I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

Oklahoma (1955): Dir: Fred Zinnemann / Cast: Gordon MacRae, Shirley Jones, Gene Nelson, Gloria Grahame, Charlotte Greenwood: Corny yet festive musical set in a land where horse and carriage are still in, and cowboys and farmers attempt to live together. Gordon MacRae plays Curly, a cowboy who guides in the cattle yet really desires to take the lovely Laurey to the local dance. She is played by Shirley Jones with sunny appeal but she is also sighted by a creepy hired hand named Jud. Gene Nelson plays cowboy Will Parker who arrives back in town to marry Ado Annie with the fifty dollars he promised her father he would have. She is played with great comic flare by Gloria Grahame who is also promised to a sneaky peddler. Charlotte Greenwood oversees everything as Aunt Eller and with the local auction tied in with the dance she hopes to raise enough funds for a new school house. Directed by Fred Zinnemann who previously made High Noon and From Here to Eternity. His screenplay is flawed by pointless and overlong musical numbers, some of which are way too corny. Also the concluding court session held in a kitchen is also pathetically contrived. The villain seems unfairly outcast with even a horrid suicidal song sung to his suggestion. The musical numbers look festive with a slice of country life that drives home the theme of togetherness. Score: 7 / 10

Lorenz Hart was Richard Rodgers first lyric writing partner. Oscar Hammerstein 2nd was Richard Rodgers second lyric writing partner. The world would probably never have had Oklahoma if Lorenz Hart had not refused to write the lyrics with Richard Rodgers because at that time Mr Hart wanted to go off to Mexico, he didn't think he could write lyrics about country folk.So wasn't it a wonderful coincidence how at that moment in time, that Oscar Hammerstein 2nd had read the same book as Richard Rodgers Green Grow the Lilacs by Lynn Riggs. Both of them thought of how this homespun piece of pure Americana cowboys would make a great subject for a very different type of musical play they wanted to collaborate on, where by the songs were character and plot driven. And the rest is musical history.Oscar Hammerstein 2nd always wrote the words "first" to all of the musicals he and composer Richard Rodgers wrote. My heading says that they don't write musicals like this any more, and they don't, because they haven't got the writers, is spot on. Gone are the days of tuneful melody, and mature easy to listen to words.Oscar Hammerstein 2nd was a craftsman at writing lyrics, Equally so was Richard Rodgers at coming up with a suitable melody.Oklahoma was their first musical, originally entitled "Away we go", but soon changed to what we know today.....Oklahoma is simply Joyful brilliance, it leaves you feeling happy inside. You will hum the tunes going into the theatre, and leaving.We will never see or hear the likes of Richard Rodgers or Oscar Hammerstein 2nd again.

I watched this with my 88 year old mother. 3/4 of the way through Mom made the sage observation of "I don't see any point to this." I basically agree with Mom. This is the kind of movie that makes other races say "White People!" in a sarcastic disdainful manner. The movie is filled with a bunch of silly white folk fantasizing in a sort of Barbie style world. If the sanitized 1950s white folk Barbie style film is what sends you to heaven...as it does for many of the reviewers on this site...then you will really enjoy Oklahoma. If not then you can probably appreciate it but will find yourself wishing for an end.Technically the film and actors are fine. But...unless you have a G rated Barbie style view of the world where beautiful young girls in dresses pine to be married happily every after the film just drags on.Oklahoma is notable for a psycho Rod Steiger. Rod displays the acting talents that will serve him well in meatier roles down the road.Eddie Albert is also fun to see 10 years younger than Green Acres. He's a schmoozing traveling salesman who ends up with a shotgun wedding.Oklahoma also features a strange dream sequence in the middle. The fantasy of a young girl dreaming of heroes and marriage. The scene is surreal compared to the rest of the musical. As far as musicals go this one drags on and on with little happening. It is the antithesis of the My Fair Lady which is even longer but never drags like this one.

Referring to a member's review that the acting was a bit stiff.....this wonderful MUSICAL was made when they cast singers in the lead roles instead of big name stars who have to have their voices dubbed. Referring to another member's review that felt the dream sequence was too scary for children....not any scarier than Snow White or Bambi. Life has frightening moments in it; children shouldn't be sheltered from all of them. I saw this movie for the first time when I was seven or eight and yes, the dream sequence was a bit disturbing, as it was meant to be, but I was more aware of the sheer artistry of it. Rogers and Hammerstein didn't feel that because they were making a musical that it had to be sugar coated. All of their musicals have a serious side which makes them more complex and all the better for it. With their transcendent melodies and insightful lyrics and incredible choreography Rogers and Hammerstein raised the bar for musicals to come. Oh What a Beautiful Movie!