Joseph Cable (William Tabbert), who has arrived on the island with a secret mission – to recruit Emile de Becque to join him in setting up a spy post on another, Japanese-occupied island. Here, however, women are few, as the Americans lament – There Is Nothin’ Like A Dame. The best trinkets – along with all the French planters’ daughters, rumor has it – are on the neighboring (and off-limits) island of Bali Ha’i, which looms in the mist. naval base, a group of Marines and Seabees are singing the praises of Bloody Mary (Juanita Hall), a Tonkinese woman who sells native crafts for “fo’ dolla’.” Her rival in commerce is an American sailor, Luther Billis (Myron McCormick), who operates a laundry but sees bigger profits in grass skirts and shrunken heads. but they are interrupted, and she runs off. ![]() Nellie keeps backing away, however, and Emile observes that life’s moments have to be seized – Some Enchanted Evening. Emile and Nellie are falling in love, hesitantly – Twin Soliloquies. Emile is older and cultured, Nellie is “a little hick” from Little Rock, who nonetheless has her own singular take on the world – A Cockeyed Optimist. ![]() They are hurried off by a servant, and we see their father, Emile de Becque (Ezio Pinza), and the American nurse he has met, Nellie Forbush (Mary Martin). ![]() On an island in the war zone, circa 1942, two Polynesian children (Barbara Luna and Michael Deleon) are playing outside a plantation house and happily singing – Dites-Moi. Oops, looks like your browser doesn't support HTML 5 audio.
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