Original title: Oklahoma! Danish title: Oklahoma! English title: Oklahoma! Filmed in: 65mm 5 perf 30 frames per second and 35mm 4 perf anamorphic. Principal cinematography filmed in: Todd-AO and CinemaScope. Presented in: 70mm and CinemaScope. Aspect ratio: 2,21:1 (Todd-AO) 2,35:1 (CinemaScope). Country of origin: USA. Year of production: 1954, 107 days. Released by: Magna Theatre Corporation. World premiere: 13.10.1955, Rivoli Theatre, New York, USA. Screened for the press 10.10.1955 at Rivoli Theatre, New York. Britain premiere: 26.12.1959, Metropole Theatre, London, England. Danish premiere: 15.02.1963, 3 Falke Bio, Copenhagen. Re-released: November 1982, Oklahoma City, USA by The Samuel Goldwyn Company.
Producer: Arthur Hornblow, Jr. Director: Fred Zinnemann. Screenplay: Sonya Levien and William Ludwig. Director of photography: Robert L. Surtees. Film editor: George Boemler. Music: Richard Rodgers. Lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein II. Sound recorder: Joseph I. Kane. Art direction: Joseph Wright. Production designer: Oliver Smith. Set decorator: Keogh Gleason. Costumes: Orry-Kelly and Motley. Cast (role): Gordon MacRae (Curly), Gloria Grahame (Ado Annie), Gene Nelson (Will Parker), Charlotte Greenwood (Aunt Eller), Shirley Jones (Laurey), Eddie Albert (Ali Hakim), James Whitmore (Carnes), Rod Stiger (Jud Fry), Barbara Lawrence (Gertie), Jay C. Flippen (Skidmore), Roy Barcroft (Marshal), James Mitchell (Dream Curley), Bambi Lynn (Dream Laurey), James Mitchell, Bambi Lynn, Jennie Workman, Kelly Brown, Marc Platt, Lizanne Truex, Virginia Bosler, Evelyn Tayler and Jane Fischer (Dancers), Ben Johnson (Cowboy at train depot).
Production company: Rodgers and Hammerstein Pictures, Inc. Production executive: Barney Briskin. Executive producers: Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II. Assistant director: Arthur Black, Jr. Based on: The play "Oklahoma!" by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II produced on the stage by The Theatre Guild, Inc from the play "Green Grow the Lilacs" by Lynn Riggs. Camera operator: Robert Moreno. Still photography: Schuyler Crail. Todd-AO technician: Schuyler A. Sandford. Color consultant: Elvord Eisenman. Supervision film editor: Gene Ruggiero. Music supervisor and conducter: Jack Blackton. Background music arranger and supervisor: Adolph Deutsch. Orchestrations: Robert Russel Bennet. Dances staged by: Agnes de Mille. Music editor: Ralph Ives. Music coordinator: Richard Melfer. Re-recording: Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios and Todd- AO. Sound editor: Milo Lory. Sound recording supervisor: Fred Hynes (Todd-AO Sound Department). Sound system: Westrex six-track magnetic stereophonic sound. Men's wardrobe: Frank C. Beetson. Women's wardrobe: Ann Peck. Make-up artist: Ben Lane and Ben Nye, Sr. Hair stylist: Anna Malin. Second unit cameraman: Floyd Crosby. Locations: MGM Studios, Culver City, USA and Nogales, Arizona, USA. Production start: 14.07.1954 - 06.12.1954. Production publicist: H. Thomas Wood. Production aide: John Emerson. Original soundtrack on: Capitol Records (1955) SWAO 595 (LP). Angel Records (1993) ZDM 0777 7 64691 2 6 (CD). Laserdisc on: CBS-FOX Video pan & scan 7020-80 (CinemaScope). CBS-FOX Video Letterbox 7020-85 (CinemaScope), FOX Video 4269-85 (Todd-AO). Todd-AO developers: American Optical Company and Magna Theatre Corporation. Filmstock: Eastman Kodak. Processing: Consolidated Film Industries. 70mm prints: Consolidated Film Industries (1955). Color by: Consolidated Film Industries (1955). Recorded in: Westrex 6-track magnetic orthosonic sound. Running time: 148 minutes + Intermission. Danish distributor: MGM and 3 Falke Bio. Academy Awards (nominations): Sound recording 1955 (Fred Hynes, Todd-AO Sound Department). Scoring of a musical picture. (Film editing and color cinematography).
| Further in 70mm reading:
New York Times 1955 review
Hollywood Reporter 1955 review
1955 Rivoli
1982 re-release
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