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The Resource Flower drum song, Universal-International presents ; a Ross Hunter production ; in association with Joseph Fields ; music by Richard Rodgers ; lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein, 2nd ; screenplay by Joseph Fields ; produced by Ross Hunter ; directed by Henry Koster

Flower drum song, Universal-International presents ; a Ross Hunter production ; in association with Joseph Fields ; music by Richard Rodgers ; lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein, 2nd ; screenplay by Joseph Fields ; produced by Ross Hunter ; directed by Henry Koster

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Summary
Set in San Francisco's Chinatown in the late 1950's. 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
Language
  • eng
  • eng
  • fre
  • spa
  • eng
  • eng
Work
Publication
Edition
Special edition.
Extent
1 videodisc (2 hr., 12 min.)
Note
  • Originally produced as a motion picture in 1961
  • Based on the novel "The Flower Drum Song" by C.Y. Lee
  • Bonus materials: A classic evolves: From print to stage to screen ; Faces of the east: Casting "Flower drum song" ; The songs of "Flower drum song" ; An all-access pass to the sets and costumes of "Flower drum song" ; The legacy of Rodgers and Hammerstein ; Feature commentary with actress Nancy Kwan and film historian Nick Redman
Contents
  • 5.
  • "A Hundred Million Miracles (Reprise)"
  • 6.
  • "I Enjoy Being a Girl"
  • 7.
  • "I Am Going to Like It Here"
  • 8.
  • Outspoken
  • 9.
  • "Chop Suey"
  • 1.
  • 10.
  • "You Be the Rock"
  • 11.
  • "Grant Avenue"
  • 12.
  • "Gliding Through My Memoree"
  • 13.
  • "Love, Look Away"
  • 14.
  • "You Are Beautiful"
  • Main titles
  • 15.
  • "Sunday"
  • 16.
  • "Don't Marry Me"
  • 17.
  • Sealed with a kiss
  • 18.
  • "A Hundred Million Miracles (Reprise/Finale)."
  • 2.
  • "A Hundred Million Miracles"
  • 3.
  • "Fan Tan Fannie"
  • 4.
  • "The Other Celebration"
Isbn
9780783299952
Instance
Label
Flower drum song
Title
Flower drum song
Statement of responsibility
Universal-International presents ; a Ross Hunter production ; in association with Joseph Fields ; music by Richard Rodgers ; lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein, 2nd ; screenplay by Joseph Fields ; produced by Ross Hunter ; directed by Henry Koster
Title variation
Rodgers & Hammerstein's Flower drum song
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Actor
Choreographer
Composer
Costume designer
Director of photography
Editor of moving image work
Film director
Film producer
Lyricist
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Publisher
Screenwriter
Subject
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Language
  • eng
  • eng
  • fre
  • spa
  • eng
  • eng
Summary
Set in San Francisco's Chinatown in the late 1950's. 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
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Characteristic
videorecording
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Flower drum song (Motion picture)
Credits note
Director of photography, Russell Metty ; costumes, Irene Sharaff ; choreography by Hermes Pan ; editor, Milton Carruth
Dewey number
791.4372
Intended audience
MPAA Rating: Not rated
Language note
In English (dolby 5.1 or 2.0); optional subtitles in Spanish or French; optional English SDH for the hearing impaired
LC call number
PN1995.9.M86
LC item number
R634477 2006
NLM call number
24190
NLM item number
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
PerformerNote
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, and Miyoshi Umeki
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
  • 1902-1979
  • 1895-1960
  • 1895-1966
  • 1905-1988
  • 1939-
  • 1917-1979
  • 1901-1968
  • 1931-1981
  • 1906-1969
  • 1915-1980
  • 1903-1984
  • 1901-1980
  • 1929-2007
  • 1905-1990
  • 1915-2018
  • 1902-1979
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  • Rodgers, Richard
  • Hammerstein, Oscar
  • Fields, Joseph A.
  • Hunter, Ross
  • Koster, Henry
  • Kwan, Nancy
  • Shigeta, James
  • Fong, Benson
  • Soo, Jack
  • Hall, Juanita
  • Sato, Reiko
  • Adiarte, Patrick
  • Tong, Kam
  • Yung, Victor Sen
  • Yong, Soo
  • Lee, Ching Wah
  • Hong, James
  • Umeki, Miyoshi
  • Metty, Russell
  • Sharaff, Irene
  • Pan, Hermes
  • Carruth, Milton
  • Lee, C. Y.
  • Rodgers, Richard
  • Universal-International (Firm)
  • Ross Hunter Productions
  • Fields Productions (Firm)
  • Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm)
Runtime
132
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Lee, C. Y
  • Rodgers, Richard
  • First loves
  • Mail order brides
  • Arranged marriage
  • Women
  • Man-woman relationships
  • Brides
  • Chinese Americans
  • Women immigrants
  • Chinatown (San Francisco, Calif.)
  • Servicio matrimonial
  • Mujeres casadas
  • Lee, C. Y
  • Rodgers, Richard
  • Arranged marriage
  • Brides
  • Chinese Americans
  • First loves
  • Mail order brides
  • Man-woman relationships
  • Women
  • Women immigrants
  • California
  • California
Technique
live action
Label
Flower drum song, Universal-International presents ; a Ross Hunter production ; in association with Joseph Fields ; music by Richard Rodgers ; lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein, 2nd ; screenplay by Joseph Fields ; produced by Ross Hunter ; directed by Henry Koster
Instantiates
Publication
Note
  • Originally produced as a motion picture in 1961
  • Based on the novel "The Flower Drum Song" by C.Y. Lee
  • Bonus materials: A classic evolves: From print to stage to screen ; Faces of the east: Casting "Flower drum song" ; The songs of "Flower drum song" ; An all-access pass to the sets and costumes of "Flower drum song" ; The legacy of Rodgers and Hammerstein ; Feature commentary with actress Nancy Kwan and film historian Nick Redman
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
mixed
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • 5.
  • "A Hundred Million Miracles (Reprise)"
  • 6.
  • "I Enjoy Being a Girl"
  • 7.
  • "I Am Going to Like It Here"
  • 8.
  • Outspoken
  • 9.
  • "Chop Suey"
  • 1.
  • 10.
  • "You Be the Rock"
  • 11.
  • "Grant Avenue"
  • 12.
  • "Gliding Through My Memoree"
  • 13.
  • "Love, Look Away"
  • 14.
  • "You Are Beautiful"
  • Main titles
  • 15.
  • "Sunday"
  • 16.
  • "Don't Marry Me"
  • 17.
  • Sealed with a kiss
  • 18.
  • "A Hundred Million Miracles (Reprise/Finale)."
  • 2.
  • "A Hundred Million Miracles"
  • 3.
  • "Fan Tan Fannie"
  • 4.
  • "The Other Celebration"
Control code
ocm70860984
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
  • 4 3/4 in.
  • other
Edition
Special edition.
Extent
1 videodisc (2 hr., 12 min.)
Isbn
9780783299952
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
025192419027
Other physical details
sound, color
Physical substance
DVD video
Publisher number
24190
Recording technique
stamping
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System details
DVD; Region 1, NTSC; Dolby digital 5.1 surround, Dolby digital 2.0 stereo; anamorphic widescreen presentation, aspect ratio 2.35:1
Video recording format
DVD
Label
Flower drum song, Universal-International presents ; a Ross Hunter production ; in association with Joseph Fields ; music by Richard Rodgers ; lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein, 2nd ; screenplay by Joseph Fields ; produced by Ross Hunter ; directed by Henry Koster
Publication
Note
  • Originally produced as a motion picture in 1961
  • Based on the novel "The Flower Drum Song" by C.Y. Lee
  • Bonus materials: A classic evolves: From print to stage to screen ; Faces of the east: Casting "Flower drum song" ; The songs of "Flower drum song" ; An all-access pass to the sets and costumes of "Flower drum song" ; The legacy of Rodgers and Hammerstein ; Feature commentary with actress Nancy Kwan and film historian Nick Redman
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
mixed
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • 5.
  • "A Hundred Million Miracles (Reprise)"
  • 6.
  • "I Enjoy Being a Girl"
  • 7.
  • "I Am Going to Like It Here"
  • 8.
  • Outspoken
  • 9.
  • "Chop Suey"
  • 1.
  • 10.
  • "You Be the Rock"
  • 11.
  • "Grant Avenue"
  • 12.
  • "Gliding Through My Memoree"
  • 13.
  • "Love, Look Away"
  • 14.
  • "You Are Beautiful"
  • Main titles
  • 15.
  • "Sunday"
  • 16.
  • "Don't Marry Me"
  • 17.
  • Sealed with a kiss
  • 18.
  • "A Hundred Million Miracles (Reprise/Finale)."
  • 2.
  • "A Hundred Million Miracles"
  • 3.
  • "Fan Tan Fannie"
  • 4.
  • "The Other Celebration"
Control code
ocm70860984
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
  • 4 3/4 in.
  • other
Edition
Special edition.
Extent
1 videodisc (2 hr., 12 min.)
Isbn
9780783299952
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
025192419027
Other physical details
sound, color
Physical substance
DVD video
Publisher number
24190
Recording technique
stamping
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System details
DVD; Region 1, NTSC; Dolby digital 5.1 surround, Dolby digital 2.0 stereo; anamorphic widescreen presentation, aspect ratio 2.35:1
Video recording format
DVD

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