# Your Favorite Musical Film? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 14, 2001, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-musical-film/58005 "2001-03-14T21:12:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2001, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-musical-film/58005/121 "2001-03-20T21:55:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ukulele Ike \* > \*\*But the instrumental version of “Dancing in the Dark,” with Fred and Cyd wordlessly duetting in Central Park; THAT was a keeper. Gorgeous. \*\* And since it and I guess I’ll have to change my plan are in at least one of the That’s Entertainments, you don’t have to deal with the rest of the Band Wagon ever again… don’t even have to fastforward through it, bringing back all of the evil memories. ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2001, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-musical-film/58005/122 "2001-03-20T21:59:21Z")
& somehow I forgot Easter Parade… don’t know how, I watch it all the time… ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2001, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-musical-film/58005/123 "2001-03-20T23:29:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Eve \* > \*\*…but can’t tell the difference between Cyd Charisse and “No Nose Nanette?” \*\* What? What? What? That was Nanette in the first version of “That’s Entertainment” ! She played the playwright, damn it…or half of the married playwrighting team, along with Oscar Levant. And THEY did the song along with Astaire and Buchanan. Levant sang, I heard him. Well, “bellowed” is a more apt verb. And that was Charisse in the baby bonnet! And in the FINAL perf of “That’s Entertainment,” along with the entire rest of the cast. What did I screw up? I don’t think I screwed up. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalMuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecccb3/32.png) [@DigitalMuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalMuse)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2001, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-musical-film/58005/124 "2001-03-21T02:42:53Z")
The Lion King!! ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2001, 9:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-musical-film/58005/125 "2001-03-21T09:11:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by DigitalMuse \* > \*\*The Lion King!! \*\* Much better in the stage version, which is less Disney-fied and has more African-style (or African-ish) music added. And the costumes/staging are fab. ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2001, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-musical-film/58005/126 "2001-03-30T20:35:43Z")
For anyone who really does love it - AMC is showing both 'State Fair’s back to back this Saturday. ---
**Author:** ![MrVisible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@MrVisible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrVisible)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2001, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-musical-film/58005/127 "2001-03-31T00:05:25Z")
**Singin’ in the Rain** , for sure. I just watched it the other night. I have a friend who’s a media arts major at the local U who’d never seen it, and it took me forever to get him to grudgingly consent to watching it. (I had to play the “Trust me, I’m gay, I know my musicals” card.) So, we start watching late at night, and Rob is enjoying the hell out of himself, and we get to the just-pre-“Good Morning” scene. Where Donald O’Connor throws Gene Kelly the calendar. Gene: “This must be my lucky day. March 23rd!” I look over at my friend. “Hey, it really is March 23rd.” Donald: “Oh, no, your lucky day is the 24th! It’s 1:30 already! It’s morning!” We both look at the clock on the VCR. It’s 1:30, March 24th. Rob’s only response, after much goofing: “You sure chose the right movie.” Oh, and Scarred, > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Scarred \*\*\*If a widescreen version of **Singing In The Rain** ever shows up, my collection will be complete. \*\* Singin’ in the Rain was originally shot in 35mm, at a 1.37:1 aspect ratio. Before widescreen became popular. Your TV screen is approximately the same aspect ratio. Go get the DVD, it’s great. ---
**Author:** ![Medievalist2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e19adc/32.png) [@Medievalist2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Medievalist2)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2001, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-musical-film/58005/128 "2001-03-31T00:17:23Z")
Did anyone else see the new “South Pacific” movie on Monday? I thought it was wonderful. As I mentioned before, I love “The Sound of Music.” Other musical films that I love are “Camelot,” “My Fair Lady,” “Annie,” and “Mary Poppins.” I like almost all musicals - both stage musicals and musical films. One musical that I do NOT like is “Carousel.” I think it’s morbid. ---
**Author:** ![Albert\_Rose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de053/32.png) [@Albert\_Rose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Albert_Rose)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2001, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-musical-film/58005/129 "2001-03-31T00:37:49Z")
I enjoy the classics: **The Sound of Music, An American in Paris, 7 Brides for 7 Brothers.** I also like the 1936 version of **Show Boat**. Isn’t Miriam Hopkins great? I do have the soundtrack for the Ava Gardner version from the 50s. My favorite Fred and Ginger musicals are **Shall We Dance** and **Gay Divorcee**. **It Started With Eve** , since this thread did in fact start with Eve. I try to avoid **A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court** and **T.G.I.F.** Not to mention **Stayin’ Alive.** ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Creant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b487fb/32.png) [@Miss\_Creant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Creant)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2001, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-musical-film/58005/130 "2001-03-31T07:36:33Z")
Now I have a crush on Fenris for the dialouge from Singing in the Rain and the whole biblio-thread. What about The King and I? Does Young Frankenstein count? They do the whole puttin’ on the ritz number. bats long eyelashes at Fenris, blushes and runs away) ---
**Author:** ![exchicagoan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/0ea827/32.png) [@exchicagoan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/exchicagoan)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2001, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-musical-film/58005/131 "2001-03-31T08:02:11Z")
WEST SIDE STORY—the ONLY thing Sondheim has done that’s worth a damn—thanks to BERNSTEIN’S score! THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS----DANNY ELFMAN. What an ear. THE WIZARD OF OZ—Brilliant. “put em up, put em up!” SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS----I had a crush on TOMMY RALL, the guy that played “Frank”. THE PIRATE—JUDY and GENE–hard to beat. WORDS AND MUSIC—ROGERS AND HART plus an all-star cast. DAMN YANKEES—who cares if TAB HUNTER can sing! BTW–he could. ----I too was an MGM freak! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-musical-film/58005.md?page=6)