South Pacific

by Joshua Logan (Director)

Other authorsJames A. Michener (Writer), John Kerr (Actor), Richard Rodgers (Writer), Oscar Hammerstein II (Writer), Joshua Logan (Writer), Paul Osborn (Writer), Ray Walston (Actor), Mitzi Gaynor (Primary Contributor), Mitzi Gaynor (Actor), Rossano Brazzi (Primary Contributor), Rossano Brazzi (Actor) — 3 more, Buddy Adler (Producer), Juanita Hall (Actor), George P. Skouras (Producer)

DVD, 1958

Status

Available

Call number

791.43

Collection

DVDs

Publication

Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainemnt (2004)

Description

Set in the Pacific theater during World War II, this musical film explores the theme of racial prejudice in two parallel stories--that of a Navy nurse's love for a plantation owner with two Eurasian children, and a Marine lieutenant's love for a native woman.

User reviews

LibraryThing member jntjesussaves

On a South Pacific island during World War II, love blooms between a young nurse and a secretive Frenchman who's being courted for a dangerous military mission.

Acting: 4.0; Theme: 3.5; Content: 5.0; Language: 5.0; Overall: 3.5

Very weird theme to this film. Nothing really objectionable. No

vulgarity. ***July 14, 2022***

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