1967 TV Special
Carousel was also adapted as a videotaped television special and broadcast in color on May 7, 1967, on ABC-TV. The special starred Robert Goulet as Billy, Mary Grover as Julie, Marlyn Mason as Carrie and Pernell Roberts as Jigger, with Charlie Ruggles as the Starkeeper. Edward Villella was the choreographer. The television version did not use a flashback framework, and retained Billy's suicide, rather than having him accidentally killed.
One change that the 1967 TV special made in the story was in making it obvious that the heavenly Starkeeper and Dr. Seldon, the graduation speaker in the final scene, are one and the same. This is not apparent in the original show.
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