FIFTY
SIXTEEN
18
300,000
10
14
W142
5
ELEVEN
4
FIVE
Years since
TheSoundofMusic
was released in 1965
Annual visits toSalzburg to see the
vonTrapp familyhomes andfilm locations
Number of real-life
vonTrapp children
LengthofMaria’swedding
dress in feet
Number of bows the third-place
winner, FrauleinSchweiger,
takes on stage at theMusic
Festival inFelsenreitschule
Age actressKymKarath
(akaGretl vonTrapp)was
when shefirst took the
SoundofMusic
tour in
Salzburg… incognito
Mercedes-Benzmodel thatCaptain
vonTrappdrives in thefilm
Number ofOsmond
brotherswho
allegedly auditioned
toplayoneof the
vonTrapp children
Ageof actressKym
Karath (akaGretl
vonTrapp)when she
auditionedby singing
“SixteenGoingon
Seventeen”
Thismonth, castmembers from
TheSoundofMusic
return to theFelsenreitschulestage in
Salzburg,Austria, tocelebrate thefilm’s50thanniversary.Wehave thebreakdown.
–KRISTYALPERT
AFewofOurFavoriteThings
PHOTOS
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POV
AcademyAwards thefilmwon
ZERO
PercentageofAustrianswho
eat “schnitzel withnoodles”
Price, indollars, of a “Maria”
marionette at theSalzburg
MarionetteTheatre’s gift shop
82
TipoffClassic
TheNBAseasongetsoff toadramaticstartwithMavsvs.Clips
Of the1,230NBAgamesscheduled thisseason, theonlydate
I’vecircled isOct.29: theDallasMavericksat theLosAngeles
Clippers.That’sbecauseClippercenterDeAndreJordan jilted
theMavericks thissummerafterpromising tosignwith the
team, lockinghimself inhishouseandhiding fromMavericks
officialsandhisownagent.Thisactionhas instantlycreated
theseason’smost fascinatingrivalry, setting the tone for just
howpersonal thisyear’s titlechasewillbe.
—
E.C.
Weeks the actors lived inSalzburg
whilemaking thepicture
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