The Desert Song (1929)
by
Fossy »
May 25th, 2010, 3:28 pm
I have read that The Desert Song (1929) was banned because of changes to censorship rules in 1935. If true, this could be the reason. The outfit worn...
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Last post by Fossy
May 25th, 2010, 3:28 pm
Kathryn Grayson Tribute
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by
moira finnie »
April 14th, 2010, 9:56 am
TCM will be airing two Kathryn Grayson films in tribute to the late singer this Sunday, April 18th (all times shown are EDT).
8:00 PM
The Desert...
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Last post by Fossy
May 23rd, 2010, 4:08 pm
The Royal Rodeo
by
pvitari »
May 5th, 2010, 3:36 pm
I don't know if this belongs in musicals or westerns, but...
I screencapped Warner Bros. musical short The Royal Rodeo, starring John Payne as a...
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Last post by pvitari
May 5th, 2010, 3:36 pm
Musicals as a Genre
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by
kingrat »
March 19th, 2010, 4:00 pm
Our musical NCAA tournament--thanks to ChiO for a great job running it--got me thinking about the special questions raised by the musical as a genre....
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Last post by Uncle Stevie
May 1st, 2010, 7:12 pm
Ann Miller Birthday Tribute
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moira finnie »
April 12th, 2010, 10:20 am
Ann Miller may not have been a great actress, but there was something enjoyable about her enthusiastic presence in movies. I really love the...
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Last post by mrsl
April 13th, 2010, 11:43 pm
LADY BE GOOD
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mrsl »
April 8th, 2010, 2:23 pm
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I've seen this one before starring Robert Young and Ann Sothern, with Eleanor Powell, John Carroll, Red Skelton, Lionel Barrymore, Virginia...
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Last post by JackFavell
April 10th, 2010, 10:48 am
The Next-to-Last Round: #1 Singin' & #4 Love
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by
ChiO »
March 8th, 2010, 9:00 am
Can Love ever slow Singin' ?
To determine which sings and dances its way into the final match-up, it's:
#1 Singin' in the Rain
#4 Love Me Tonight...
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Last post by charliechaplinfan
March 14th, 2010, 6:02 am
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March 12th, 2010, 6:38 am
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March 4th, 2010, 2:11 pm
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Last post by srowley75
February 26th, 2010, 1:34 am
George Sanders: Singer and Actor
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by
moira finnie »
February 11th, 2010, 8:42 pm
Call Me Madam (1953) is premiering on TCM this evening, 2/11 at 10pm EST. Though I'm not generally a fan of an Ethel Merman after the '30s, this...
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Last post by JackFavell
February 16th, 2010, 2:53 pm
Alice Faye
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by
ken123 »
April 16th, 2007, 1:45 am
Now seems almost forgotten. I hope that she isn't ( forgotten ) on this forum ! :cry:
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Last post by ken123
February 11th, 2010, 11:22 pm
De-Lovely
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by
mrsl »
January 10th, 2010, 1:11 pm
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being a small child with a sense of rhythm and a good memory for lyrics at the tail end of the Big Band era left me luckily with an appreciation...
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Last post by Birdy
January 10th, 2010, 11:15 pm
Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943)
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by
moira finnie »
December 29th, 2009, 8:12 pm
Thank goodness for the DVR. I just fast-forwarded through the dull parts of Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943) that was recently broadcast on TCM. I must...
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Last post by charliechaplinfan
December 31st, 2009, 4:49 pm
Guys and Dolls
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by
charliechaplinfan »
December 13th, 2009, 4:08 pm
I've been so busy lately trying to fit everything in before Christmas and had to face 2 mountains of ironing so I needed an old friend.
I love this...
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Last post by stuart.uk
December 24th, 2009, 11:22 am
Hollywood Hotel (1937)
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by
moira finnie »
December 14th, 2009, 4:08 pm
Hollywood Hotel (1937-Busby Berkeley) may have been one of the least well known musicals shown last month on TCM in celebration of Johnny Mercer 's...
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Last post by moira finnie
December 15th, 2009, 3:36 pm
Eleanor Powell
by
ken123 »
November 23rd, 2009, 8:21 am
I really dont care for her films, but she sure had great legs. Incidently as a very young boy I was always confusing EleanorParker Eleanor Powell /...
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Last post by ken123
November 23rd, 2009, 8:21 am
Ginger Rogers Pop singer
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by
stuart.uk »
October 25th, 2009, 9:35 am
8971.1
I know some might disapprove of seeng Ginger in the attumn of her career attempting a pop song on Loveboat, but when I saw it for the first...
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Last post by Birdy
November 8th, 2009, 10:33 am
I Got Lucky, I Think! and a comparison
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by
mrsl »
October 23rd, 2009, 1:49 pm
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Target had a sale on 'selected' (don't you love that word?), DVD's for $14.99 and I saw one I couldn't resist. Showboat, Kiss Me Kate, Seven...
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Last post by Moraldo Rubini
November 3rd, 2009, 12:22 am
King Creole
Replies: 17
by
stuart.uk »
July 14th, 2008, 3:03 pm
When I watch King Creole now the black and white film looks ancient, but I still feel it has one of the screens great all-round performances from...
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Last post by mrsl
August 16th, 2009, 10:40 pm
Possible kitchen sink Brit musicals
Replies: 2
by
stuart.uk »
August 15th, 2009, 12:46 pm
This may sound daft, but I was thinking about the likes of Look Back In Anger, This Sporting Life and Saturday Night Sunday Morning and wondering if...
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Last post by stuart.uk
August 16th, 2009, 3:16 am
Busby Berkeley
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by
Moraldo Rubini »
January 10th, 2009, 2:58 pm
I'm surprised that we've had this musical forum for so long without a thread regarding the kalaidoscopic director Busby Berkeley. So I'm going to...
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Last post by TikiSoo
July 26th, 2009, 6:41 am
A Star is Born (1954)
Replies: 1
by
Lzcutter »
July 22nd, 2009, 7:47 pm
It's probably hard to believe that until the restoration of Star is Born was undertaken in the early 1980s, the only way to see the film was in the...
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Last post by phil noir
July 23rd, 2009, 9:14 am
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Last post by Birdy
July 3rd, 2009, 8:27 am
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Last post by movieman1957
June 27th, 2009, 10:01 pm
Starlift (1951)
Replies: 1
by
moira finnie »
April 6th, 2009, 7:25 am
Starlift (1951), a forgotten musical of the type that were put together to shine a spotlight on celebrities' efforts to entertain servicemen in...
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Last post by melwalton
April 6th, 2009, 9:39 pm
1 Replies
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Last post by charliechaplinfan
March 10th, 2009, 2:27 pm
Viktor und Viktoria (1933)
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by
Ann Harding »
July 20th, 2008, 4:11 am
Viktor und Viktoria (1933) Reinhold Schünzel
Yesterday I watched this fluffy and naughty German musical which was remade later in England under the...
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Last post by Jezebel38
January 31st, 2009, 6:34 pm
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Last post by stuart.uk
January 25th, 2009, 8:16 am
Happy 60th birthday Lulu
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stuart.uk »
November 2nd, 2008, 3:52 am
Can it really be 44-yrs ago that a 16-yr-old girl from Glasgow with her backing group The Lovers hit the British charts with one of the great rock an...
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Last post by Dewey1960
January 11th, 2009, 8:11 am
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Last post by stuart.uk
December 29th, 2008, 12:28 pm
music
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by
melwalton »
December 11th, 2008, 9:02 pm
REQUEST
Can any old timer tell me the words to the song, LORD AND LADY WHOZIS? It's from a Jessie Matthews movie I don't recall title. Thanks ......
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Last post by melwalton
December 13th, 2008, 7:46 pm
HairSpray
Replies: 2
by
inglis »
November 8th, 2008, 2:46 pm
Hello .I was just wondering if any body has seen HairSpray The Musical and what they thought of it .I took my daughter to see it last Saturday and it...
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Last post by Moraldo Rubini
November 13th, 2008, 1:07 am
Goodbye Mr. Chips
Replies: 1
by
stuart.uk »
October 10th, 2008, 12:32 pm
Spoiler Alert
I don't really like comparing the musical 'Mr. Chips' to the acclaimed Robert Donat, as they are two very different movies. However, I...
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Last post by Synnove
October 13th, 2008, 12:15 pm
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Last post by jdb1
September 29th, 2008, 12:19 pm
THE FLEET'S IN (1942)
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by
moviemagz »
June 23rd, 2008, 11:00 pm
Anybody else love this Paramount musical from 1942 which starred Dorothy Lamour and William Holden and introduced Betty Hutton to feature films. A...
8 Replies
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Last post by moviemagz
September 29th, 2008, 5:43 am
11 Replies
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Last post by Synnove
August 25th, 2008, 5:40 am
Who is Virginia O'Brien?
Replies: 13
by
Ollie »
April 8th, 2008, 1:47 pm
My my - where have I been all my life?
Tuesday, TCM's stacked up several musicals and Virginia O'Brien appears in several of them, doing her...
13 Replies
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Last post by molo
August 21st, 2008, 6:06 pm
Ruby Keeler
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by
ken123 »
April 14th, 2007, 9:32 pm
Aside from being Jolson's wife, did this Irish miss have any reason to be in films. Marion Davies, W.R. Hearst's mistress, at least had talent. Miss...
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Last post by Synnove
July 8th, 2008, 9:03 am
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Last post by stuart.uk
June 20th, 2008, 9:18 am
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Last post by moviemagz
June 20th, 2008, 6:44 am
Desert Island Discs
Replies: 40
by
David »
March 16th, 2008, 6:14 am
Dear Member
I know this is a film site but on another similar site I ran a feature called Desert Island Discs which should have been more popular...
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Last post by myrnaloyisdope
June 3rd, 2008, 8:13 pm
Petula Clark
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by
stuart.uk »
March 7th, 2008, 1:41 pm
Petula Clark began as a child star and as early as 1946 had her own tv series Pet's Parlour.
soon after she appeared in a series of films featuring...
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Last post by stuart.uk
June 3rd, 2008, 9:30 am
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May 27th, 2008, 2:13 pm
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May 22nd, 2008, 3:44 pm
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May 17th, 2008, 2:48 pm
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May 10th, 2008, 10:48 am
Liza and Lorna
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stuart.uk »
May 9th, 2008, 10:45 am
the subject on Melvyn Braggs UK art show The South Bank Show last week was Liza Minnelli. Liza is in London for a show, where she sings songs from...
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Last post by charliechaplinfan
May 9th, 2008, 5:46 pm
Leonna Lewis
by
stuart.uk »
April 2nd, 2008, 1:36 pm
two yrs ago after winning Simon Cowell's British talent show The X Factor (fellow judges were Sharon Osbourn and Louis Walsh) the feeling was she...
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Last post by stuart.uk
April 2nd, 2008, 1:36 pm
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March 31st, 2008, 3:33 pm
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