Review of Oklahoma!

A fine musical, if ever there was one, especially considering it was made in 1955. The highlights of the film for me were the charming performance of Charlotte Greenwood as "Aunt Eller" and of Rod Steiger as a singing farm worker. The negative role of Steiger probably led to his casting in a parallel role in David Lean's "Doctor Zhivago." Zinnemann is to be credited for picking Steiger in two of his early films--this one and in Steiger's debut film "Teresa" (1951).