Flower Drum Song 1961  N/R, 130 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy / Romance
Director: Henry Koster
Cast: Nancy Kwan, James Shigeta, Miyoshi Umeki, Juanita Hall, Benson Fong, Jack Soo, James Hong, Victor Sen Yung, Kam Tong, Reiko Sato, Patrick Adiarte, Soo Yong, Ching Wah Lee, Irene Tsu, George Chakiris
This screen version of the Rogers and Hammerstein Broadway musical provides an entertaining look at San Francisco's Chinatown. Mail-order-bride Mei Li (Miyoshi Umeki) arrives in Chinatown prepared for her arranged marriage to nightclub owner Sammy Fong (Jack Soo). But, Sammy is not interested in the arranged marriage and is in love with Linda Low (Nancy Kwan) who happens to be romantically involved with Wang Ta (James Shigeta). Through comedy and music, lovers are sorted out, and, by story's end, Mei Li and Wang Ta have found romance. Songs include "I Enjoy Being a Girl," "Love Look Away," and "You Are Beautiful."
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 South Pacific 1958 N/R, 151 min.
Genre: Musical / Drama / Romance
Director: Joshua Logan
Cast: Rossano Brazzi, Mitzi Gaynor, John Kerr, Juanita Hall, Ray Walston, France Nuyen, Russ Brown, Tom Laughlin, Jack Mullaney, Ken Clark, Floyd Simmons, Archie Savage, Candace Lee, Warren Hsieh, Francis Kahele
Rodgers and Hammerstein's musical features "Some Enchanted Evening," "Happy Talk," and "Gonna Wash That Man Right Out of My Hair" as it tells two love stories that are set amidst the perils of World War II. Navy nurse Nellie Forbush (Mitzi Gaynor) and planter Emile de Becque (Rossano Brazzi) succeed in love while Lt. Joe Cable's (John Kerr) love for Liat (France Nuyen) ends tragically.
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