Bloomer Girl
In 1956, BLOOMER GIRL was presented in a live television production starring the magnificent Barbara Cook, whose star was then on the rise, with leading roles in CANDIDE and THE MUSIC MAN still in her future. A solid success when it opened on Broadway in 1944, BLOOMER GIRL boasts a glorious score by the legendary team of Harold Arlen and E.Y. Harburg (THE WIZARD OF OZ). The book by Fred Saidy is set at the brink of the Civil War and addresses issues of women's equality (priorities were the right to vote and to wear bloomers, a liberating alternative to hoop skirts) and racial equality.
Directed by Alex Segal
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Cast
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Barbara Cook Evelina Applegate -
Keith Andes Jefferson Calhoun -
Carmen Mathews Dolly Bloomer -
Paul Ford Horatio Applegate - Rawn Spearman Pompey
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Nydia Westman Serena Applegate - Patricia Hammerlee Daisy
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Brock Peters Alexander - Dorothy Lang Applegate Sister
- Margot Moser Applegate Sister
- Peggy O'Hara Applegate Sister
- Elise Rhodes Octavia Applegate
Make it a double feature
3h 5m together
Bloomer Girl
Ransom!
Both from Alex Segal.







