Bringing the smash Broadway musical The Music Man to film audiences proved a big undertaking. Three studios competed for the rights during the waning days the great movie musical. And although Robert Preston had thrilled audiences in the show for three years onstage, a search began to find a more recognizable star to play con man Harold Hill.
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