![]() The two collaborated on nine broadway musicals, many of which were adapted to the screen, notably CAROUSEL, SOUTH PACIFIC, THE KING AND I, and THE SOUND OF MUSIC, but OKLAHOMA! tops them all. The beautiful Rodgers & Hammerstein score includes some of the greatest music ever written. Today, it still holds that lofty ranking. ![]() At the end of the CinemaScope version, we see the words "A Magna Production - Distributed by RKO Radio Pictures".Īfter seeing OKLAHOMA! on the screen in Todd-AO for the first time 44 years ago, it immediately became my all-time favorite film. At the end of the Todd-AO version, we see the words "A Magna Release". As the credits end, the camera cuts back to MacRae and he begins singing. The rest of the opening credits in this version are shown against, first, a background of a barn, then, a meadow with a tree nearby. In the CinemaScope version, we first see the cornstalks, the camera tracks through them then, as the words "Rodgers and Hammerstein present" appear on-screen, Gordon MacRae appears and rides up to the camera and then past it off left, as the title "Oklahoma!" appears. In the Todd-AO version, the titles appear against a black background then, the black background fades out to reveal two rows of giant cornstalks, through which the camera tracks, until it finds Gordon MacRae singing "Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin". ![]() Theatrical versions - The Todd-AO 70mm version and the CinemaScope 35mm version are completely different, with different opening credits, each scene being shot twice and with different sound mixes.
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