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America Applauds: An Evening for Richard Rodgers poster

America Applauds: An Evening for Richard Rodgers (1951)

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.

Release: 1951-03-04
Runtime: 60 min
Cast
Valerie Bettis
Valerie Bettis
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John Brownlee
Bing Crosby
Bing Crosby
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Russel Crouse
Alfred Drake
Alfred Drake
Jerome Hines
Jerome Hines
Celeste Holm
Celeste Holm
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Charles Kullmann
Mary Martin
Mary Martin
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Dorothy Maynor
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Patrice Munsel
Vivienne Segal
Vivienne Segal
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Brian Sullivan
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Hugh Thompson
Vera Zorina
Vera Zorina