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 |
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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 |
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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
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Quotes from
Mei Li: Everything in America ends in a kiss. What does it mean? Why do they do it?
Mei Li: [singing] A hundred million miracles, a hundred million miracles are happening every day, / And those who say they don't agree are those who do not hear or see. / A hundred million miracles, a hundred million miracles are happening every day.
Mei Li: [to Wang Chi-Yang] This is beautiful and very outspoken.
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This was the only film version of a Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II musical not released by 20th Century-Fox. (The 70mm Todd-AO version of Oklahoma! had been released by RKO, but the 35mm Cinemascope version was released by 20th Century-Fox.) Flower Drum Song was produced and released by Universal-International.
The character of Helen (Reiko Sato)is not given a resolution to her storyline in the film. In the original novel she commits suicide, but Rodgers and Hammerstein felt the ending was too depressing for such a strong character.
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