Scrapbook Part 2

PART 2
When "The Danny Thomas Show" came to an end after 7 successful seasons, I was interviewed to play "Brigitta Von Trapp" in a little movie that 20th Century Fox was making titled "The Sound of Music". I sang and danced on the audition. Danny Thomas released me from the last show so I could begin working on this movie. For that I am so grateful. "The Sound of Music" took about a year to film. We recorded the songs, learned the dance routines, traveled to Salzburg, Austria for about 3 months and completed the shooting back at 20th Century Fox Studios. It was the experience of a lifetime.	This is one of my favorite pictures. It's a shot of us rehearsing the bike scene during 'Do, Re, Mi'. I'm holding my elbow because I just fell off my bike. If you look closely during the bike scene, you'll see my scraped knee. But even though I fell off my bike the show must go on. That scene took a lot of practice and precise timing. Hey it's all in days work. It looks alot easier than it was.
This picture was taken right before Julie Andrews won the Academy Award for best actress in 'Mary Poppins.' We were thrilled for her. Julie was alot of fun to be around. She taught us how to sing, 'Supercalafragilisticexpialidocious' backwards!. I can still sing it to this day. Behind us is Pamela Denova our dialog coach who kept our British accents sharp, and Heather Menzies (Louisa) on my left. Heather and I became the best of friends and we drove everyone crazy with our Beatle songs. We were inseperable, and are still best friends today.	Here's Robert Wise directing us in the 'My Favorite Things' sequence in the movie. Robert Wise didn't know it when he cast me as Brigitta in the movie, but he had hired me once before in my very first movie "Somebody Up There Likes Me." Bob had given me the stuffed mouse he's holding in this picture and I asked him if he would sign it for me. He couldn't believe I was the same little girl he had cast in that movie years before.

When we performed on stage in Salzburg at the end of the movie we filmed in this beautiful old outdoor theatre. They brought in people off the street to fill the seats because the theatre was so large. When we sang 'Edelweiss' there were tears in the eyes of the audience. Maybe it was because it was freezing that night, or maybe it was because the song touched them.
BEHIND THE SCENES	This picture was taken when I tested for the part of 'Louisa' in a blonde wig. I'm glad they went with my real hair color and I got the part of Brigitta.
Practicing with those darn puppets	We had to get our schooling everyday...
Lunch with aprons to protect our party clothes. Kym celebrates her birthday on the set	The two Brigitta dolls circa 1992 and 1998 by Madame Alexander
Here we are with the REAL Von Trapp Family, the MOVIE Von Trapp Family, and the BROADWAY CAST Von Trapps. This picture was taken after seeing 'The Sound of Music' play on stage in New York City, December 1998. CLICK TO ENLARGE	The Mozart Medallion we received. The Austrian Government presented the movie Von Trapp Children and the real Von Trapp Family with the 'Mozart Medallion.' We were all touched to have been honored in this way.
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'The Sound of Music' has continued to be a wonderful memory to this day. The seven of us 'kids' returned to Salzburg, Austria in November 2000 where we filmed a documentary for British television. Returning to where we shot the film was an experience I'll never forget.	Over the years there have been many premieres and celebrations of 'The Sound of Music'. Here we are at the 45th Anniversary Celebration at the Hollywood Bowl. I am proud to have been in a film that has touched so many people over the years.
Heather and I were flown to Austria in 2002 to film the MOVIE LOVERS ROAD TRIP. We had such a blast. It was during this trip I shot photographs and handpainted them in the many locations that we shot the film. CLICK HERE FOR PIX FROM THIS TRIP CLICK HERE TO SEE MY HAND PAINTED PHOTOGRAPHS FROM AUSTRIA	When I returned from Austria I had an exhibit of the shots of Salzburg I had taken and handpainted the photographs with oils. You can see my exhibit by clicking 'ECHOES' exhibit. Do you recognize the locations where they were shot?
At the Academy with Robert Wise	Travels of the 'Sound of Music" kids Click Here Find out more about our adventures as the Von Trapp's What are the "Sound of Music kids" doing now? Click Here
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