Musicals
I love musicals! I especially love anything Rogers & Hammerstein. Also Judy Garland, Julie Andrews, Gene Kelley, Liza Minnelli, and various other artists.
I know there are alot of musicals that I haven't seen though. Do any of you have some favorite musicals or know of any good ones out there? I could make a list of the ones I've seen, but that would take a while. Would appreciate any suggestions. |
It sounds like you've seen everything I could mention. But I'll stay away from MGM and give it a try.
The 1936 version of Showboat is better than the MGM remake. Possibly a little too dark for your taste, but worth seeing: Oh, What a Lovely War The Ruling Class No original songs in either. The first has no plot, basically a musical revue using popular World War I songs to make an anti-war statement. Very cinematic and well staged. The latter is a black comedy with Peter O' Toole as a madman who thinks he is Jesus Christ, but later gets better when he thinks he is Jack the Ripper. Not everyone would call this a musical, but when people burst into song and dance on numerous occasions, what else is it? Blondie Goes Latin The long running Blondie series based on the comic strip had one entry that definitely qualifies as a musical and this is it. There are six or seven songs, mostly original, not great, but pleasant. Penny Singleton who was a singer gets to belt out a few, two more singers are added for this one, and even Baby Dumpling gets to do a duet with a little girl. It all takes place on an ocean liner and is well done in a modest way, with a good share of laugh thanks mainly to Arthur Lake and Daisy the dog. I dom't know if you've seen Doris Day musicals. She was better in those than in the Rock Hudson team-ups. Her two best are Pajama Game and Calamity Jane. Love Me or Leave Me where she plays singer Ruth Etting isn't really a musical, but it's worth seeing. MGm was the studio that excelled at musicals during the golden age of Hollywood. Paramount had Bing Crosby so they made them, too, but the only standout one is Holiday Inn with Fred Astaire. |
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Jesus Christ Superstar 2000 is my fav.
Brigadoon is one that makes me feel better when I'm ill. Moulin Rouge is great fun for me. Funny Girl is a classic that I enjoy. West Side Story Buffy the musical episode is in my cd player right now. The Sound of Music Rocky Horror Picture Show Desperado while not a musical, is one that I bought the DVD and CD to listen to. Godspell is a pretty terrible movie but the sound track is good. Then again I have a special fondness for it because I've done that show. LOL. |
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Since bleachedaddy broght up Brigadoon, which I assumed you've seen, let me point out the television version of it is available on youtube,which won an Emmy. It stars Robert Goulet and Peter Falk.
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Some great suggestions...I enjoy dark musicals as much as the warm and fuzzy stuff. In fact if you really look at the subject matter of some of the most popular musicals they're pretty dark. Sound of Music for instance...Dead mother, Nazi's, child exploitation, greed, war, fleeing your homeland to never return? Pretty dark stuff.
I've actually never seen Brigadoon I'll check out both versions. Oh what a lovely war...i'm not sure if I've seen that but I'm going to check it out as well. |
I am sure you've seen these but here goes.
Roger's and Hammerstien's Cinderella (a childhood obsession) The Stepsister's Lament (this is over the top but these girls are very talented http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWtfzhssSbU&feature=related When I was a kid I wanted to play one of the stepsister, the one with the creaky knee in the Lesley Ann Warren version. Once Upon A Mattress (another childhood obsession) Shy (Carol Burnett as the Princess Fred) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouL9ZMzEZ4k&feature=related Another role I coveted as a kid. La Vie en Rose (Edith Piaf biopic) Non, Je ne Regrette Rien (sung by Piaf and lip synched by the fabulous Marion Cotillard) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ot4Yn1dWydE Ray (biopic about Ray Charles starring the multi-talented Jamie Foxx) Hit the Road, Jack (sung by Jamie Foxx) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vu45m3bIWQk&feature=fvw Phantom of the Opera (a latter day obsession) Think of Me (Emmy Rossum) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjM1Lrsb7I8&feature=fvw I love this scene, the spinning camera takes in everything from the glittering Paris audience, to the crew in the flies then down into the pit, through a hole in the register, slipping through a chink in the stone floor we find the Phantom in the sewers listening to his pupil become a star. When the dancing mistress suggests Christine replace Carlotta and Andre says, "What a chorus girl! Don't be silly." I crack up. Ultra kitsch, fabulousity. |
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Seeing that Carol Burnett clip reminded me of New Faces, a flimed version of the Broadway review that featured Eartha Kitt singing many of her standards and Alice Ghostly (she reminded me of Burnett, not Kitt), Paul Lynde, and that French guy on Hogan's heroes.
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Although West Side Story is my alltime favorite movie, hands down, there are also some other musicals that, while they don't hold the same special place in my heart regarding movie musicals and movies generally as West Side Story, I like them well, too. Here they are, in no particular order:
Wizard of Oz My Fair Lady Sound of Music (although I've got ambivalent feelings about the story behind TSOM for a number complicated reasons) Cabaret Hair |
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I've never seen that Carol Burnette musical..didn't even know it exsisted!!
I'll try to list all the musicals I've seen Sound of Music My Fair Lady Oklahoma Seven Brides for Seven Brothers Les Miserables State Fair South Pacific Charlottes Web All the animated Disney movies Meet me in St. Louis Summerstock Wizard of Oz Rocky Horror Picture Show Guys and Dolls Phantom of the Opera Cats Greatest Show on Earth Mary Poppins Sweeny Todd Ray Walk the Line Dreamgirls Grease 1&2 White Christmas Harvey Girls Easter Parade I know there are more that I'm not thinking of..but I think my brain has just flat lined |
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Oh Eartha Kit just reminded me...St. Louis Blues! and of course West side story
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Originally Posted by WSSlover (Post 568323)
Although West Side Story is my alltime favorite movie, hands down, there are also some other musicals that, while they don't hold the same special place in my heart regarding movie musicals and movies generally as West Side Story, I like them well, too. Here they are, in no particular order:
Wizard of Oz My Fair Lady Sound of Music (although I've got ambivalent feelings about the story behind TSOM for a number complicated reasons) Cabaret Hair |
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You said earlier that you liked Liza Minnelli, but I only saw in your list one movie she was in (she "played" a baby in Easter Parade), so I have to second Cabaret as a film you need to watch. :cool:
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More to check out:
The King and I The Music Man All That Jazz (Which I found to be quite profound plus it had one of the sexiest dance scenes ever, IMO.) Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (With the delicious Truly Scrumptious.) Dirty Dancing Oklahoma Holiday Inn (Save for the X'mas season!) The Nightmare Before Christmas Sweeny Todd. Across the Universe |
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Oh well, I'll add Love Me Tonight, Gold Diggers of 1933, the Astaire-Rogers series, Stormy Weather, Cabin in the Sky, On the Town, An American in Paris, Singin' in the Rain, The Band Wagon, Porgy and Bess, Gigi, My Fair Lady, Jesus Christ Superstar (1973), Fame (1980), Chicago (2002), and Hairspray (2007) for now.
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If I repeat some that are on your list, I appologize.
Singing in the Rain has often been called the greatest musical ever made. It's certainly Gene Kelly's best. Academy Award best picture winners: An American in Paris Gigi Oliver Chicago Yankee Doodle Dandy Many Fred Astaire ones are good. I think the best is Band Wagon with Cyd Cherise. He first became a hit dancing wirh Ginger Rogers in the 1930's. They're a little dated now. The general critical consensus is the two best are Top Hat and Swing Time. I like The Gay Divorcee best. Other ones worth checking out Damn Yankees (if only to see Gwem Verdon dance and sing "Whatever Lola Wants") Carousel The Music Man (The movie version with Robert Preston, not that lousy TV version with a miscast Matthew Broderick |
Mark F just mentioned them in his list, but two of my favorite are:
Singin' in the Rain and Gigi. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FW02c5UNGl0 Singin' in the Rain is easily my favorite musical. It's got great songs, terrific performances, and is funny as hell. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4t2XmMuWZM Gigi is just great; I don't know how else to describe it but "sumptuous." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvglHa_P9BA I also love An American in Paris. Gene Kelly is just amazing. I've always thought of this as a "masculine musical," if that makes any sense. Watch it and I think you'll see what I mean. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeybDjUhsDU My wife's favorite is Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. It's also quite good. |
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Of course, a true musical has just as much dancing as singing, although I guess that's normally considered a ballet. I want to offer The Red Shoes as one of the greatest musicals even if it has no singing at all. Besides that, if The Red Shoes never existed, there probably would have never been An American in Paris.
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It's too stagey to be a complete success, but with a great cast and songs there's How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying
Annie Get Your Gun was the musical Judy Garland was making when MGM fired her and replaced her with Betty Hutton. It's good. Kiss Me Kate Great score and performances, even by the usually bland Kathryn Grayson |
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