert Lim ; original title paintings, Dong Kingman. |
| Note |
Originally produced as an American motion picture in 1961. |
| Audience |
MPAA Rating: Not rated; Canadian Home Video Rating: G. |
| Summary |
Set in San Francisco's Chinatown in the late 1950's, this is a soufflé-light, family-oriented, musical-chairs romantic comedy. 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. Coming from this legendary team, the material is not exactly grade-A, but this lavish and lovingly mounted production has enough beautiful colors and lovely dances to snap across the screen like a string of Chinese firecrackers. |
| Contents |
Main titles -- "A Hundred Million Miracles" -- "Fan Tan Fannie" -- "The Other Celebration" -- "A Hundred Million Miracles" (reprise) -- "I Enjoy Being a Girl" -- "I Am Going to Like It Here" -- Outspoken -- "Chop Suey" -- "You Be the Rock" -- "Grant Avenue" -- "Gliding Through My Memoree" -- "Love, Look Away" -- "You Are Beautiful" -- "Sunday" -- "Don't Marry Me" -- Sealed with a kiss -- "A Hundred Million Miracles" (Reprise/Finale). |
| Note |
Special features: Featurettes: A classic evolves: From print to stage to screen (19 min.); Faces of the east: casting "Flower Drum Song" (9 min.); The songs of "Flower Drum Song (11 min.); An all-access pass to the sets and costumes of "Flower Drum Song" (6 min.); The legacy of Rodgers and Hammerstein (4 min.); Feature commentary with actress Nancy Kwan and film historian Nick Redman [audio feature]. |
| Language |
In English with optional subtitles in English SDH, Spanish, or French; closed-captioned. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
First loves -- Drama.
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Mail order brides -- Drama.
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Arranged marriage -- Drama.
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Women -- Conduct of life -- Drama.
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Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
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Brides -- California -- San Francisco -- Drama.
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Chinese Americans -- California -- San Francisco -- Drama.
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Women immigrants -- California -- San Francisco -- Drama.
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Chinatown (San Francisco, Calif.) -- Drama.
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Musicals -- Film adaptations.
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| Genre/Form |
Musical films.
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Romantic comedy films.
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Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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Film adaptations.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Hunter, Ross. Producer.
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Fields, Joseph A., 1895-1966. Producer.
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Koster, Henry, 1905-1988. Director.
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Kwan, Nancy, 1939- Actor.
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Shigeta, James. Actor.
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Fong, Benson. Actor.
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Soo, Jack, 1917-1979. Actor.
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Hall, Juanita, 1901-1968. Actor.
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Satō, Reiko. Actor.
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Adiarte, Patrick. Actor.
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Tong, Kam, 1906-1969. Actor.
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Yung, Victor Sen, 1915-1980. Actor.
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Yong, Soo, 1903-1984. Actor.
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Lee, Ching Wah, 1901-1980. Actor.
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Hong, James. Actor.
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Umeki, Miyoshi, 1929-2007. Actor.
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Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979. Composer.
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Hammerstein, Oscar, II, 1895-1960. Lyricist.
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Metty, Russell. Cinematographer.
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Pan, Hermes, 1905-1990. Choreographer.
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Dong, Kingman, 1911-2000
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Lee, C. Y., 1915-2018.
Flower drum song.
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Universal-International (Firm)
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Ross Hunter Productions.
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Sadie Fields Productions.
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Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm)
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| Note |
Title on disc label and container: Rodgers & Hammerstein's Flower drum song |
| ISBN |
0783299958 |
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9780783299952 |
| Standard No. |
025192419027 |
| Music No. |
24190 Universal Studios Home Entertainment |
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