Musical Films Based on Actual Events (Film Guide): Yankee Doodle Dandy, the Great Ziegfeld, Coal Miner's Daughter, the Buddy Holly Story

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Commentary (films not included). Pages: 66. Chapters: Yankee Doodle Dandy, The Great Ziegfeld, Coal Miner's Daughter, The Buddy Holly Story, The Jolson Story, What's Love Got to Do with It, The Sound of Music, Beyond the Sea, The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie, The Doors, Walk the Line, The Pianist, Evita, Sid and Nancy, Gypsy, Star!, Notorious, Funny Girl, La Bamba, Selena, Why Do Fools Fall in Love, The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm, Ray, Music of the Heart, Immortal Beloved, Funny Lady, Playing for Time, Big Dreams and Broken Hearts: The Dottie West Story, Bojangles, Sweet Dreams, The Great Caruso, The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle, Elvis, Gainsbourg, Jolson Sings Again, Wagner, Crazy, Eroica, Das Wilde Leben, Words and Music, Lisztomania, The Slim Dusty Movie, My Gal Sal, Deadman's Curve, Incendiary Blonde, Streets Is Watching, Mario Lanza: The American Caruso. Excerpt: Rodgers and Hammerstein's The Sound of Music is a 1965 American musical film directed by Robert Wise and starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer. The film is based on the Broadway musical The Sound of Music, with songs written by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, and with the musical book written by the writing team of Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. Ernest Lehman wrote the screenplay. The musical originated with the book The Story of the Trapp Family Singers by Maria von Trapp. It contains many popular songs, including Edelweiss, My Favorite Things, Climb Ev'ry Mountain, Do-Re-Mi, Sixteen Going on Seventeen, and The Lonely Goatherd, as well as the title song. The movie version was filmed on location in Salzburg, Austria; Bavaria in Southern Germany; and at the 20th Century Fox Studios in California. It was photographed in 70mm Todd-AO by Ted D. McCord. It won a total of five Academy Awards including Best Picture in 1965 and is...