I thought it might be fun to scan a few pages of my parents' Oklahoma! souvenir book that they have had since they saw the film in TODD-AO in the mid-1950s. Back when going to a movie was a major event.
I am a huge fan of John Raitt, but I have always found this recording slightly cold somehow. Maybe it is the recording techniques used. I am not sure.
Mr. Raitt was a very nice man as well as a splendid artist and star and funny and light hearted. I was so lucky to have worked with him on a...
This might be of interest. The playbill from a 1960 stage production of Oklahoma! with Shirley Jones (wish I had the playbill from the European production with Shirley and Jack).
(speaking of Debbie, she's 82 today!)
And Shirley Jones' birthday was yesterday - she is 80 (and said she was going to go skydiving in Perris CA) And today is Jane Powell's 85th birthday.