The glorious history of 20th Century Fox, creator of “The Sound of Music”

And then comes Robert Wise.

However, it was director Robert Wise who gave the film its charm as a location movie. Wise was promoted by Ernest Lehman, with whom he collaborated on ` `West Side Story .'' Lehman was captivated by the bird's-eye view of Manhattan that opens Wise's film ``West,'' and the overwhelming impact of the street filming that follows.

However, around that time, Wise was busy preparing for `` Gunboat San Pablo '' (66), and negotiations stalled. So Lehman approached William Wyler, one of his favorite directors, to direct the film. Although production continued, Wyler quit the project due to a delay in the script and ran out of time to begin production on `` The Collector '' (1965). After that, the abandoned script ended up in the hands of Wise, who had more time due to delays with Gunboat San Pablo. Impressed by the finished product, Wise was chosen to carry the megaphone, and pre-production finally began.

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The members of the Wise group who set foot in Salzburg are Julie Andrews, who had been cast for the role of Maria before appearing in Mary Poppins (1964), but after refusing the role many times, she was finally convinced to play the role of Colonel Trapp. Christopher Plummer, who accepted the role, Eleanor Parker, who was called to play the role of the Baroness to complement the unknowns of Andrews and Plummer, and seven other people who passed through auditions held in the United States, England, and other places. They're child actors.

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