The Sound of music story
Subtitle: how a beguiling young novice, a handsome Austrian captain, and ten singing Von Trapp children inspired the most beloved film of all time
By: Tom Santopietro
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 324
ISBN-13: 9781250064462
Subjects: Musical films; Sound of music (Motion picture)
Description: Published to coincide with the film's 50th anniversary, an ultimate fan book shares behind-the-scenes facts about The Sound of Music's filming in Austria and Hollywood and incorporates new interviews with production insiders, including Johannes von Trapp.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-307) and index.
Table of contents: title: A very good place to start; title: How do you solve a problem like...; title: Broadway and Rodgers and Hammerstein; title: 20th Century Fox: going, going, almost gone; title: The sweet smell of Ernest Lehman; title: Six characters in search of a director; title: Designing The Sound of Music: fantasy, reality, and fourteen show tunes; title: Julie Doolittle Poppins von Trapp; title: Captain Georg von Trapp; title: A captain with seven children: what's so fearsome about that?; title: Completing the cast; title: Let's start at the very beginning; title: Salzburg, rain, and nature's revenge; title: Song and dance; title: Back home: hooray for Hollywood; title: Sneak preview; title: Publicity; title: World premiere; title: Critics on the warpath; title: The one-billion-dollar question; title: The Academy Awards; title: The international phenomenon; title: Julie Andrews: queen of Hollywood; title: Life after The Sound of Music; title: Sorry-grateful: the story of the real Von Trapps; title: Fifty years of statistics; title: The sing-along phenomenon; title: New iterations; title: Full circle; title: And in the end....