The film was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Cinematography and Musical Scoring, and won an Academy Award for Best Sound. The picture marked the screen debuts of France Nuyen and Ron Ely.
The song was eliminated from the stage version because of the show's length. The song "My Girl Back Home," a favorite of Rodgers and Hammerstein's that was not in the Broadway version, was reinstated for the film version. Pinza was to reprise the role of "Emile" in the film, but died in May 1957, prior to the start of production. The Broadway production starred Mary Martin and Ezio Pinza. Although Hall sang in the stage production, her singing voice was dubbed by Muriel Smith in the film. Juanita Hall also played "Bloody Mary" in the Broadway production. In the film's publicity materials contained in the AMPAS Library, producer Buddy Adler added that backgrounds were also shot on the Fiji Islands, and that one day was spent filming a joint Naval-Marine operation on Kauai. Location filming on the Hawaiian island of Kauai began on, according to studio publicity materials. Cable walks back from his initial meeting with "Liat," the color of the screen turns to magenta, and when "Nellie" sings about a canary sky, the sky turns yellow. Joseph Cable."Īccording to an AmCin article, cinematographer Leon Shamroy used lights and filters to change the color of the film for dramatic emphasis. An Oct 1956 HR news item notes that Charles Boyer, Vittorio De Sica and Fernando Lamas tested for the role of "Emile," and an Apr 1957 HR news item adds that Ed Byrnes auditioned for the role of "Lt.
The print viewed was the Goldwyn re-release. In 1983, the Samuel Goldwyn Company acquired the distribution rights for re-release from the Rodgers and Hammerstein estate, according to an Apr 1983 HR news item. The budget for the film totaled $5,000,000. An Oct 1956 HR news item adds that Fox put up $2,000,000 in production costs in return for ten percent of the profits and worldwide distribution rights. Magna controlled the Todd-AO Process roadshow distribution rights to the picture while Fox released the film in CinemaScope after the twice-a-day special roadshow engagements had run their course. was a capital gains partnership between the Magna Theatre Corp., Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein, II, Joshua Logan and Leland Hayward. According to the Var review, South Pacific Enterprises, Inc. production, and was copyrighted under that corporation's title. Īccording to studio publicity materials contained in the film's production file at the AMPAS Library, although the picture was made by Twentieth Century-Fox, it was considered a South Pacific Enterprises, Inc.
Tozzi's name does not appear in the end credits, however.Īccording to studio publicity materials contained in the film's production file at the AMPAS Library, although the picture was made by Twentieth Century-Fox, it was considered a South Pacific Enterprises, Inc. The opening cast lineup includes a credit for "The Voice of Giorgio Tozzi". The opening credits are followed by the following written acknowledgment: "The producers thank the Department of Defense, the Navy Department, the United States Pacific Fleet, and the Fleet Marine Force, Pacific, for their assistance in bringing this motion picture to the screen." The opening and closing cast credits differ slightly in their order. Following the intermission, a musical Entra'acte leading up to the second half of the film is played for two minutes, fifty seconds. An intermission occurs after "Nellie" discovers that "Emile" was previously married to a Polynesian woman. The film's title card reads: "Rodgers and Hammerstein present South Pacific." The picture opens with a three-minute, thirty-second musical overture.
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