Directed by Henry King with a screenplay by Phoebe and Henry Ephron, the 20th Century Fox film adaptation of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel premiered just a year after Oklahoma! made its way to the big screen. The film starred Gordon MacRae, Shirley Jones and Cameron Mitchell. The lead role of Billy Bigelow was originally to be played by Frank Sinatra, but he left the production shortly after filming began in Boothbay Harbor, Maine. Later, Sinatra would sing “If I Loved You” with Shirley Jones on television’s the Frank Sinatra Show.