Released:
1956-05-28

Overview:
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.

Director:
Alex Segal

Runtime:
1h 16min

Genre:
Music, Romance, TV Movie

• Cast:
• 
  Barbara Cook
  as
  Evelina Applegate
• 
  Keith Andes
  as
  Jefferson Calhoun
• 
  Carmen Mathews
  as
  Dolly Bloomer
• 
  Paul Ford
  as
  Horatio Applegate
• 
  Rawn Spearman
  as
  Pompey