South Pacific - I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Out Of My Hair - Mary Martin

[ChrisMum]

Mary Martin is Larry Hagman's mother!!!! J. R. Ewing (from Dallas)....amazing

[Johannasmirror]

I love Mary Martin.

[waynebrasler]

I actually saw a Lincoln Center revival way back when, maybe around 1968 or so, with Florence Henderson. She was decidedly professional and so was the production but no magic, alas. This is a show that calls for magic, for sure.

[waynebrasler]

By today's measurements, they did so much with so little. Minimal stage space, minimal sets, minimal mobility in moving scenery and sun. No body mikes and in many venues no mikes. Regarding Nellie's hair and dress, it is accurate. Women in World II serve wore their uniforms, even socially, and had cropped hair to make maintaining it easy and keep it from getting tangled in anything. Martin's projection always amazes me; she had a small voice but knew how to use it.

[AdamEfimoff]

@waynebrasler true but you have to amazed at the revival that a non profit like Lincon Center did. It was just amazing.

[seethevolcane]

Mary is so... butch...

[wkunzelman1]

@seethevolcane She *did* play Peter Pan in a movie that I loved as a kid.

[ITCJon]

Sean Connery was one of the sailors. It was his first acting job. Josh Logan, the director, was dissatisfied with the skinny chorus boys who auditioned in London, and sent a casting notice to gymnasiums looking for musclar men. Connery was a body builder at the time, and auditioned.

Logan had a thing for beefcake. Almost every play and movie he directed featured shirtless men.

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powerfulpowerzz

wow this is amazing, where did this come from? was it broadcast on tv? do you have anything on west side story?

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@powerfulpowerzz

It was never shown on TV - it was a private filming to document the show. The WSS story original cast appeared on Ed Sullivan, but that's all I know of.

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txquis

Amazing historical footage of a legendary show. Two notes of interest: Before body mikes, they all are projecting their voices so much...nearly shouting at times. Yet Mary Martin is the most like a real person...the leiutenant is so stilted his dialogue seems laughable.

view4evah

My Mom saw this on Broadway and had the original cast recording on a 78 album!

rawdonqueen

Thank you for this wonderful piece of Broadway history.

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Beachbummaddi

wow, i LOVE this song, and i LOVE broadway and to see this is really cool. it really is amazing how much they have to project their voices, at times you can tell from the dialogue.

fountainchain126

i don't get that window shade busines someone explain.

Teach417 @fountainchain126

That kind of pull chain used to be used on toilets that had overhead water tanks. That's what Luther starts to say, then says window shades instead, out of a sense of delicacy towards Nellie.