Guide Note: The Richard Rodgers-Oscar Hammerstein II musical The Sound of Music was based on the book The Story of the Trapp Family Singers by Maria von Trapp.
Fast Facts:
- The second-most successful movie of all times behind Gone with the Wind
- The elder of the two women in Austrian peasant garb in the background as Maria walks through a brick archway during "I Have Confidence" is the REAL Maria von Trapp
- Maria’s foster parents raised her as socialist without much religious affiliation
- In the boating scene, Kym Karath (Gretl) nearly drowned when she fell in the water
- Christopher Plummer has been known to refer to the film as "The Sound of Mucus" and compared working with Julie Andrews to "being hit over the head with a big Valentine's Day card, every day."
- In Spain the film is known as Smiles and Tears, in France, The Melody of Happiness, in Argentina, The Rebellious Novice, and Austria, My Songs - My Dreams
