# Best Movie Musical Dance Numbers **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 16, 2002, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-movie-musical-dance-numbers/98623 "2002-03-16T16:18:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2002, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-movie-musical-dance-numbers/98623/1 "2002-03-16T16:18:56Z")
We are watching Singing in the Rain again - and I love the “Moses Supposes” dance number. Especially the sidelong glaces Gene Kelly and Donald O’Conner give each other - “You keeping up?” What are some other great musical dance numbers? ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2002, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-movie-musical-dance-numbers/98623/2 "2002-03-16T18:52:35Z")
_Singin’ in the Rain_ has several others – the title tune, and “Make 'Em Laugh” standing out. Others: The “Take Off With This” number in _All That Jazz_ – probably the most erotic dance number ever committed to film. “Lullabye of Broadway” and “42nd Street” – Busby Berkeley’s best. ---
**Author:** ![easy\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/eb8c5e/32.png) [@easy\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/easy_e)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2002, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-movie-musical-dance-numbers/98623/3 "2002-03-16T19:46:48Z")
I know this subject has been covered in [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=23712e1). I’m not trying to be a hardass. The only reason I remember it was because it was one of the first threads I replied to. ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2002, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-movie-musical-dance-numbers/98623/4 "2002-03-16T20:03:24Z")
I seem to remember that one (although the link isn’t working), but these are the kinds of things it never hurts to rehash. (What were your search parameters - I can’t find it through search either)? ---
**Author:** ![magdalene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df788c/32.png) [@magdalene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magdalene)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2002, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-movie-musical-dance-numbers/98623/5 "2002-03-16T20:52:37Z")
If you like musicals, I strongly suggest hunting down _Lagaan_, an Indian film nominated for a Best Foreign Language Film Academy Award. The story, the singing, and the dancing are incredible. I’m rooting for it to upset Amelie, and you all know how much I loved Amelie. I love the Moses Supposes number from Singing in the Rain as well. It makes me happy. ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2002, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-movie-musical-dance-numbers/98623/6 "2002-03-16T23:55:45Z")
Gene Kelly and Jerry the mouse in _Anchors Away_ is a classic that gets better every time I watch it, from a time when combining live action and animation was truly a special effect. I’m personally partial to “A Man Chases A Girl”, the Donald O’Connor number from _There’s No Business Like Show Business_ in which the statues come to life. ---
**Author:** ![easy\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/eb8c5e/32.png) [@easy\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/easy_e)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2002, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-movie-musical-dance-numbers/98623/7 "2002-03-17T00:59:46Z")
Try number two (I’ll use preview to make sure it works). [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=79226](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=79226) I looked through all of my posts in IMHO (it was before Cafe Society).