Carrusel (1956)

Curiosidades

• Basada en: Liliom y Carousel
• Rodada en: Malibú y Maine

Carousel is a 1956 American dramatic fantasy musical film based on the 1945 Rodgers and Hammerstein stage musical of the same name, which was based on Ferenc Molnár's 1909 non-musical play Liliom. The film stars Gordon MacRae and Shirley Jones and was directed by Henry King.

Production

The film was shot in CinemaScope 55 and DeLuxe Color. However, it was projected in regular 35mm CinemaScope rather than 55mm, although the original premiere featured a six-track magnetic stereo soundtrack specially devised for CinemaScope 55. It was played on a separate machine synchronized with the film.

Cinematographer Charles G. Clarke explained: "In the beginning it was decided to film 'Carousel' in both 55mm and the standard 35mm CinemaScope. This meant double setups for each shot. When the results became available for screening, our studio decided the 35mm version was no longer required, and thereafter we filmed the production only in 55mm CinemaScope. ...

Frank Sinatra was originally cast to play Billy Bigelow and recorded his songs for the film. It had been reported that Sinatra withdrew in objection to the requirement that each scene be filmed twice, one for regular CinemaScope and the other for CinemaScope 55, but according to Shirley Jones' 2014 autobiography, he quit because his wife Ava Gardner threatened infidelity if he failed to accompany her on the set of her film The Barefoot Contessa.

Filming took place in the Maine locations of Boothbay Harbor, Camden, Newcastle and Augusta as well as Paradise Cove in Malibu, California and the Twentieth Century-Fox studios.

The film follows the stage musical faithfully except for five major changes:

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