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FROM: GW Reference Staff <geaugage@oplin.lib.oh.us>
REC'D: 2/22/01, 12:06 PM

We have a patron who is looking for a sad World War II musical that she
believes came out shortly after "The Sound of Music" (1965). She said
it takes place mostly in Europe, some of the time on a train, and
involves a star-crossed love relationship in which the woman dies.
We've tried the 'Videohound's Golden Movie Retriever' and some general
internet searches to no avail. Does this plot sound familiar to
anyone? Thanks for any suggestions you can provide.

FROM: Bsbgc@aol.com
REC'D: 2/22/01, 12:27 PM

Do you mean a musical which was then made into a movie? Or a musical that
debuted on Broadway or on the London stage?

Binnie Syril Braunstein
romance novelist/former librarian

In a message dated 2/22/2001 12:54:15 PM Eastern Standard Time,
geaugage@oplin.lib.oh.us writes:

<<
We have a patron who is looking for a sad World War II musical that she
believes came out shortly after "The Sound of Music" (1965). She said
it takes place mostly in Europe, some of the time on a train, and
involves a star-crossed love relationship in which the woman dies.
We've tried the 'Videohound's Golden Movie Retriever' and some general
internet searches to no avail. Does this plot sound familiar to
anyone? Thanks for any suggestions you can provide.
-------------------- >>

FROM: Lisa Price <lprice@MtLaurel.Lib.NJ.US>
REC'D: 2/22/01, 1:51 PM

I sent this request to my husband, who is a real movie buff, and he made
the following suggestion: could it be Dr. Zhivago? It's the wrong war,
not really a musical but has a very memorable & popular song (Lara's
theme), definitely star-crossed lovers and came out in 1965. Just an
idea ...
Lisa Price
Mount Laurel (NJ) Library

GW Reference Staff wrote:
>
> We have a patron who is looking for a sad World War II musical that she
> believes came out shortly after "The Sound of Music" (1965). She said
> it takes place mostly in Europe, some of the time on a train, and
> involves a star-crossed love relationship in which the woman dies.
> We've tried the 'Videohound's Golden Movie Retriever' and some general
> internet searches to no avail. Does this plot sound familiar to
> anyone? Thanks for any suggestions you can provide.

FROM: Susan Creed <screed@spokanelibrary.org>
REC'D: 2/22/01, 2:12 PM

Aside from the musical part this sounds like "Julia" with Vanessa Redgrave
and Jane Fonda.


At 12:47 PM 2/22/01 -0500, you wrote:
>We have a patron who is looking for a sad World War II musical that she
>believes came out shortly after "The Sound of Music" (1965). She said
>it takes place mostly in Europe, some of the time on a train, and
>involves a star-crossed love relationship in which the woman dies.
>We've tried the 'Videohound's Golden Movie Retriever' and some general
>internet searches to no avail. Does this plot sound familiar to
>anyone? Thanks for any suggestions you can provide.
>Attachment Converted: "C:\Eudora\Attach\geaugage9.vcf"
>
Susan Creed
Youth Services Librarian,
Shadle Library
Spokane Public Library
2111 W. Wellesley
Spokane, WA 99205
screed@spokanelibrary.org

FROM: "Jennifer Presutto" <jp4088@ship.edu>
REC'D: 2/22/01, 5:35 PM

That sounds a lot like Madame Butterfly/ Miss Saigon. Madame Butterfly is a
tragic story of an American solder and a Japanese woman in WWII-- but it's
an opera. Miss. Saigon is the same story made into a musical. the only
difference is that instead of WWII, it takes place in the Vietnam war.
At the end, the women kill themselves so their children can live with their
fathers (the solders) in America.
I don't know if either of them were made into movies though..
hope that helped!

good luck with your search! :)

> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Subject: world war II musical
> From: "GW Reference Staff" <geaugage@oplin.lib.oh.us>
> Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2001 12:47:10 -0500
>
>
> We have a patron who is looking for a sad World War II musical that she
> believes came out shortly after "The Sound of Music" (1965). She said
> it takes place mostly in Europe, some of the time on a train, and
> involves a star-crossed love relationship in which the woman dies.
> We've tried the 'Videohound's Golden Movie Retriever' and some general
> internet searches to no avail. Does this plot sound familiar to
> anyone? Thanks for any suggestions you can provide.

FROM: Bsbgc@aol.com
REC'D: 2/22/01, 7:22 PM

In a message dated 2/22/2001 6:27:08 PM Eastern Standard Time,
jp4088@ship.edu writes:

<<
That sounds a lot like Madame Butterfly/ Miss Saigon. Madame Butterfly is a
tragic story of an American solder and a Japanese woman in WWII-- but it's
an opera. Miss. Saigon is the same story made into a musical. the only
difference is that instead of WWII, it takes place in the Vietnam war.
At the end, the women kill themselves so their children can live with their
fathers (the solders) in America.
I don't know if either of them were made into movies though..
hope that helped!
>>

But Miss Saigon is, I believe, a product of the 80's, at least - not 1965.

Binnie Syril Braunstein
romance novelist/former librarian

FROM: Spencer Ms Martha <Martha.Spencer@usmc-mccs.org>
REC'D: 2/23/01, 7:24 AM

Madame Butterfly is based on the U.S. opening trade relations with Japan in
the 1800s.

Martha

-----Original Message-----
From: Bsbgc@aol.com [mailto:Bsbgc@aol.com]
Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2001 5:16 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: Re: world war II musical


In a message dated 2/22/2001 6:27:08 PM Eastern Standard Time,
jp4088@ship.edu writes:

<<
That sounds a lot like Madame Butterfly/ Miss Saigon. Madame Butterfly is
a
tragic story of an American solder and a Japanese woman in WWII-- but it's
an opera. Miss. Saigon is the same story made into a musical. the only
difference is that instead of WWII, it takes place in the Vietnam war.
At the end, the women kill themselves so their children can live with their
fathers (the solders) in America.
I don't know if either of them were made into movies though..
hope that helped!
>>

But Miss Saigon is, I believe, a product of the 80's, at least - not 1965.

Binnie Syril Braunstein
romance novelist/former librarian

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