Get me to watch your top musicals, but no promises

Jerry Lewis made some musicals, the only one I seen and liked was Rock-a-Bye Baby (1958). I watched that because it had Connie Stevens in it.

Robert wasn't as "zany" but I think he had it in him if given the chance.
Imagine if Robert Morse had been Dean Martin's partner and they didn't break up... "Martin & Morse" has a nice ring to it!

At some point I'll probably watch some early Jerry Lewis movies if for no other reasons he usually has an extractive actress or two in his movies.

Almost as many as Elvis, but not quite. They both had Mary Ann Mobley in a movie - one of the most beautiful women who ever lived!

Agreed! Not only lovely but a lovely screen presences. And get this, I just seen Mary Ann Mobley in her first movie last night, Get Yourself a College Girl (1964).

I've never seen that one (year I was born too!)
Another to add to the list.

Near impossible to find. The copy I found was so poor that the people in the background were hard to make out.

If you pay close attention, there's quite a bit of comedy in 1776. One of my favorite scenes is when Thomas Jefferson is supposed to be writing the Declaration of Independence, but after a week, John Adams is complaining that he hasn't finished it yet.

John Adams: Good god! A whole week! The entire earth was created in a week!
Thomas Jefferson: Someday, you must tell me how you did it.

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I wouldn't recommend it for you, per se, but The Apple will be a lock for my list. As will School Daze, which is the one I came here to mention as I've not seen anyone else do so here (though I suspect @Holden Pike might've somewhere else?)

Considering the fact I probably won't hit a full 25, I'll add Fame as something which will almost certainly make my list but I don't think has been mentioned here.

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I'd watch 1776 again, I did like it and I think my wife liked the movie too. I'll try to squeeze it in before the deadline.

Of those, Fame is the one I'd most likely watch. I've never seen it, though now I have that song stuck in my head, thanks

At least you'll remember my name...remember, remember, remember, remember.

Thanks for your recommendation. I watched it and here's my thoughts. Hint, it's a good one!

4 minute clip of one of the greatest songs and vocalist of any musical!
https://www.tcm.com/video/322985/sta...-that-got-away

This version of A Star Is Born is on my watchlist to rewatch because I haven't seen it in a while. Is there anything that Judy Garland couldn't sing? She had such an amazing voice!

Featuring the likes of Rick Moranis, Steve Martin, John Candy, Jim Belushi, Bill Murray, and Audrey II, the only musical I could ever recommend is Little Shop of Horrors (1986). Although, if pressed, I'd admit that The Wizard of Oz and The Sound of Music are ok.

Oh, I watched Little Shop of Horrors (1986) and couldn't stand it, sorry! The Wizard of Oz and The Sound of Music are two of the all time musical greats.

I re-watched South Pacific last night. I hope to get to 1776 and The Music Man in the next 5 weeks before the deadline to submit the ballot is up.

I flat out love this one. I love the songs. This is the only Rodgers and Hammerstein play that was made into a movie with all of the songs intact. The usual fare was to cut a number of the Broadway songs for runtime so the movie wasn't too long. At 2 hours 37 minutes the time flew by as I watched this and I can't always say that when I watch a long musical. The anti-racist anti-hate song, "You've Got to Be Carefully Taught", was a bold move and necessary to show that even in the tropical paradise on a south pacific island good people can still be raised to have bigoted views. The film has it's heart in the right place. I read that when this first came out some areas most likely in the south boycotted the film.

I'm a huge fan of Mitzi Gaynor who was known for her dancing and singing. Here she plays a conflicted woman who's in love with a French man who has two children that are Polynesian, and that bothers her as she was raised in the south to 'not mix'. Mitzi really is able to convey these complex emotions by facial expressions alone. Truly a fine dramatic performance. A young France Nuyen is as cute as a button especially during the song 'Happy Talk'. Her mother played by Juanita Hall is colorfully entertaining as was Ray Walston. Besides the conflicted emotions of bigotry there's a serious note as John Kerr, a your lieutenant, is sent on a mission along with Rossano Brazzi (the Frenchman) to spy on the Japanese army on a nearby island. Their mission during WWII is very dangerous.

Yes the color filters the director used are annoying at times but even he didn't like the effect once he seen it, but by then it was too late to re-shot those scenes.

Actually, saw this yesterday. While I liked it, it draws out the story of the original to almost twice the length with very few extra details...

Yeah those still photos and extended dialogue, break the continuity and flow of the story. I wish I could find a copy of the original theatrical cut that was shown nationwide.