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Posts Tagged "based on stage musical"
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The Merry Widow ***** (1934, Jeanette MacDonald, Maurice Chevalier, Edward Everett Horton, Una Merkel) – Classic Movie Review 5776
Director Ernst Lubitsch’s 1934 MGM version of Franz Lehar’s famous operetta remakes a famous 1925 silent original The Merry Widow directed by Erich von Stroheim. It is an extravagant and effervescent delight, with the charming team […]
Lovely to Look At *** (1952, Kathryn Grayson, Red Skelton, Howard Keel, Ann Miller, Marge Champion, Gower Champion, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Kurt Kasznar, Marcel Dalio) – Classic Movie Review 5740
Red Skelton stars as Al Marsh, who is bequeathed a Paris boutique and travels to France to sell the shop to stage a show in New York with Tony Naylor (Howard Keel) and Jerry Ralby […]
Porgy and Bess **** (1959, Sidney Poitier, Dorothy Dandridge, Sammy Davis Jr, Pearl Bailey, Brock Peters) – Classic Movie Review 5674
Director Otto Preminger’s 1959 film version of the George Gershwin musical about a poor young woman with a disreputable history and the crippled beggar who saves her from the bad guys of Catfish Row in […]
The Boy Friend **** (1971, Twiggy, Christopher Gable, Max Adrian, Tommy Tune, Barbara Windsor) – Classic Movie Review 5446
Writer-director Ken Russell brings Sandy Wilson’s enchanting show spoofing Twenties stage musicals to the screen as a delightful 1971 British film homage to Thirties Hollywood musicals, particularly those of Busby Berkeley. Twiggy captivates in her […]
Gypsy **** (1993, Bette Midler, Peter Riegert, Cynthia Gibb, Ed Asner) – Classic Movie Review 3556
The ideally cast Bette Midler, caught at about the right age of 47, is brilliantly vibrant and vivacious as the ultimate showbiz mother Mama Rose Hovick in producer-director Emile Ardolino’s 1993 welcome remake of all-time […]
Roberta **** (1935, Irene Dunne, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Randolph Scott, Helen Westley) – Classic Movie Review 2250
Director William A Seiter’s 1935 musical marvel stars Irene Dunne, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Randolph Scott and Helen Westley as Roberta. Dunne causes a stir in a gracious performance in one of her best roles […]
Oklahoma! **** (1999, Hugh Jackman, Josefina Gabrielle, Maureen Lipman, Shuler Hensley) – Classic Movie Review 2191
Sit back in your chair for musical heaven with original stage director Trevor Nunn’s splendid 1999 screen version of the Royal National Theatre’s award-winning 1998 London stage production of the 1943 Richard Rodgers and Oscar […]