Paint Your Wagon

Paint Your Wagon is a 1951 Broadway musical comedy, with book and lyrics by Alan J. Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe, set in a mining camp in Gold Rush-era California. The original production starred James Barton, Olga San Juan, Tony Bavaar, James Mitchell, and Gemze de Lappe, with dances and musical ensembles by Agnes De Mille. The hit songs included "Wand'ring Star", "I Talk to the Trees" and "They Call the Wind Maria".

Film version

Paint Your Wagon was made into a big-budget movie in 1969, adapted by Paddy Chayefsky who provided a very different storyline: Julio is now Ben's partner in the gold claim and since they share everything 50-50 when Ben "claims" Elizabeth and she falls in love with Partner, they decided that if a Mormon man can have two wives a wife can have two husbands. Filmed in Oregon, the production starred Jean Seberg, Lee Marvin and Clint Eastwood (all of whom did their own singing) with Joshua Logan directing.

Related Topics:
Movie - 1969 - Paddy Chayefsky - Oregon - Jean Seberg - Lee Marvin - Clint Eastwood - Joshua Logan

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