Flower Drum Song (1961) | |
| Director(s) | Henry Koster |
| Producer(s) | Joseph Fields, Ross Hunter |
| Top Genres | Comedy, Film Adaptation, Musical, Romance |
| Top Topics | Based on Play, Book-Based |
Featured Cast:
Flower Drum Song Overview:
Flower Drum Song (1961) was a Comedy - Musical Film directed by Henry Koster and produced by Ross Hunter and Joseph Fields.
Flower Drum Song was inducted into the National Film Registry in 2008.
Academy Awards 1961 --- Ceremony Number 34 (source: AMPAS)
| Award | Recipient | Result |
| Best Art Direction | Art Direction: Alexander Golitzen, Joseph Wright; Set Decoration: Howard Bristol | Nominated |
| Best Cinematography | Russell Metty | Nominated |
| Best Costume Design | Irene Sharaff | Nominated |
| Best Music - Scoring | Alfred Newman, Ken Darby | Nominated |
BlogHub Articles:
Rodgers and Hammerstein's Flower Drum Song
By Rick29 on Jun 1, 2020 From Classic Film & TV CafeMiyoshi Umeki as Mei Li. My elementary school chorus teacher introduced me to the Broadway musicals of Rodgers and Hammerstein. To be specific, she favored the catchy songs from The Sound of Music and The King and I. Hence, I always experience some built-in nostalgia whenever I watch those movie ad... Read full article
Musical Monday: Flower Drum Song (1961)
on May 18, 2020 From Comet Over HollywoodIt?s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals. In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 600. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is my weekly feature about musicals. This week?s musical: Flower Drum Song (1961) ? M... Read full article
Flower Drum Song (1961)
By Beatrice on Apr 19, 2017 From Flickers in TimeFlower Drum Song Directed by Henry Koster Written by Joseph Fields from a musical play by Fields and Oscar Hammerstein III and a novel by C.Y. Lee 1961/USA Universal International Pictures/Fields Productions/Hunter-Fields Repeat viewing/Netflix rental This?stood up well to fond memories from my m... Read full article
See all Flower Drum Song articles
Quotes from
Linda Low: I don't want it.
Helen Chao: [singing] Love, look away! Love, look away from me. /Fly, when you pass my door, fly and get lost at sea. / Call it a day. Love, let us say we're through. / No good for you are me, no good am I for you. / Wanting you so, I try too much. / After you go, I cry too much. / Love, look away. Lonely though I may be, / Leave me and set me free, / Look away, look away, look away from me.
Mei Li: [to Wang Chi-Yang] This is beautiful and very outspoken.
read more quotes from Flower Drum Song...
Facts about
The original Broadway cast album of "Flower Drum Song", issued in early 1959, was the first Broadway cast album of a Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II show to be issued in stereo. (The stereo versions of the film soundtracks of "Oklahoma!", "Carousel", "The King and I", and "South Pacific", were all issued in 1958.)
Lyric of song "Chop Suey" was changed from stage play's "Harry Truman, Truman Capote and Dewey" to "Bobby Darin, Sandra Dee and Dewey." Change was possibly made because by time film was made Truman administration was a decade in the past, but, just as likely, because producer Ross Hunter had Sandra Dee and Bobby Darin under contract and they were "hotter", more recognizable names. (Dated reference to 1944 presidential candidate Thomas Dewey presumably stuck because there simply weren't many other unused words that rhymed with "Suey".)
read more facts about Flower Drum Song...
