Carousel

Gordon MacRae and Shirley Jones star in this musical fantasy about the miraculous powers of love. Filmed on location with beautiful seaside settings as a backdrop and a thrilling score for accompaniment, their romance unfolds. Gordon MacRae is Billy, a carnival worker who falls in love with Shirley Jones. Before the birth of their daughter, Billy is killed. Now years later, he returns to earth for one day to teach his daughter one very important lesson. A poetic and lyrical Rodgers and Hammerstein musical based on Ferenc Molnar’s play “Liliom”.

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Credits

director

Henry King

producer

Henry Ephron

production company

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Duration

02:08:00:00

Production places

United States

Production dates

1956

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

302340

Language

English

Audience classification

G

Subject categories

Adaptations

Feature films

Feature films → Feature films - United States

Literature → American literature - Film and video adaptations

Musicals

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

Wikidata

Q1265272

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United States, 1956

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