where lavish broadway adaptation is notably by theatrical partnership of rodgers and hammerstein, were beloved at the box office and by the academy. # when i am with you # getting to know what to say #. the king and i won five oscars. carol reed's oliver was awarded six. my fair lady received eight oscars and was the second highest grossing film of 1964. the sound of music was the most successful film of 1955 and took five oscars, including best picture. the golden age of the hollywood musical would really have been around the late 60s, early 70s, but in the 1970s, you had some real clunkers. you had two hugely successful broadway shows, annie and a chorus annie and a chorus line,