Recent Posts
- Nosferatu * (2024, Lily-Rose Depp, Nicholas Hoult, Bill Skarsgård, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Willem Dafoe, Emma Corrin, Ralph Ineson, Simon McBurney) – Classic Movie Review 13,347
- Lydia *** (1941, Merle Oberon, Joseph Cotten, Edna May Oliver, Hans Jaray, Alan Marshal, George Reeves, Sara Allgood, John Halliday) – Classic Movie Review 13,346
- Crossroads to Crime ** (1960, Anthony Oliver, George Murcell, David Graham, Miriam Karlin, Ferdy Mayne) – Classic Movie Review 13,348
- To Have and to Hold * (1951, Patrick Barr, Avis Scott, Robert Ayres, Eunice Gayson, Ellen Pollock) – Classic Movie Review 13,345
- To Have and To Hold *** (1963, Ray Barrett, Katharine Blake, Nigel Stock, William Hartnell, Patricia Bredin) – Classic Movie Review 13,344
- The Double * (1963, Jeannette Sterke, Alan MacNaughtan, Robert Brown, Jane Griffiths, Basil Henson) – Classic Movie Review 13,343
- Return to Sender *** (1963, Nigel Davenport, Yvonne Romain, Geoffrey Keen, William Russell, John Horsley) – Classic Movie Review 13,342
- More Scenes from a Gay Marriage *** (2014, Matt Riddlehoover, Jared Allman, Thashana McQuiston, Charlie David, Rett Terrell, Cliff Burr, Rodiney Santiago) – Classic Movie Review 13,341
- Scenes from a Gay Marriage *** (2012, Matt Riddlehoover, Jared Allman, Thashana McQuiston, Carson Nicely, Domiziano Arcangeli) – Classic Movie Review 13,340
- On the Run *** (1963, Emrys Jones, Sarah Lawson, Patrick Barr, Delphi Lawrence, Kevin Stoney) – Classic Movie Review 13,339
Posts Tagged "based on stage musical"
Check out all of the posts tagged with "based on stage musical".
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
Bette Midler is brilliantly vibrant and vivacious as the ultimate showbiz mother Mama Rose Hovick, in Emile Ardolino’s 1993 film remake of the all-time great Jule Styne – Stephen Sondheim musical Gypsy. The ideally cast […]
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 […]