Rodgers Tuning Machines are Manufacturers of precision hand built
Tuning Machines or Machine Heads for all types of acoustic guitars.
All Machines Heads are made to the open gearing style and are all produced to the highest possible quality. >>read more
Carousel: from stage to screen: A study of the classic musical on its journey from stage to screen.
There was an 11 year period between the 1945 premiere of the Broadway play “Carousel” and the 1956 20th Century-Fox film version. That was not unusual in itself, as the comparable period for “Oklahoma!” was 12 years. However, there... >>read more
Flower Drum Song: A study of the classic musical on its journey from stage to screen.
The film begins with three booming chords by the orchestra, with a distinctive Chinese sound, over the Universal-International logo. This leads into the overture of "A Hundred Million Miracles". The credits are very clever, appearing inside a... >>read more
South pacific, from stage to screen: A study of the classic musical on its journey from stage to screen.
The beautiful Overture of South Pacific is played over the opening credits. Here is also the introduction of one of the strangest elements of the film, the color filter. Used throughout the film, these filters may have been of... >>read more
Bygone Records Web Site: Specializes in studio recordings of unknown works by Rodgers and Hart and other 20th Century American songwriters. >>read more