The Music Man SECRETS FROM THE SET

THE 1962 MOVIE MUSICAL HAD A SPECIAL PLACE IN THE HEARTS OF ITS FANS AND ITS STARS

- Lindsay Hoffman

Filming The Music Man became a family affair for Shirley Jones, who was secretly pregnant with her second son, Patrick. “Robert Preston and my mom are on that footbridge singing,” recalls Shirley’s oldest son, Shaun Cassidy. “Preston steps back and says, ‘What the hell was that?’ My mother looks down and realizes that was Patrick Cassidy, because he’s just kicked Mr. Preston from the womb.”