Three popular musicals. In ' The Sound of Music' (1965), ex-nun Maria (Julie Andrews) becomes the governess for a family of seven children who live in the shadow of their domineering & repressed widower father (Christopher Plummer). She brings love, music & excitement into the children's lives & also eventually begins to have an effect on their father. But just when things are looking up, the rise of Nazism & the threat of the coming war darkens all their futures.
Includes:: a host of memorable songs, such as ' Do-Re-Mi', ' Climb Ev'ry Mountain', & ' My Favourite Things'. ' South Pacific' (1958) is a legendary Rodgers & Hammerstein musical in which an American Navy nurse (Mitzi Gaynor) stationed on a South Pacific Island falls in love with a middle-aged French planter (Rossano Brazzi), who goes on to become a war hero.
Includes:: the songs: ' There is Nothing Like a Dame'; ' Bali Ha'i'; ' Happy Talk'; & 'I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair'. In ' West Side Story' (1961), a neighbourhood on New York's West Side provides the setting for a love affair between Tony (Richard Beymer) & Maria (Natalie Wood), a couple of kids caught on opposite sides of a gang war. Maria is the sister of Bernardo (George Chakiris), leader of the Sharks, & Tony is the best friend of Riff (Russ Tamblyn), leader of the Jets. The two gangs are sworn enemies, & nothing Maria or Tony can say will dissuade them from the violence which leads to the film's heartbreaking finale.