Most Beloved
Santopietro's latest book, "The Sound of Music Story: How A Beguiling Young Novice, A Handsome Austrian Captain, and Ten Singing Von Trapp Children Inspired the Most Beloved Film of All Time", is a behind-the-scenes chronicle of the filming of The Sound of Music in Austria and Hollywood. It reviews the real-life story of Maria von Trapp, the critical controversy which greeted the movie, the film's relationship to the turbulent 1960s, and the super stardom which engulfed Julie Andrews in its immediate aftermath. Santopietro also provides a historian's critical analysis of the careers of director Robert Wise and screenwriter Ernest Lehman.