Oklahoma! (1955 film)

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American film feature film film adaptation musical film

Oklahoma! (1955 film) is a classic 1955 musical movie adaptation of the Rodgers and Hammerstein stage musical, celebrated for its pioneering use of widescreen formats and its iconic songs set in early 20th-century Oklahoma Territory.

Aliases (7)

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American film → feature film → film adaptation → musical film →
award	Academy Award for Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture →
basedOn	Oklahoma! (musical) →
basedOnWorkBy	Oscar Hammerstein II → Richard Rodgers →
cinematographer	Robert Surtees →
colorProcess	Technicolor →
composer	Richard Rodgers →
countryOfOrigin	United States →
director	Fred Zinnemann →
distributedInFormat	35 mm CinemaScope prints → 70 mm Todd-AO prints →
distributor	Twentieth Century-Fox →
editor	Gene Ruggiero →
featuresCharacter	Ado Annie Carnes → Curly McLain → Jud Fry → Laurey Williams →
featuresSong	Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin' → Oklahoma! → People Will Say We're in Love → The Surrey with the Fringe on Top →
filmingProcess	CinemaScope → Todd-AO →
genre	Western film → musical → romantic drama →
lyricist	Oscar Hammerstein II →
narrativeFocus	romance between Curly and Laurey →
notableFor	pioneering use of widescreen formats →
originalLanguage	English →
producer	Arthur Hornblow Jr. →
productionCompany	Magna Theatre Corporation →
releaseDate	1955-10-11 →
releaseYear	1955 →
runtimeMinutes	145 →
screenwriter	Sonya Levien → William Ludwig →
setInPlace	Oklahoma Territory →
setInTime	early 20th century →
stars	Charlotte Greenwood → Eddie Albert → Gene Nelson → Gloria Grahame → Gordon MacRae → Rod Steiger → Shirley Jones →
title	Oklahoma! →

Referenced by (34)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Fred Zinnemann ("Oklahoma!") → Gene Nelson → Gene Ruggiero → Gordon MacRae ("Oklahoma!") → Jay Blackton ("Oklahoma! (film)") → Magna Theatre Corporation → Robert Surtees ("Oklahoma!") → Shirley Jones →	notableWork
I Cain't Say No ("Oklahoma! film soundtrack") → Pore Jud Is Daid ("Oklahoma! 1955 film adaptation") →	includedIn
Charlotte Greenwood → Shirley Jones ("Oklahoma! (film)") →	performedIn
Eddie Albert ("Oklahoma!") → Jud Fry →	portrayedIn
Gene Ruggiero → Robert Surtees ("Oklahoma!") →	workedOn
People Will Say We're in Love →	adaptedIn
Jud Fry ("Oklahoma!") →	appearsIn
Ali Hakim →	appearsInAdaptation
Ado Annie Carnes →	appearsInFilm
Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin' →	associatedWork
Fred Zinnemann ("Oklahoma!") →	directed
Oklahoma! (1955 film) ("Oklahoma!") →	featuresSong
Theme from "Oklahoma!" (film score) →	firstAppearanceInFilm
Todd-AO →	firstFeatureFilm
Jud Fry →	hasAdaptation
Oklahoma! →	hasFilmAdaptation
All Er Nuthin' ("Oklahoma! 1955 film soundtrack") →	hasRecording
The Surrey with the Fringe on Top →	includedInFilmAdaptation
Todd-AO →	notableFilm
Theme from "Oklahoma!" (film score) ("Oklahoma! (1955 film) soundtrack") →	partOf
Magna Theatre Corporation →	productionOf
Oklahoma! (1955 film) ("Oklahoma!") →	title
Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin' ("Oklahoma! (1955 film adaptation)") →	usedInFilm