General Foods 25th Anniversary Show: A Salute to Rodgers and Hammerstein (1954) - The A.V. Club
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General Foods 25th Anniversary Show: A Salute to Rodgers and Hammerstein

1954
Comedy/History/Musical
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Cast

Mary Martin (Self)Ed Sullivan (Self)Jack Benny (Self - Host)Edgar Bergen (Self)Charlie McCarthy (Self - Host)Groucho Marx (Self)Gordon MacRae (Curly (segment 'Oklahoma!'))Florence Henderson (Laurey (segment 'Oklahoma!'))John Raitt (Billy Bigelow (segment 'Carousel'))Jan Clayton (Julie Jordan (segment 'Carousel'))

Director

Ralph Levy

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Synopsis

Tribute to the then-ten-year partnership between composer Richard Rodgers and librettist-lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II, presented by General Foods, celebrating its 25th anniversary. Featuring many original cast members, the special featured musical sequences from all of the R&H shows up to that time: Oklahoma! (1943), Carousel (1945), State Fair (1945), Allegro (1947), South Pacific (1949), The King and I (1951) and Me and Juliet (1953).

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