Bloomer Girl
Bloomer Girl
Release: 1956-05-28
·Runtime: 76m
Music
Romance
TV Movie
In 1956, BLOOMER GIRL was presented in a live television production starring the magnificent Barbara Cook, whose star was then on the rise, with leading roles in CANDIDE and THE MUSIC MAN still in her future. A solid success when it opened on Broadway in 1944, BLOOMER GIRL boasts a glorious score by the legendary team of Harold Arlen and E.Y. Harburg (THE WIZARD OF OZ). The book by Fred Saidy is set at the brink of the Civil War and addresses issues of women's equality (priorities were the right to vote and to wear bloomers, a liberating alternative to hoop skirts) and racial equality.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Showcase Productions
Cast
Barbara Cook
as Evelina Applegate
Keith Andes
as Jefferson Calhoun
Carmen Mathews
as Dolly Bloomer
Paul Ford
as Horatio Applegate
Nydia Westman
as Serena Applegate
Brock Peters
as Alexander
Paula Stewart
as Julia Applegate
Heywood Hale Broun
as Sheriff
Paul McGrath
as Governor Newton
Frank Overton
as Hamilton Calhoun
James Mitchell
as Principal Dancer - "The Returned Soldier"
