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South Pacific is a 1958 musical romance film adaptation of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical South Pacific, and based on James A. Michener's Tales of the South Pacific. The film was directed by Joshua Logan and starred Rossano Brazzi, Mitzi Gaynor, John Kerr and Ray Walston in the leading roles with Juanita Hall as Bloody Mary, the part that she had played in the original stage production. Following the success of the film version of Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma!, the producers decided to tackle a big-screen adaptation of South Pacific as their next project. The film was produced by... MORE

South Pacific is a 1958 musical romance film adaptation of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical South Pacific, and based on James A. Michener's Tales of the South Pacific. The film was directed by Joshua Logan and starred Rossano Brazzi, Mitzi Gaynor, John Kerr and Ray Walston in the leading roles with Juanita Hall as Bloody Mary, the part that she had played in the original stage production. Following the success of the film version of Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma!, the producers decided to tackle a big-screen adaptation of South Pacific as their next project. The film was produced by "South Pacific Enterprises," a company created specifically for the production, owned by Rodgers, Hammerstein, Logan, Magna Theatre Corporation (owners of the Todd-AO widescreen process the film would be photographed in), and Leland Hayward, producer of the original stage production. 20th Century Fox partially invested in the production in exchange for some distribution rights. Additionally, all the departments and department heads were Fox's. The producers' original plan was to have the two leads of the original Broadway cast reprise their respective roles for the film. Ezio Pinza, the actor who LESS