Some of the talent behind the play and the movie was Jewish. Its screenwriter, Ernest Lehman, was Jewish. Two Jews, Rodgers ...
According to The Sound of Music: The Making of America's Favorite Musical, writer Ernest Lehman said, "As far as I'm concerned, there's only one person to play this role, and that's Julie Andrews." ...
Once on-set in Salzburg, her co-star, Christopher Plummer, let his loathing of “The Sound of Music” be known. He hated the songs. The Captain von Trapp actor wrote to Wise, “I hope something ...