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Showing posts with label musicals. Show all posts
Showing posts with label musicals. Show all posts
Wednesday, July 4, 2018

Happy Independence Day from "Holiday Inn" (1942)

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Thursday, March 2, 2017

Remake This, Not This! Brigadoon (1954)

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Remake This... Bosley Crowley of The New York Times found " it equally hard to say why the film made from that [stage] triump...
Tuesday, January 17, 2017

7 More Actors Whose Singing Voices will Surprise You

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Robert Mitchum in "Rachel and the Stranger" (1948) Cary Grant in "Love Divided by Two" (1934) Basil...
Monday, January 9, 2017

#ManCrushMonday: Howard Keel in "Kiss Me Kate" (1953)

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Rugged, handsome, and to put it bluntly, deathly sexy, Keel plays a Broadway director and costar to his ex-wife. While playing mostly arroga...
Monday, December 19, 2016

#ManCrushMonday #HolidayEdition 6 Times Bing Crosby Made Christmas Happen

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"O Sanctissima"  from "The Bells of St. Mary's" (1945) "White Christmas"  from  "White C...
Tuesday, December 13, 2016

Deathmatch: Holiday Inn (1942) vs. White Christmas (1954)

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History "Holiday Inn" was always to star Bing Crosby, composer Irving Berlin practically insured it in pitching the idea...
Wednesday, December 7, 2016

#WomanLoveWednesday #HolidayEdition A Judy Garland Christmas

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Thursday, November 10, 2016

Remake this, Not This!: Kiss Me Kate (1953)

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Remake This... The 1953 film adaptation of the musical was received lukewarmly, having been considered the first 3D musical. "Kiss M...
Tuesday, November 8, 2016

5 Times When... Rita Hayworth Dazzled

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Gilda (1946) The Lady of Shanghai (1947) You've Never Been Lovelier (1942) Gilda (1946) You've Never Been L...
Tuesday, August 16, 2016

5 Actors Whose Singing Voices Will Surprise You

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Clint Eastwood  in "Paint Your Wagon" (1969) Peter Lawford  in  "Good News" (1947) Dana Andrews ...
Friday, August 5, 2016

5 of the Best Songs in Musicals

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Brush Up Your Shakespeare  from "Kiss Me Kate" (1953) That's Entertainment  from "The Band Wagon" ...
Friday, May 6, 2016

Favorite Musical Sequences

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"I Don't Care" from "In the Good Old Summertime" (1949) "When Love Goes Wrong" from "Gentl...
Monday, May 2, 2016

#ManCrushMonday Douglas McPhail's Voice

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Douglas McPhail may have had smaller eyes and cherubic features, but his voice was a character itself. A deep, rich baritone, which might h...
Friday, April 22, 2016

4 Times When Oscar Levant Gave Zero F***s

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"An American in Paris," (1951) "The Bandwagon," (1953) "The Barkleys of Broadway," (1949) ...
Wednesday, March 30, 2016

TCM's April 2016 Star of the Month, Judy Garland

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Friday, April 1 7:00 pm Pigskin Parade (1936) 8:45 pm Listen, Darling (1938) 10:15 pm Love Finds Andy Hardy (1938) 12:00 am...
Tuesday, March 1, 2016

A Love Letter to... Anthony Perkins

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I love you when you're smoldering (Catch-22, 1970) I love you when you're a little creepy (Psycho, 1960) I love...
Thursday, January 14, 2016

Top 10 Favorite Dancing Moments

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"From this Moment On"  from "Kiss Me Kate" (1953) Ann Miller  in  "Prehistoric Man"  in "...
Wednesday, December 16, 2015

My Top 9 Favorite Christmas Movies: White Christmas (1954)

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In the blind hope to bring back the dynamic duo from 1942's "Holiday Inn," Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire, "White Chris...