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Show AVKEKLY WtURE OflHlsSmmT THEATRE IN SUGARHOUSE (the sweetest spot In town) i ! V ' i Taking a ride in the world-famous "surrey with the fringe on top" are Gordon MacRae and Shirley Jones in this romantic scene from Rodgers and Hammerstein's "Oklahoma!" opening Sunday at the South East Theatre. In CinemaScope and color by Technicolor, the Magna Production is being distributed by Twentieth Century-Fox at regular prices. The filmization of Rodgers and Hammerstein's immortal musical classic "Oklahoma!", originally presented on a roadshow, two-a-day basis, will begin its continuous continu-ous performance, popular - price run in CinemaScope and color by Technicolor beginning Sunday at the South East Theatre. The Magna Production, distributed distribut-ed by Twentieth Century -Fox, presents some of the most exciting" excit-ing" music ever written for a musical musi-cal comedy and features an all-star all-star cast headed by Gordon MacRae, Mac-Rae, Gloria Grahame, Shirley Jones, Gene Nelson, Charlotte Greenwood, Eddie Albert, James Whitmore, Rod Steiger and a host of other stars. As "Curley" and Laurey," Gordon Gor-don MacRae and Shirley Jones recreate re-create probably the two most famous fa-mous names in musical comedy history. The same two, it will be remembered, also starred in the CinemaScope 55 version of Rodgers and Hammerstein's "Carousel" earlier this year. "Oklahoma!" is an adaptation of the drama "Green Grow the Lilacs" by Lynn Riggs, and is set in the period immediately preceding preced-ing that state's admittance to the Union. The story is a simple one; that of "Curley" and "Jud," the latter played by Rod Steiger, and their mutual love for "Laurey." However, it is the lilting music and the outdoor touch which has made "Oklahoma!" a byword in stage, and now screen blassics. Most of the rich Rodgers and Hammerstein music, which helped "Oklahoma!" to achieve a stage run in New York from March 1943 to May 1948, is contained in the picture version. These numbers include in-clude such all-time favorites as "Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'," "The Surrey with the Fringe on Top," "Kansas City," "Many a New Day," "People Will Say We're in Love," the title song, "Oklahoma!" and many, many others. |