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Post by topbilled on Jan 8, 2023 3:55:28 GMT
My favorite musical is probably SINGIN' IN THE RAIN. I know I'm not really thinking outside the box here, but it's just such an enjoyable "comfort film" that I always look forward to watching it again.
I've always gotten a kick out of GREASE.
In the early 2000s I was quite enamored with the Nicole Kidman-Ewan MacGregor version of MOULIN ROUGE! I haven't seen it in over ten years, so I wonder if it still holds up and whether or not I'd enjoy it if I were to re-watch it.
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Post by cineclassics on Jan 8, 2023 22:49:34 GMT
Singin' in the Rain is also my choice. However, I really enjoy the pre-code musicals, Footlight Parade (those 3 numbers are amazing and James Cagney's presence elevates the film) and Golddiggers of 1933. And I have to throw in an Astaire/Rogers film, and I'll go with Top Hat.
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Post by Newbie on Jan 8, 2023 23:48:18 GMT
Don’t know if I have a favorite but the Hair movie Soundtrack is probably my favorite to listen to/sing along with! Hair is a good one, underrated. My pick: A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to the Forum (1966) |
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Post by paulll92 on Jan 11, 2023 22:37:35 GMT
I love musicals and will name a few of my favorites!!❤️ The Harvey Girls (1946)  On the Town (1949)  The Band Wagon (1953)  White Christmas (1954)  Meet Me in Las Vegas (1956)  West Side Story (1961)  The Sound of Music (1965)  |
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Post by paulll92 on Jan 13, 2023 13:30:30 GMT
Forgot to mention other greats: State Fair (1945)  Oklahoma! (1955)  |
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Post by Swithin on Jan 21, 2023 4:33:15 GMT
My favorite is Li'l Abner (1959). \ I love Li'l Abner. The movie is great and has most of the cast from the Broadway original, apart from Daisy Mae and a few others. The sets seems pretty much as they were in the stage show as well. I saw a revival of it at New York City Center in 1998. Julie Newmar reprised her original role of Stupefyin' Jones, at the age of 66! One of my favorite shows -- though I only know it from the cast recording -- is Tenderloin, Bock and Harnick's musical after Fiorello! and before She Loves Me and Fiddler on the Roof. Tenderloin was about the NYC red light district in the 1890. One of the songs became a hit (in an uptempo version) for Bobby Darin. One of my favorites songs is "How the Money Changes Hands," in which a prostitute tries to explain to a preacher (played by Maurice Evans) how the economics of prostitution work: |
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Post by jamesjazzguitar on Feb 6, 2023 18:52:03 GMT
Footlight Parade (1933)- Pre-code with James Cagney and Joan Blondell, with numbers directed by Busby Berkeley.
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Post by paulll92 on Feb 6, 2023 23:09:33 GMT
I watched this through for the first time last night and have to add it to the musicals I love, it's 1776 (1972) 💙
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Post by gerald424 on Feb 27, 2023 2:44:09 GMT
I see this person deleted. But, this is one of my favorite movies period. Always makes me smile. At no point can you take anything in it seriously. Its just fun.
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Post by gerald424 on Feb 27, 2023 2:47:20 GMT
I love musicals and will name a few of my favorites!!❤️ The Harvey Girls (1946) |
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