I found Letters to Liesl by Charmian Carr and Jean Strauss on my shelf (autographed by both women) and started it one night. It didn't take long and was definitely a fun read.
I have not been shy to admit that my favorite movie is The Sound of Music. I saw it when it was rereleased in the early 1970s. A group of us girls went to the movie theater (someone's mom dropped us off) and I know I was entranced. I fell in love with the whole musical family, and I don't remember how many times I've seen the movie since.
This book is the sequel to Forever Liesl, Charmian's memoir of the making of The Sound of Music. (I still need to read that one.) In this one, Charmian answers some of the thousands and thousands of fan letters and we see how infinitely popular this movie has been - I am not the only huge fan (not by a long shot!).
The Claremont story behind this book is that Charmian used to date a Harvey Mudd College trustee, and that is how she met Jean Strauss, when Strauss' husband, Jon, was president of HMC. Jean told Charmian that her story must be told, and Jean made the book a reality. I even had a brief meeting with Charmian once at an HMC event, thanks to Jean.
So, good memories all around!
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I love this connection, Charlotte. There was a resurgence of Sound of Music a few years ago. It was the school musical at CHS at the same time it was at Griswold's. I saw it a few times, as Beth was in it, and also at Griswold's, then it was on TV. I thought I was "Sound of Music'ed" out - when some buyers I was entertaining in NYC wanted to see it on Broadway that same weekend when I had flown in - so I took them! And you know what, I was NOT sick of it. Each version had something new, something charming. As much as I loved it the first 20 times, I loved it again. Liesl. Aha!
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