The Music Man is a 1962
film musical starring
Robert Preston as Harold Hill and
Shirley Jones as Marian Paroo. The film is based on the 1957
Broadway musical of the same name by
Meredith Willson.The film was one of the biggest hits of the year and highly acclaimed critically. It also at last made Robert Preston into an "A" list star in motion pictures, after years of appearing in supporting roles in famous films and in starring roles in "B" movies. It also marked one of the first pictures in which Preston's character was not killed off, one of his former screen "trademarks." After the success of the film, Preston began getting much better film roles.
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