The One and Only, Genuine, Original, Family Band
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| Directed by | Michael O'Herlihy |
| Produced by | Bill Anderson |
| Screenplay by | Lowell S. Hawley |
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The Family Band: from the Missouri to the Black Hills, 1881-1900 by Laura Bower Van Nuys |
| Starring |
Walter Brennan Buddy Ebsen Lesley Ann Warren John Davidson |
| Music by |
Songs: Richard M. Sherman Robert B. Sherman Score: Jack Elliott |
| Cinematography | Frank V. Phillips |
| Edited by | Cotton Warburton |
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| Distributed by | Buena Vista Distribution |
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110 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $2,250,000 (US/ Canada) |
The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band is a 1968 American musical film from Walt Disney Productions based on a biography by Laura Bower Van Nuys, directed by Michael O'Herlihy, with original music and lyrics by the Sherman Brothers. Set against the backdrop of the 1888 presidential election, the film portrays the musically talented Bower family, American pioneers who settle in the Dakota Territory.
Walter Brennan, Buddy Ebsen, Lesley Ann Warren and John Davidson head the cast. Kurt Russell is also featured, and, in a bit part, Goldie Hawn makes her big-screen debut.
Originally planned as a two-part television show titled The Family Band, the project was based on a book by Laura Bower Van Nuys. The memoir by Van Nuys, the youngest of the Bower children, described her family's brass band, their journey out of Missouri, and their frontier life in the Black Hills.
Walt Disney had asked the Sherman Brothers for their help on the project, feeling the story was too flat. The Shermans wrote the song "The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band", which was ultimately used as the title of the motion picture. After hearing the song, Disney decided to add more songs to the film and turn it into a musical. In all, the Sherman Brothers wrote eleven songs for the film, though Robert Sherman reportedly did so under protest, believing the subject matter too mundane to be made into a feature-length musical film.
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