Picspam: Pretty Musicals of the 50s and 60s
I really have no reason for doing this picspam other than the fact that musicals from this era are really pretty and extravagant and this was back when it was considered OK to dub an actor's singing voice with someone who could actually sing.
An American in Paris, 1951
Studio: MGM
Directed by Vincente Minnelli
Starring Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron, Oscar Levant, Nina Foch
Music by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin
Academy Awards: Best Picture, Art Direction, Cinematography, Musical Score, Costume Design and Screenplay
Embrace me,
My sweet embraceable you.
Embrace me,
You irreplaceable you.
Singin' in the Rain, 1952
Studio: MGM
Directed by Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly
Starring Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor, Debbie Reynolds, Jean Hagen
Music by Arthur Freed and Nacio Herb Brown
Academy Awards: Nominated for Best Score and Best Supporting Actress (Jean Hagen)
I'm laughing at clouds
So dark up above
The sun's in my heart
And I'm ready for love
Funny Face, 1957
Studio: Paramount
Directed by Stanley Donen
Starring Fred Astaire, Audrey Hepburn, Kay Thompson, Michael Auclair
Music by Adolph Deutsch, George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin
Academy Awards: Nominated for Screenplay, Costumes, Cinematography and Art Direction
I love your funny face
Your sunny, funny face.
For you're a cutie
With more than beautie.
West Side Story, 1961
Studio: United Artists
Directed by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins
Starring Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Rita Moreno, George Chakiris
Music by Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim
Academy Awards: Best Picture, Director, Supporting Actor (George Chakiris), Supporting Actress (Rita Moreno), Art Direction, Cinematography, Costumes, Editing, Score and Sound.
Maria
I just met a girl named Maria
And suddenly that name
Will never be the same
To me
My Fair Lady, 1964
Studio: Warner Brothers
Directed by George Cukor
Starring Audrey Hepburn, Rex Harrison, Stanley Holloway, Jeremy Brett
Music by Frederick Lowe and Alan Jay Lerner
Academy Awards: Best Picture, Director, Actor (Rex Harrison), Cinematography, Sound, Score, Art Direction and Costumes.
All I want is a room somewhere,
Far away from the cold night air.
With one enormous chair,
Aow, wouldn't it be loverly?
The Sound of Music, 1965
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Directed by Robert Wise
Starring Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, Eleanor Parker, Peggy Wood
Music by Rodgers and Hammerstein
Academy Awards: Best Picture, Director, Sound, Score and Editing
Edelweiss, Edelweiss
Every morning you greet me
Small and white, clean and bright
You look happy to meet me
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My Favorite Films of 2009 HERE
Trailers of Anticipated Movies HERE
Guilty Pleasures HERE
Best of the Franchise HERE
Top 15 Films of the Decade HERE
Tom and Summer, (500) Days of Summer HERE
Spock and Uhura, Star Trek HERE
Victoria and Albert, The Young Victoria HERE
Carl and Ellie, Up HERE
Memorable Dress in Film HERE
The Cast of Rob Marshall's 'Nine' HERE
Grey's Anatomy: Derek-Meredith-Addison Triangle HERE
Inglourious Basterds: The Dresses of Operation Kino HERE
Inglourious Basterds: Christoph Waltz as Col. Landa HERE
Carla Bruni-Sarkozy Fashion HERE
Les Parapluies de Cherbourg HERE
My Personal Oscar Ballot (as of November 2009) HERE
Cruel Intentions vs. Dangerous Liaisons Comparison HERE
The 2007 Oscars in FYC Ads HERE
Cast My Life HERE
Romance in Period Films HERE
Glee vs. Popular Comparison HERE
Best Costume Design 2009 HERE