Tuesday, September 05, 2006

Movie musicals

AFI top 25 movie musicals:

1 SINGIN' IN THE RAIN 1952 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (Kelly, Reynolds) *
2 WEST SIDE STORY 1961 United Artists *
3 WIZARD OF OZ, THE 1939 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (Garland) *
4 SOUND OF MUSIC, THE 1965 Twentieth Century-Fox (Andrews) *
5 CABARET 1972 Allied Artists (Minnelli, Grey) *
6 MARY POPPINS 1964 Disney (Andrews, van Dyke) *
7 STAR IS BORN, A 1954 Warner Bros. (Garland) *
8 MY FAIR LADY 1964 Warner Bros. (Hepburn, Harrison) *
9 AMERICAN IN PARIS, AN 1951 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (Kelly, Caron) *
10 MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS 1944 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (Garland) *
11 KING AND I, THE 1956 Twentieth Century-Fox (Brynner, Kerr) *
12 CHICAGO 2002 Miramax (Zellweger, Zeta-Jones) *
13 42ND STREET 1933 Warner Bros. (Baxter, Daniels) *
14 ALL THAT JAZZ 1979 Twentieth Century-Fox, Columbia (Schneider) *
15 TOP HAT 1935 RKO (Astaire, Rogers) *
16 FUNNY GIRL 1968 Columbia (Streisand, Sharif) *
17 BAND WAGON, THE 1953 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (Astaire, Charisse)
18 YANKEE DOODLE DANDY 1942 Warner Bros. (Cagney) *
19 ON THE TOWN 1949 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (Kelly, Sinatra)
20 GREASE 1978 Paramount (Travlota, Newton-John)
21 SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS 1954 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (Powell, Keel) *
22 BEAUTY AND THE BEAST 1991 Disney (cartoon)
23 GUYS AND DOLLS 1955 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (Brando, Simmons) *
24 SHOW BOAT 1936 Universal (Dunne) *
25 MOULIN ROUGE! 2001 Twentieth Century Fox (Kidman, McGregor) *

Marni Nixon must be proud! She is in numbers 2, 8 and 11. Judy Garland appeared in 3, 7 and 10. There's a bit too much Gene Kelly for me (1, 9, 19) and not enough Fred Astaire (15 and 17). Julie Andrews is in 4 and 6.  Howard Keel is in 24 and 21.  Ginger Rogers is in 15 and 13.

Chicago is a little high on the list for me. Rent is missing, as are Oklahoma, Carousel, Hello Dolly and South Pacific. Moulin Rouge? Give me a break.

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