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Bloomer Girl

0.0 76 mins Music   Romance   TV Movie   1956
Showcase Productions  
Director(s): Alex Segal

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.

Casts of Bloomer Girl

Barbara Cook

as Evelina Applegate

Keith Andes

as Jefferson Calhoun

Carmen Mathews

as Dolly Bloomer

Paul Ford

as Horatio Applegate

Rawn Spearman

as Pompey

Nydia Westman

as Serena Applegate

Brock Peters

as Alexander

Dorothy Lang

as Applegate Sister

Margot Moser

as Applegate Sister

Peggy O'Hara

as Applegate Sister

Elise Rhodes

as Octavia Applegate

Paula Stewart

as Julia Applegate

Heywood Hale Broun

as Sheriff

Paul McGrath

as Governor Newton

Frank Overton

as Hamilton Calhoun

Jack Russell

as Joshua

Danny Scholl

as Ebeneezer

James Mitchell

as Principal Dancer - "The Returned Soldier"

Lidija Franklin

as Principal Dancer - "His Girl"

Betty Low

as Principal Dancer - "The Widow"

Emy St. Just

as Principal Dancer - "The Needle Threader"

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