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Movie, 1951

America Applauds: An Evening for Richard Rodgers

60 min, Music, TV Movie, United States of America

Rodgers’ friends and colleagues pay tribute to him. Among the original Broadway cast members reprising the songs they introduced are Vivienne Segal (“Bewitched” from “Pal Joey”) and Alfred Drake (“People Will Say We’re in Love” from “Oklahoma!”). Vera Zorina dances “Rodgers in Three Quarter Time,” a ballet created expressly for the show set to three Rodgers waltzes, and Mary Martin sings “Wonderful Guy” as Rodgers himself accompanies her on piano.

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DirectorLeo Hurwitz
WritersMax Wilk, Oscar Hammerstein II, Lorenz Hart
GenreMusic, TV Movie
Runtime60 min
ReleasedSun, Mar 4, 1951
CountryUnited States of America

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