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San Francisco, California | Chinatown
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Best Cinematography Color | 1962
Best Music Scoring of a Musical Picture | 1962
Best Art DirectionSet Decoration Color | 1962
Best Costume Design Color | 1962
Best Sound | 1962
Best Motion Picture Musical | 1962
Best Actress Comedy or Musical | 1962 | Miyoshi
Best Soundtrack Album or Recording of Original Cast from Motion Picture or Television | 1962
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures | 1962
Best Written American Musical | 1962
Anna May Wong was producer Ross Hunter's original choice for Madame Liang, and Wong wanted to do the film. Her sudden death at the age of 56, just before filming was scheduled to begin, resulted in the part being given to Juanita Hall, who had created the role on Broadway.
Many who are familiar with the screen version of Flower Drum Song are mystified as to why the stage version is not more frequently revived. In fact, Joseph C. Wright, who co-wrote the libretto of the Broadway production with Oscar Hammerstein II, made significant changes to the show's plot and structure for the film version, to the point where only a fraction of the original dialogue was retained. The film version is far less patronizing to the Asian-American community than its stage predecessor, as it makes an honest, heartfelt attempt to explore generational culture clash in San Francisco's Chinatown of the early 1960s.
Miyoshi Umeki was nominated for the 1959 Tony Award, for Actress in a Musical, and recreated her role in the film version.
Jack Soo who plays Sammy Fong in the film appeared in the original Broadway cast, but not as Sammy. On Broadway he played Frankie Wing, Sammy Fong's emcee.
Happily, several members of the original cast were recruited for the film version, including Miyoshi Umeki as Mei Li, Juanita Hall as Madam Liang and Patrick Adiarte as Wang San. Meanwhile, Jack Soo was elevated from his stage role of Frankie Wing to portray the leading role of Sammy Fong on screen. Soo had understudied the role on Broadway, where it was played by Caucasian Larry Blyden, who himself was an eleventh-hour replacement for Larry Storch.
"Policeman: So where are you folks from? Mei Li: The East. Policeman: Oh, New York, huh? Dr. Li: Further east."
"Wang Chi-Yang: [to Madame Liang] For five years you have gone to that Citizenship School and all you have learned is: "This is not China!"."
