America Applauds: An Evening for Richard Rodgers (1951)

0.0/10 • 60 min • Music TV Movie

Overview

Rodgers’ friends and colleagues pay tribute to him. Among the original Broadway cast members reprising the songs they introduced are Vivienne Segal (“Bewitched” from “Pal Joey”) and Alfred Drake (“People Will Say We’re in Love” from “Oklahoma!”). Vera Zorina dances “Rodgers in Three Quarter Time,” a ballet created expressly for the show set to three Rodgers waltzes, and Mary Martin sings “Wonderful Guy” as Rodgers himself accompanies her on piano.

Cast

Valerie Bettis

Bing Crosby

Alfred Drake

Jerome Hines

Celeste Holm

Mary Martin

Vivienne Segal

Vera Zorina

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