"How Can Love Survive" does survive in the Wise film, played as a waltz at the ball. Elsa dances with the captain to it after she's sent Maria packing.
Probably because Eleanor Parker and Richard Haydn couldn't sing (Christopher Plummer could, but even he's dubbed). The movie's already long enough, though.
@@hanschristianbrando5588 True enough, but Marni Nixon sang for Peggy Wood, and Bill Lee sang for Christopher Plummer, so someone else could have sung for Eleanor Parker.
I was lucky enough to see the original Broadway production in New York with Mary Martin, Theodore Bikel in 1959 as an 8 year old kid. Will never forget that show, the opening had Maria playing the Sound of Music perched on a hillside on a revolving turntable. It was magic!
I saw it too, with the original cast. Note that, like most Broadway presentations at the time, they didn't use microphones or electrical amplification.
I also love this UK version of the sound of music. It’s really captivating and all of the performers do a great job. I wish there were more clips from it online.
The two excised songs were political hot potatoes, the first a subtle critique of capitalism, the second about the seemingly inevitable slide into fascism and war.
Is there any way to get the entire thing? I'm outside of the UK, and ordered the DVD, but wondering if there's a way to access it online...Couldn't find anything. Any ideas? Thanks in advance.
If you join your local PBS affiliate as a Passport member (I'm a member of WETA based in Washington DC-northern VA-southern MD area, costs about $150/yr) you will have access to it - and other great PBS programs - until sometime in 2023. Of course I'm three years late in my reply to you (lol!), perhaps it's now on a stream for free or inexpensively rented!
@@baronbeauty5437 Thank you. My school play is finished now and I’m happy with my performance. I played him great as I have been told and I think my singing was fine in the end.
@@lexij2208 I’m guessing your school play is over now hope you did well in the end. They wouldn’t have picked you if they didn’t think you would be able to do it. I had the same kind of problem because I’m a bass when I sing but in the end I just sang it a bit deeper and it still sounded fine
it's a reference to Marguerite( to americans known as Camille for some reason..) in " la dame aux camélias" a novel by Alexandre Dumas fils..later made into a play , an opera by Verdi ( La Traviata)and more than a few films..most notably( for americans) the one with Greta Garbo in the title role...in which she died extremely photogenically and romantically 😉
Damn! Why do the British do American Musicals better than we do?! I agree. It was a travesty to cut this and "No Way to Stop It" from the film version. Just guessing, but it could be Eleanor Parker couldn't sing and were too cheap to get Marni Nixon to dub her.
@@liamdavidson4083 Dang, you are absolutely correct; At my age, I don't like memories (and I ain't talking about that song from "Cats".) Memories are either wrong or at best mistaken. I wish I could go to the library.
@@liamdavidson4083 Too bad, at least they should've kept this one in! The songs written specifically for the movie nowhere near as good as the two the Baroness sang with Max and Captain Von Trapp. Perhaps they wanted to keep the entire emphasis on Julie Andrews - not a terrible decision; Julie is a legend, one of the greatest performers! But the exemption of these two songs (and inclusion of the new, too-shmaltzy others) added to the sugar content of the movie; that much-needed (and balancing) spice was removed.
Why didn’t this song make it to the movie? It’s so wonderful.
This and "No Way to Stop It" explain Georg & Elsa's fundamental incompatibility and move the story along.
"How Can Love Survive" does survive in the Wise film, played as a waltz at the ball. Elsa dances with the captain to it after she's sent Maria packing.
@@TheScarecrowozify Not quite the same as when it is sung though. I enjoy the clever lyrics.
Probably because Eleanor Parker and Richard Haydn couldn't sing (Christopher Plummer could, but even he's dubbed). The movie's already long enough, though.
@@hanschristianbrando5588 True enough, but Marni Nixon sang for Peggy Wood, and Bill Lee sang for Christopher Plummer, so someone else could have sung for Eleanor Parker.
I was lucky enough to see the original Broadway production in New York with Mary Martin, Theodore Bikel in 1959 as an 8 year old kid. Will never forget that show, the opening had Maria playing the Sound of Music perched on a hillside on a revolving turntable. It was magic!
I saw it too, with the original cast. Note that, like most Broadway presentations at the time, they didn't use microphones or electrical amplification.
@@michaelkaplan22bexcept in the festival awards scene as a stage prop
🎹 I Love this forgotten song. A terrific Rodgers melody.
Not forgotten by me! :)
This and "No Way to Stop It" are two reasons I always prefer staged performances over the movie, with its Robert [Un]Wise cuts.
It wasn’t Robert Wise who cut them, it was the screenwriter.
100% agree! Too bad they were deleted - two of *Sound of Music*'s best.
It was probably the studio that cut these politically 'hot potato' songs - with the box office and (unofficial) censors in mind.
An instrumental version of How Can Love Survive was played during the party scene in the movie version.
Gorgeous stage setting.
I also love this UK version of the sound of music. It’s really captivating and all of the performers do a great job. I wish there were more clips from it online.
Best Elsa ever.
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Julian Ovenden as Captain; Katherine Kelly as Baroness; Alexander Armstrong as Max
I didn’t know about this version. Excellent cast, singing, and that sophisticated British diction!
Beautifullly done--I LOVE it!!
Great cast!🥰
i love the song
The two excised songs were political hot potatoes, the first a subtle critique of capitalism, the second about the seemingly inevitable slide into fascism and war.
I cannot die like a meal for you!
I cannot die like Camille for you!
Is there any way to get the entire thing? I'm outside of the UK, and ordered the DVD, but wondering if there's a way to access it online...Couldn't find anything. Any ideas? Thanks in advance.
If you join your local PBS affiliate as a Passport member (I'm a member of WETA based in Washington DC-northern VA-southern MD area, costs about $150/yr) you will have access to it - and other great PBS programs - until sometime in 2023. Of course I'm three years late in my reply to you (lol!), perhaps it's now on a stream for free or inexpensively rented!
ua-cam.com/video/6ZwjOnOS5zw/v-deo.html&ab_channel=Peoples%27Connect
I’m worried about my school show because of this song 😭. I’m playing max and I can barely sing. Beautiful song though
i’m playing elsa schraeder and IM AN ALTO so when i tell you i am PANICKING
I played max a long time ago. As long as you have the smile & confidence, the voice matters not. Bonne chance!!
@@baronbeauty5437 Thank you. My school play is finished now and I’m happy with my performance. I played him great as I have been told and I think my singing was fine in the end.
@@lexij2208 I’m guessing your school play is over now hope you did well in the end. They wouldn’t have picked you if they didn’t think you would be able to do it. I had the same kind of problem because I’m a bass when I sing but in the end I just sang it a bit deeper and it still sounded fine
That’s ok. We had a Captain who didn’t sing.
What does it mean when the baroness says "I cannot die like Camille for you?"
it's a reference to Marguerite( to americans known as Camille for some reason..) in " la dame aux camélias" a novel by Alexandre Dumas fils..later made into a play , an opera by Verdi ( La Traviata)and more than a few films..most notably( for americans) the one with Greta Garbo in the title role...in which she died extremely photogenically and romantically 😉
Frau Schraeder is WONDERFUL in this version - very suitably snotty and arrogant!
Best Elsa ever!
Damn! Why do the British do American Musicals better than we do?! I agree. It was a travesty to cut this and "No Way to Stop It" from the film version. Just guessing, but it could be Eleanor Parker couldn't sing and were too cheap to get Marni Nixon to dub her.
Think I remember reading it was left out due to timing of movie. Stage versions usually have more songs. Marni Nixon was a nun in the film
@@liamdavidson4083 Dang, you are absolutely correct; At my age, I don't like memories (and I ain't talking about that song from "Cats".) Memories are either wrong or at best mistaken. I wish I could go to the library.
@@liamdavidson4083 Too bad, at least they should've kept this one in! The songs written specifically for the movie nowhere near as good as the two the Baroness sang with Max and Captain Von Trapp. Perhaps they wanted to keep the entire emphasis on Julie Andrews - not a terrible decision; Julie is a legend, one of the greatest performers! But the exemption of these two songs (and inclusion of the new, too-shmaltzy others) added to the sugar content of the movie; that much-needed (and balancing) spice was removed.
This and "No Way to Stop It" explain the fundamental incompatibility between Georg and Elsa.
Rodgers and Hammerstein did not approve of this song😮 because it doesn't relate to the original and remakes
The Captain is just too young for the part