SKIP BEAT is a frothy little Shoujo Anime that is strangely addictive
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PAJAMA GAME  sadly despite the good music the story is caught in past and does not hold up well.  Too innocent,  or something.
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I wasn't sure how this musical would turn out since it was written for Warner Brothers and it starred Doris Day.  I forgot that before Doris Day starred with Cary Grant she was a famous chanteuse .  That girl can sing, and she is funny

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William Powell and Myrna Loy have always been one of my favorite Hollywood partnerships since I first saw them in THE THIN MAN and in the THE GREAT  ZIEGFIELD   They don't disappoint.

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Some musicals hold up over time and some crash and burn.  CALL ME MADAME  by Irving Berlin is one of the latter, even Donald O'Conner could not save this dog.( Read more... )

I remembered CRY BABY as having great music and a really crappy story where every one chewed the scenery and the audience was supposed to find it funny.
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Giggle I was prepared to hate this movie but it won me over.  It's a modern version of The Judy and Mickey musicals of the 30s and 40s and it has that same innocent sweetness. 
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When PIRATES OF PENZANCE came out on Broadway, the singers were Broadway and Pop states not Opera singers.  This is not the case with the MIKADO starring Eric Idle

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Not even Tomadachi's brilliant Fan Sub can save this story about a young Judo star and the 3 guys who are pursuing her.    ( Read more... )