Maria and the von Trapp family were actually real people, and they really did escape Austria as the Nazi Party rose to power.

It took two months of rehearsal to get the moment in "Do-Re-Mi" when Maria and the von Trapp children ride their bicycles while singing. View Entire Post › ...

Maria von Trapp: nun, singer, mother, refugee... and the inspiration for The Sound of Music. The life of von Trapp was heroic, shocking, tragic, and almost unbelievable. It seems fairly safe to ...

In the movie that made her family famous, Maria von Trapp was renamed Louisa, a spunky 13-year-old tomboy known for hiding spiders in the beds of governesses she detested.

The von Trapp family appreciated artistry of the musical but not the 'discrepancies' with real-life events, especially surrounding Baron von Trapp.

It took two months of rehearsal to get the moment in "Do-Re-Mi" when Maria and the von Trapp children ride their bicycles while singing.

However, in real life, the von Trapps were a singing group before Maria von Trapp came into their lives. What the movie did get right was that the von Trapps did win the Salzburg Music Festival.

A collection of costumes from "The Sound of Music" -- including a full set of the Von Trapp children's drapery outfits -- will be up for bid at a July 29 Hollywood memorabilia auction, the ...

Suddenly, it hit me: When Fraulein Maria’s back was against the wall and the von Trapp children needed clothes, what did she do? She cut up the curtains and made them.