In 1958, she recorded "Juanita Hall Sings the Blues" (at Beltone Studios in New York City), backed by a group of jazz musicians that included Claude Hopkins, Coleman Hawkins, Buster Bailey, Doc Cheatham, and George Duvivier. In 1958, she reprised Bloody Mary in the film version of "South Pacific", for which her singing part was dubbed (because of legal matters involving copyright), at Richard Rodgers's request, by Muriel Smith, who had played the role in the London production. The same year, Hall starred in "Flower Drum Song", another Broadway show by Rodgers and Hammerstein. She also toured in the road show version of "Flower Drum Song", but she had to leave it in early 1962 because of illness.