Derek Winnert

Posts Tagged "MGM musical"

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Skirts Ahoy! *** (1952, Esther Williams, Vivian Blaine, Joan Evans) – Classic Movie Review 12,291

Star power. Esther Williams said she disliked MGM’s original ‘cotton sleeveless T-shirt’ swimsuits and designed her own swimsuit for Skirts Ahoy! (1952) and then persuaded the director of the US Navy to make it their […]

Aug, 30

A Date with Judy *** (1948, Wallace Beery, Elizabeth Taylor, Jane Powell, Carmen Miranda, Xavier Cugat, Robert Stack) – Classic Movie Review 11,585

Director Richard Thorpe’s 1948 Technicolor film A Date with Judy stars top-billed Wallace Beery, Elizabeth Taylor, Jane Powell, Carmen Miranda, Xavier Cugat, Robert Stack, Selena Royle, Scotty Beckett, Leon Ames, Clinton Sundberg, George Cleveland and […]

Sep, 18

The Firefly *** (1937, Jeanette MacDonald, Allan Jones, Warren William) – Classic Movie Review 11,153

Now you don’t get many singing spies: ‘Jeanette MacDonald Is The Luminous Singing Spy!’…  Director Robert Z Leonard’s 1937 black and white MGM musical The Firefly stars Jeanette MacDonald, who takes a rest from her […]

Apr, 30

Two Girls on Broadway [Choose Your Partner] ** (1940, Lana Turner, Joan Blondell, George Murphy, Kent Taylor) – Classic Movie Review 10,335

Director S Sylvan Simon’s 1940 MGM musical Two Girls on Broadway [Choose Your Partner] stars Lana Turner, Joan Blondell and George Murphy, along with Kent Taylor. It is a remake of The Broadway Melody (1929). […]

Sep, 22

Give a Girl a Break *** (1953, Marge Champion, Gower Champion, Debbie Reynolds, Bob Fosse, Kurt Kasznar, Helen Wood) – Classic Movie Review 9987

Director Stanley Donen’s 1953 MGM ‘Breezy, Teasy Color by TECHNICOLOR Musical’ film Give a Girl a Break stars doughty dames Debbie Reynolds, Marge Champion and Helen Wood, each with their own champion, who vie for […]

Jul, 01

Deep in My Heart *** (1954, José Ferrer, Merle Oberon, Paul Henreid, Walter Pidgeon, Helen Traubel) – Classic Movie Review 9978

Director Stanley Donen’s 1954 Eastmancolor MGM musical Deep in My Heart is another one of Hollywood’s starry biopics of a composer – this time starring José Ferrer as the Hungarian-born US composer of operettas Sigmund […]

Jun, 29

Million Dollar Mermaid ** (1952, Esther Williams, Victor Mature, Walter Pidgeon, David Brian) – Classic Movie Review 9373

Director Mervyn LeRoy’s 1952 MGM Technicolor musical Million Dollar Mermaid [The One Piece Bathing Suit] is a wet and washed-out biography of Annette Kellermann [Kellerman] (6 July 1887 – 6 November 1975), the turn-of-the-last-century champion […]

Feb, 12

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