Where Do We Go from Here? (film)

Where Do We Go from Here? (film)

"Where Do We Go From Here" is an original movie musical produced by Twentieth Century-Fox in 1945 starring Fred MacMurray, June Haver, Joan Leslie, Gene Sheldon, Anthony Quinn and Fortunio Bonanova. The score was composed by Kurt Weill with lyrics by Ira Gershwin. Gregory Ratoff directed and Morrie Ryskind wrote the screenplay from a story by Sig Herzig and Ryskind. [ [http://imdb.com/title/tt0038245/ "Where Do We Go From Here"] at the Internet Movie Database] The film is notable as Weill's only musical written directly for the screen and for its anachronistic blend of history and contemporary (1940s) slang. At the time, the mock-operatic sequence, "The Nina, the Pinta, the Santa Maria," was one of the longest musical sequences ever created for a screen musical. It was released on May 23rd that year.

ynopsis

plays the girl who loves (and ultimately lands) him.

Production

Kurt Weill had not been well served by Hollywood. His scores for the Broadway shows "Knickerbocker Holiday", "Lady in the Dark" and "One Touch of Venus" had been drastically cut for their film adaptations. Although a few cuts were made in his proposed score for "Where Do We Go From Here", most of his work with Ira Gershwin remains, including a lengthy mock-opera bouffé aboard Columbus' ship during which the crew threatens to mutiny.

June Haver and Fred MacMurray met while working on this film and were later married. "Where Do We Go From Here" has never been released on home video. A recording taken directly from the soundtrack of the film was released on LP (Ariel KWH 10) [ [http://www.castalbums.org/recordings/1075/#releases "Where Do We Go From Here" recording] at castalbums.org] and a set of rehearsal recordings performed by Kurt Weill and Ira Gershwin is currently available on the CD "Tryout" [ [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=&sql=10:0xfpxquhldhe "Tryout" review] at allmusic.com] (DRG Records) including extended versions of the songs "Nina, the Pinta, the Santa Maria," "Song of the Rhineland" and "Manhattan (Indian Song)."

ongs

* All at Once
* Morale
* If Love Remains
* Song of the Rhineland
* Columbus (The Nina, the Pinta, the Santa Maria)
* It Could Have Happened to Anyone (cut)
* Woo, Woo, Woo, Woo, Manhattan (cut)

References

External links

* [http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title.jsp?stid=95529&category=Overview "Where Do We Go From Here"] at Turner Classic Movies
* [http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/116607/Where-Do-We-Go-From-Here-/overview "Where Do We Go From Here?" review] in the "The New York Times"
* [http://www.kwf.org/pages/works/w6main.html "Where Do We Go From Here"] at Kurt Weill Foundation


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