jbhiller
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This is one of the movie musicals that needs to have all the dialog removed. The best part of the movie was the opening Show Boat scene. I wish the 50's film used most of this same cast.
The highlight was Lena Horne singing "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man". She was robbed of the role of Julie in the 50's film. It brought tears to my eyes.
The other highlight was "The Last Time I Saw Paris" sung by Dinah Shore. This song was moving because France had just been liberated in WW II.
The highlight was Lena Horne singing "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man". She was robbed of the role of Julie in the 50's film. It brought tears to my eyes.
The other highlight was "The Last Time I Saw Paris" sung by Dinah Shore. This song was moving because France had just been liberated in WW II.
I saw Sweethearts (1938) on TCM and I found it striking how much it looked like The Wizard of Oz. The biggest similarity was exaggerated color.
The first production number was straight of Munchkin Land. Then, Ray Bolger came out and did a Scarecrow dance. Jeanette MacDonald was dressed like Good Witch Glenda (before Wicked.) Frank Morgan was the humbug theater Wizard. They even had a Yellow Brick Road. There is a dress up scene that could have taken place in the Emeral City.
Though Victor Herbert wrote the music in 1913 it sounded a lot like the songs in The Wizard of Oz. The "Dutch" villagers looked and sounded like Munchkins. When Nelson Eddy showed up with a military contingent, I thought I heard them sing "O-EE-O".
The plot had nothing to do with The Wizard of Oz, but there was no Wicked Witch. After all, there was no romance in The Wizard of Oz. The music is pleasant but not too memorable. What Sweethearts is missing is a "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" song.
The Broadway plot is as much of a fantasy as The Wizard of Oz.
The first production number was straight of Munchkin Land. Then, Ray Bolger came out and did a Scarecrow dance. Jeanette MacDonald was dressed like Good Witch Glenda (before Wicked.) Frank Morgan was the humbug theater Wizard. They even had a Yellow Brick Road. There is a dress up scene that could have taken place in the Emeral City.
Though Victor Herbert wrote the music in 1913 it sounded a lot like the songs in The Wizard of Oz. The "Dutch" villagers looked and sounded like Munchkins. When Nelson Eddy showed up with a military contingent, I thought I heard them sing "O-EE-O".
The plot had nothing to do with The Wizard of Oz, but there was no Wicked Witch. After all, there was no romance in The Wizard of Oz. The music is pleasant but not too memorable. What Sweethearts is missing is a "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" song.
The Broadway plot is as much of a fantasy as The Wizard of Oz.
I just watched Meet Me in St. Louis on TCM. Besides being one of the greatest movie musicals plus a luminous Judy Garland, realize that 1944 was the middle of WW II. Millions of American soldiers where spread out over the world, missing home. The movie takes them back to an idiolized simpler time.
This was Judy Garland at her peak after the Wizard of Oz. She would be the ideal "Girl Next Door" for the young GI's. Margaret O'Brien was almost too cute to be real.
Every time Judy Garland sings "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" it brings a tear to my eye. Soldiers sitting in a foxhole would have loved to be home for Christmas. They all felt "Someday soon, we all will be together If the fates allow" They knew what they were fighting for.
This was Judy Garland at her peak after the Wizard of Oz. She would be the ideal "Girl Next Door" for the young GI's. Margaret O'Brien was almost too cute to be real.
Every time Judy Garland sings "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" it brings a tear to my eye. Soldiers sitting in a foxhole would have loved to be home for Christmas. They all felt "Someday soon, we all will be together If the fates allow" They knew what they were fighting for.
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