‘The Sound of Music’ premieres in New York 50 years ago today (Mar 2 1965)


Video: 'The Sound of Music' (trailer)

(Tuesday, March 2, 1965)The Sound of Music, the movie version of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Broadway musical about a who woman leaves an Austrian convent to become a governess to the children of a Naval officer widower, premiered today at New York’s Rivoli Theater.

Directed by Robert Wise, the film starred Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer.