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The Music Man

Movie (1962)

A con man comes to a Midwestern town with a scam using a boy's marching band program, but things don't go according to plan.

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The Music Man Main Cast

Robert Preston
plays Harold Hill

Shirley Jones
plays Marian Paroo

Buddy Hackett
plays Marcellus Washburn

Hermione Gingold
plays Eulalie Mackechnie Shinn

Paul Ford
plays Mayor George Shinn

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Movie Goof (continuity error): Chairs in front of the stage move around during the July 4th celebration in the auditorium. First there are three together with one chair a ways off to the left; then later, as one of the school board members prepares to sit down, the four chairs are in a group.
Before starring in the musical The Music Man, Robert Preston had not only never appeared in a musical before, he had never sung a note before.
During the "Lida Rose"/"Will I Ever Tell You" duet both Mrs. Paroo (Pert Kelton) and the tenor singer of The Buffalo Bills (Vern Reed) are in rocking chairs. They are synchronized throughout much of the song, starting, stopping and rocking together. This is only visible in the wide screen version.
The DAR is the "Daughters of the American Revolution", a non-profit, non-political volunteer women's service organization dedicated to promoting patriotism and preserving American history

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