1.First, Julie Andrews was always at the top of the list for the role of Maria von Trapp. According to The Sound of Music: The Making of America's Favorite Musical, writer Ernest Lehman said, "As far ...

Although 20th Century Fox had acquired the film rights in 1959, The Sound of Music almost wasn’t made after the studio spent a huge sum on 1963’s Cleopatra. The movie version of The Sound of Music ...

What Rodgers and Hammerstein, then later filmmakers, changed about this classic. — -- “The Sound of Music” has remained one of the most iconic films in history since it was released 50 years ago.

The Sound of Music became one of the world’s most enduring and beloved movie musicals following its release in March 1965. In 1997, Andrews was forced to quit the Broadway revival of Victor/Victoria ...