| re: 'Boys and Girls': How did it get from 'Oklahoma!' to 'St. Louis'? |
| Last Edit: AlanScott 01:03 am EDT 05/24/23 |
| Posted by: AlanScott 01:03 am EDT 05/24/23 |
| In reply to: 'Boys and Girls': How did it get from 'Oklahoma!' to 'St. Louis'? - WaymanWong 12:13 am EDT 05/24/23 |
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It's not 100-percent certain, but it seems likely that "Boys and Girls Like You and Me" was cut either during the New Haven run or after the last New Haven performance and so it may not have been heard in Boston.
In those days, sheet music was published before musicals even opened out of town. "Boys and Girls Like You and Me" was among the songs published. So MGM may have simply found it via the sheet music and bought the song for the movie.
MGM owned the film rights to Green Grow the Lilacs, and although MGM didn't make the film version of Oklahoma!, it may be that the studio had first dibs and was looking into buying the film rights, even though Columbia actually invested in Oklahoma! and MGM did not. Of course, Columbia also didn't make the film version.
Neither Tim Carter's book nor Max Wilk's book on Oklahoma! offers an explanation of how "Boys and Girls Like You and Me" almost came to be in Meet Me in St. Louis. |
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