The best Musicals Ever made
The criterium are: dance choreography, songs, camera, dancer, singer, art direction...
...honestly.. who need Step Up 3D and High School Musical? And yes, I've seen all of 'em.
...honestly.. who need Step Up 3D and High School Musical? And yes, I've seen all of 'em.
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- DirectorBusby BerkeleyStarsDick PowellAdolphe MenjouGloria StuartRomantic antics abound among the guests at a luxury hotel, including a stage director, an eccentric millionaire, and the daughter of a financial backer.The dance scenes/choreography of the "Lullaby of Broadway" is just amazing and in my mind the best filmed danced number (100 tap dancer in one Scene where dance simultanly)
- DirectorRoy Del RuthStarsEleanor PowellJames StewartVirginia BruceOn leave, a sailor falls in love with a young lady aspiring to become a Broadway dancer, but their relationship is jeopardized by an established Broadway star, who is also enamored by him.one name: Eleanor Powell.
Rap tap on the Woods, Swingin the Jinx away... amazing dance scenes. And she's until today the QUEEN OF TAP - DirectorMark SandrichStarsFred AstaireGinger RogersEdward Everett HortonAn American dancer comes to Britain and falls for a model whom he initially annoyed, but she mistakes him for his goofy producer.Fred Astaire - the greatest Tap Dancer who ever lived. "The Piccolino" and "cheek to cheek" are CLASSIC numbers!!!!
- DirectorGeorge StevensStarsFred AstaireGinger RogersVictor MooreRoguish gambler/dancer "Lucky" Garnett is challenged by his fiance's father to come up with $25,000 to prove he's worthy of her hand. But after he falls in love with a dance instructor, Lucky'll do anything to keep from earning the bucks.Bojangles of Harlem is an amazing dance number when Fred Astaire is dancing with / against his shadow.
- DirectorMark SandrichStarsFred AstaireGinger RogersRandolph ScottA Navy sailor tries to rekindle a romance with the woman he loves while on liberty in San Francisco.The number with tap-dancing sailors is fantastic.
- DirectorNorman TaurogStarsFred AstaireEleanor PowellGeorge MurphyJohnny Brett and King Shaw are an unsuccessful dance team in New York. A producer discovers Brett as the new partner for Clare Bennett but Brett, who thinks he is one of the people they lent money to, gives him the name of his partner.Begin the Beguine: Eleanor Powell versus Fred Astaire! Two greatest Tap Dancer of World together!!!
- DirectorStanley DonenGene KellyStarsGene KellyDonald O'ConnorDebbie ReynoldsA silent film star falls for a chorus girl just as he and his delusionally jealous screen partner are trying to make the difficult transition to talking pictures in 1920s Hollywood.Stunning, amazing choreographed. - HISTORY!!! -
- DirectorVincente MinnelliStarsGene KellyLeslie CaronOscar LevantThree friends struggle to find work in Paris. Things become more complicated when two of them fall in love with the same woman.Another great tap dancer: Gene Kelly, on the similar level with Fred Astaire. His dancing is a bit different than Astaire's. And its Leslie Caron's debut (discovered by Kelly)
- DirectorStanley DonenStarsFred AstaireJane PowellPeter LawfordA brother and sister dance act encounter challenges and romance when booked in London during the Royal Wedding.The Dancing in the living room is CLASSIC. Amazing made!!!!
- DirectorRouben MamoulianStarsFred AstaireCyd CharisseJanis PaigeA Russian government official is sent to Paris to bring back her comrades; she soon gets a taste of Paris life and falls in love with an American movie producer.From the "Stereophonic Sound" to "The Ritz Roll and Rock" number - just fantastic.
- DirectorMervyn LeRoyStarsWarren WilliamJoan BlondellAline MacMahonA wealthy composer rescues unemployed Broadway performers with a new play, but insists on remaining anonymous.The "Shadow Waltz" amazing filmed - with technic they had in 1933. The scenes / stage was almost destroyd by an eartquake during the filming.
- DirectorMervyn LeRoyStarsKathryn GraysonRed SkeltonHoward KeelThree Broadway producers struggling to get backing for their show, hope one's sudden inheritance of a half interest in a Parisian fashion house is the answer. They travel to Paris only to learn the salon is in debt and requires their help.Gower & Marge Champion - true dance champions. The final dance scenes / fashion-show sequence in glorious technicolor is fantastic. Also the dance /instrumental number of "Smoke get in your Eyes".
- DirectorW.S. Van DykeStarsNelson EddyEleanor PowellFrank MorganWest Point cadet Dick Thorpe falls in love with a girl, who turns out to be a princess from an European kingdom.Again Eleanor Powell: the final dances scenes on the drums was the biggest set ever build with the most dancer/extras in the scene a movie ever had.
- DirectorNorman Z. McLeodBusby BerkeleyStarsEleanor PowellAnn SothernRobert YoungA composer and his songwriter wife clash as they succeed in working together, writing hit Broadway shows, but fail in their marriage to the point of getting divorced twice.Eleanor Powells Dancing with the Dog (herself trained the dog!) and Broadway Rhythm are amazing numbers. in "That's Entertainment" we can see a behind the scenes how "Fascinating Rhythm" was filmed.
- DirectorEdwin L. MarinStarsAllan JonesJudy GarlandFanny BriceJudy Bellaire (Judy Garland) is the center of trouble at her exclusive, very conservative private school. She is expelled when she starts singing in a jazzy style in her music class. Mayhem ensues as she returns home to her actress mother, playwright father and dysfunctional Russian maid (Fanny Brice) and tries out as a blackface singer in a musical.Judy Garland - a outstanding talented singer and actress and dancer. 3 numbers are great: Swing Mr. Mendelssohn, Snooks (Why? - Because!) (Judy Garland with Fanny Brice), "Down on Melody Farm",
- DirectorJerome RobbinsRobert WiseStarsNatalie WoodGeorge ChakirisRichard BeymerTwo youngsters from rival New York City gangs fall in love, but tensions between their respective friends build toward tragedy.Doesn't need a comment.
- DirectorBusby BerkeleyStarsMickey RooneyJudy GarlandCharles WinningerA group of vaudevillians struggling to compete with talkies hits the road hoping for a comeback. Frustrated to be left behind, all of their kids put on a show themselves to raise money for the families and to prove they've got talent, too.Betty Jaynes versus Judy Garland - Opera versus Swing:
I Like Opera/I Like Swing, Figaro.... Medley...
I'm just speechless - amazing composed.
Also there was another amazing talented singer: Douglas McPhail who had a uncredited role as singer (can be heard) in "Broadway Melody of 1940). - DirectorHenry KingStarsGordon MacRaeShirley JonesCameron MitchellFifteen years after his death, a carousel barker is granted permission to return to Earth for one day to make amends to his widow and their daughter.Not only the Academy Winner song "You'll Never Walk Alone" sung by Shirley Jones is amazing, also those dance scenes filmed partially on location in Todd-AO.
- DirectorFred ZinnemannStarsGordon MacRaeGloria GrahameGene NelsonIn Oklahoma, several farmers, cowboys and a traveling salesman compete for the romantic favors of various local ladies.Like "Carousel" contains Oklahoma! Ballett Dance Scenes. Also filmed in TODD-AO and in Cinemascope.
- DirectorCharles WaltersStarsJudy GarlandFred AstairePeter LawfordA nightclub performer hires a naive chorus girl to become his new dance partner to make his former partner jealous and to prove he can make any partner a star.Judy Garland and Fred Astaire together. What do you want more? Ann Miller sing and tap dance number... that still rocks after 65 years.
- DirectorGeorge SidneyJoseph BarberaWilliam HannaStarsFrank SinatraKathryn GraysonGene KellyA pair of sailors on leave try to help a movie extra become a singing star.Gene Kelly and Jerry Mouse... stunning
- DirectorRobert StevensonStarsJulie AndrewsDick Van DykeDavid TomlinsonIn turn of the century London, a magical nanny employs music and adventure to help two neglected children become closer to their father.Another true classic musical with Real-Life combined with Animation: thats ART! or in other words: supercalifragelisticepsicaligoteous.
- DirectorRobert WiseStarsJulie AndrewsChristopher PlummerEleanor ParkerA young novice is sent by her convent in 1930s Austria to become a governess to the seven children of a widowed naval officer.Another Julie Andrews Vehicle. It's history of great musicals filmed on location. Unforgetable songs: Do-Re-Me, My Favorie Things, The Loneley Goatheard and Edelweiss. Julie Andrews voice is just amazing.
- DirectorPhyllida LloydStarsMeryl StreepPierce BrosnanAmanda SeyfriedThe story of a bride-to-be trying to find her real father told using hit songs by the popular 1970s group ABBA.The songs are classic. This musical is wonderful filmed. Ok, dance scenes are by far not good (they're almost cheapy choreographed) but Meryl Streep is fantastic. Also her two friends. - its just a good feeling musical.
- DirectorVincente MinnelliStarsGene KellyVan JohnsonCyd CharisseTwo Americans on a hunting trip in Scotland become lost. They encounter a small village, not on the map, called Brigadoon, in which people harbor a mysterious secret, and behave as if they were still living two hundred years in the past.completely filmed in the studios - gives a own charme and fantasy touch - very well choreographed and danced: Gene Kelly and Cyd Charisse.