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Flower Drum Song Overview:

Flower Drum Song (1961) was a Comedy - Musical Film directed by Henry Koster and produced by Ross Hunter and Joseph Fields.

Flower Drum Song was inducted into the National Film Registry in 2008.

Academy Awards 1961 --- Ceremony Number 34 (source: AMPAS)

AwardRecipientResult
Best Art DirectionArt Direction: Alexander Golitzen, Joseph Wright; Set Decoration: Howard BristolNominated
Best CinematographyRussell MettyNominated
Best Costume DesignIrene SharaffNominated
Best Music - ScoringAlfred Newman, Ken DarbyNominated
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Flower Drum Song BlogHub Articles:

Rodgers and Hammerstein's Flower Drum Song

By Rick29 on Jun 1, 2020 From Classic Film & TV Cafe

Miyoshi Umeki as Mei Li. My elementary school chorus teacher introduced me to the Broadway musicals of Rodgers and Hammerstein. To be specific, she favored the catchy songs from The Sound of Music and The King and I. Hence, I always experience some built-in nostalgia whenever I watch those movie ad... Read full article

Musical Monday: Flower Drum Song (1961)

on May 18, 2020 From Comet Over Hollywood

It’s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals. In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 600. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is my weekly feature about musicals. This week’s musical: Flower Drum Song (1961)... Read full article

Flower Drum Song (1961)

By Beatrice on Apr 19, 2017 From Flickers in Time

Flower Drum Song Directed by Henry Koster Written by Joseph Fields from a musical play by Fields and Oscar Hammerstein III and a novel by C.Y. Lee 1961/USA Universal International Pictures/Fields Productions/Hunter-Fields Repeat viewing/Netflix rental This stood up well to fond memories from my ... Read full article

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Flower Drum Song Quotes:

Wang Ta: [singing] You are beautiful, small and shy.
Mei Li: Oh yes, I like it. Especially I like.
Wang Chi-Yang: Where have you been till this hour?
Wang Ta: Spending the night...
Wang Chi-Yang: Stop! Not in front of your aunt.
Wang Ta: I beg your forgiveness, Father. I should have listened. I was a fool.
Wang Chi-Yang: Knowing you are a fool is the beginning of wisdom. Now I have my son back.
Wang Chi-Yang: [singing] What are we going to do about the other generation? / How will we ever communicate without communication?
Wang Chi-Yang: [as Wang San runs from his brother's bedroom] Wait! Why aren't you in school?
Wang San: It's Saturday!
Wang Chi-Yang: Always some excuse!
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Flower Drum Song Facts
Jack Soo who plays Sammy Fong in the film appeared in the original Broadway cast, but not as Sammy. On Broadway he played Frankie Wing, Sammy Fong's emcee.
Average Shot Length = ~11.1 seconds. Median Shot Length = ~11.0 seconds.
The character of Helen (Reiko Sato)is not given a resolution to her storyline in the film. In the original novel she commits suicide, but Rodgers and Hammerstein felt the ending was too depressing for such a strong character.
The original Broadway cast album of "Flower Drum Song", issued in early 1959, was the first Broadway cast album of a Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II show to be issued in stereo. (The stereo versions of the film soundtracks of "Oklahoma!", "Carousel", "The King and I", and "South Pacific", were all issued in 1958.)
Larry Blyden was nominated for the 1959 Tony Award (New York City) for Actor in a Musical for "Flower Drum Song" for the part of Sammy Fong.
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