Other Titles • Carousel • Karussell (1956) • Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel (1956)
Synopses for Carousel (1956)
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Spectacular staging dots this widescreen deluxe Rodgers and Hammerstein musical as Gordon MacRae brings a blustery energy to the lead role of Billy Bigelow, a drifter and ne’er-do-well carnival barker. The troubled soul finally settles down with a good woman (Shirley Jones) but then gets stabbed to death while committing a robbery. Many years later, an angel offers the roustabout the chance to return to earth for just one day to makes things right for his unhappy wife and the daughter he never had the chance to meet. Based on the French play LILION by Ferene Molnar, CAROUSEL ranks among the better Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals, making it a classic by any standard. To boot, the film’s tale of love between Bigelow and wife Julie rivals that of any other 1950s musical. Songs from the outstanding score include "If I Loved You," "June Is Busting Out All Over," and "You’ll Never Walk Alone."
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Carousel is presented in its original theatrical format. The film's original screen composition can now be viewed in all its widescreen splendor with the added attraction of being digitally mastered by THX for superior sound and picture quality.
Gordon MacRae and Shirley Jones are reunited in this second Rodgers & Hammerstein musical classic. In this bittersweet love story, Bill Bigelow, a smooth-talking carny barker, falls in love with a millworker in a little town on the coast of Maine. Although Billy is killed during a robbery before the birth of his daughter, years later he is allowed to return to earth for one day to redeem himself - and to teach his daughter one very important lesson. This, the most poetic and lyrical of all the Rodgers & Hammerstein musicals, features the classics If I Loved You and You'll Never Walk Alone.
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