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Release Date:
September 19, 1955
Original Title:
Our Town
Genres:
Drama | Music | Romance | TV Movie
Production Companies:
Showcase Productions
Production Countries:
United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
US: NR
Runtime: 90
Change comes slowly to a small New Hampshire town in the early 20th century. People grow up, get married, live, and die. Milk and the newspaper get delivered every morning, and nobody locks their front doors. This musicalization of Thornton Wilder's classic play stars Frank Sinatra who introduces the song, "Love and Marriage," which would go on to be immortalized as the theme song to the sitcom Married with Children.
Adaptation:
David Shaw
Additional Music:
Roger Adams
Assistant Director:
Dominick Dunne
Choreographer:
Valerie Bettis
Costume Design:
Robert Campbell
Director:
Delbert Mann
Lyricist:
Sammy Cahn
Music Director:
Nelson Riddle
Producer:
Fred Coe
Set Designer:
Otis Riggs
Songs:
Jimmy Van Heusen
Theatre Play:
Thornton Wilder
Writer:
Thornton Wilder
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