Roos Field is an outdoor college football stadium on the campus of Eastern Washington University in Cheney, Washington. It is home venue of the Eastern Washington. Crusty and Rusty: 1958 MGA Roadster Barn Find Cobra Kin: 1958 AC Ace-Bristol Roadster Cheap 1958 MGA Roadster Project 1955 Magnette ZA Project Pair. Michener's best- selling novel Tales of the South Pacific, the film stars Mitzi Gaynor as WAVE officer Nellie Forbush, who while stationed overseas during World War II falls in love with wealthy French planter Emile De Becque (Rosanno Brazzi). The Navy would like De. Becque to help them in a reconnaissance mission against the Japanese, but he refuses; having run away from the outside world after killing a man in his home town, De Becque sees no reason to become involved in a war which he did not start and in which he has no interest. But when Nellie, her inbred bigotry aroused when she discovers that Emile has two mixed- race children, refuses his proposal of marriage, De. Becque, having nothing to lose, agrees to go on the mission. His partner in this venture is Lt. Joseph Cable (John Kerr), who like Nellie is a victim of prejudicial feelings; Cable has previously thrown away a chance at lasting happiness by refusing to marry Liat (France Nuyen), the dark- skinned daughter of Tokinese trader Bloody Mary (Juanita Hall). When Cable is killed and De. Becque is seemingly lost in battle, Nellie, realizing the stupidity of her racism, prays for Emile's safe return. The dramatic elements of South Pacific are offset by the low- comedy antics of . Outside of Walston and Hall, both repeating their stage characterizations, South Pacific suffers from a largely noncharismatic cast. Mitzi Gaynor never rises above cuteness in the difficult role of Nellie Forbush, while Rosanno Brazzi (whose singing is dubbed by Giorgio Tozzi) seems to be striking poses rather than acting as Emile De. Becque. These casting deficiencies might have been ignored had not South Pacific been laboring under an additional handicap: director Joshua Logan's decision to use colored filters in several key scenes, representing the emotions experienced by the actors. The constant color shift is more unsettling than attractive, drawing attention to Logan's technique and thereby taking the audience . With all this going against it, however, South Pacific has much to be treasured. For one thing, all of Rodgers & Hammerstein's immortal songs- -. In addition, the film is a bonanza for movie buffs who enjoy playing . Though artistically disappointing, South Pacific ended up one of the biggest box- office gold mines of the 1.
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