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I've been catching up on musicals and classic movies for a while now and my favorites are:
Damn Yankees Gypsy Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (Jane Russell is great in this) Auntie Mame Pajama Game
Are you a musicals or classic movie watcher? What movies do you recommend?
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I love musicals!
The Sound of Music is my favorite! I also love; Grease, Dirty Dancing, Cinderella, and really any Disney animated classic. We used to sing all night long when we arranged flowers for Valentine's day and during Christmas-time in my friend's flower shop. Miss that! Now the only thing I get to sing in public is "Happy Birthday"! hahaha!!!
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All those are great. I listened to the Little Mermaid Broadway Musical and it was great! Poor Unfortunate Souls is such a great song!
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My favorite movie musicals include
Wizard of Oz Yankee Doodle Dandy Singing in the Rain My Fair Lady The Music Man Hello Dolly Oliver Fiddler on the Roof How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying The Producers
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Oooo... The Little Mermaid is wonderful! I love Madame Butterfly too. I have no idea what they are saying, but LOVE the feelings I get from it! I have the soundtrack (like, 5 CDs) and love them all...weird; I know. Footloose is another favorite, and also love the soundtrack from Crique du Soleil's "Allegria". I guess it's the emotions they invoke, just by "feeling" the music, even though I don't understand the words. Moving, ya know?
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My favorite is The Apple Tree, a trilogy with three story ideas tied together by the theme that you may get what you want, only to find that it wasn't what you wanted after all.
Alan Alda, of MASH fame, sang the lead in the original stage play.
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One of my all time musicals is Funny Girl with Barbra Streisand and Omar Sharif. Her song at the end of the movie makes me cry with her every time I see it.
Walk in Peace and Harmony. Phyllis Doyle Burns Avatar: Fair Helena by Rackham, Public Domain
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Hi Monica, You might be sorry that you asked (or just that I replied) when you see my list as just prior to moving to Mexico I bought about 54 musical videos. We didn't have Internet for the first two years so I watched them over and over and over...
So, here's my list of "favorite musicals" in no particular order: Wizard of Oz Carousel For Me and My Gal Top Hat Singin' in the Rain State Fair Grease Damn Yankees Meet Me in St. Louis White Christmas South Pacific Hello Dolly Yankee Doodle Dandy The King and I Guys and Dolls Show Boat Annie Get Your Gun West Side Story My Fair Lady Oklahoma Holiday Inn High Society Thoroughly Modern Millie The Music Man The Producers Fame Babes on Broadway Brigadoon There's No Business Like Show Business Fiddler on the Roof
Not asked but... Judy Garland, Gene Kelly, and Robert Preston would be my favorite musical performers.
Last edited by Les-Mexico, Ath/Agnostic; 05/06/11 01:23 PM.
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Thanks for all the ideas! Working my way down your list Les but I do remember a couple of those from when I was a kid but want to watch them again. I love anything that has singing and dancing in it even if it's bad I'll still watch it.
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Almost any movie with Gene Kelly is worth watching. I also really like the 1962 film directed by Gene Kelly called "Gigot". It is a wonderful movie. It is Jackie Gleason's greatest acting performance of a lonely mute who learns to love a young girl and try to care for her as if she was his daughter. It is a funny, but very warm and heart-felt film. Gigot - online
Last edited by Craig58; 05/11/11 08:00 PM.
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