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My goodness! You polled the audience members while in Austria? Here is my other favorite song from the film:

I agree. One critic at the time, and I don't recall who it was, described Marvin's rendition as eloquent and perfectly in keeping with his character. Ben Rumson was not a Met star or a Broadway musical actor...he was a rough, under-educated and flawed man.

My favorite two moments in the film are the simply beautiful "A Million Miles Away Behind the Door" and Lee Marvin's touching rendition of "Wand'rin Star". Both those songs captured moments that the rest of the film should have aspired to match, but didn't.

This film is one that instantly brings back my childhood pleasures in seeing a great story told wonderfully well. I saw it on televison, yes. Maybe just once before it was ever released on DVD, but it stuck with me. I also enjoyed the Disney version with Sean Scully playing both roles and Guy...

The film's most wonderful asset is the magnificent score by Elmer Bernstein!

He was hysterically funny as the straight young detective Michael Brick hired to find Jack Weston's Gaetano Proclo in some sort of compromising situation in "The Ritz".

Thanks to Warner Archives, I have enjoyed discovering Kay Francis over the years.. This is a particularly excellent film. Never thought of it as a comedy. I think we are lucky to have a film with both Francis and Powell. Not many film lovers these days realize she was one of the, if not THE...

Ordered! I'm looking forward to it.

I wish I could have worked at Club Spanky. I'd have made hundreds and thousands of dollars!!

One of the all-time great scenes in any star-making film was that of Turner in her final staircase descent. Even though she was ill, she was determined to see a follies review. After a while, she felt too ill to stay and started to leave. But, as she reaches the stairs, one of the songs from...

Thanks, Matt! This has been one of my favorites since seeing it on TV in the early 1960s. Can’t wait to get my BD of this

Thanks, Matt! I am looking forward to getting this one.

It could be the filmed celebration scene in Oz when Dorothy returned with the broomstick. It was never used.

Hitchcock Minnelli Fellini Lean Capra

Chief among the craftsmen who made this musical the joy it is was master composer/conductor/arranger Alfred Newman who had done such beautiful adaptations for “Carousel”, “The King and I” and “South Pacific”. He and choral associate Ken Darby were Oscar-nominated for music adaptation for this...

The years go by so quickly. Exactly right. I keep thinking this is 2021.

The pandemic started in early 2019.

This was shot during the pandemic and the company was unable to shoot in Egypt, if I correctly understand what I have read about the production. They recreated Egypt in the UK. But I do believe CGI can make things look "real" instead of what we got.

I am very sorry to say that this film was a complete miss for me. I love Agatha Christie. I love the original movie starring Ustinov, Niven, and a cast of stars who remain memorable in their roles. The movie was true to the era Christie set her tale in. Branagh's "Death on the Nile" is...

How does one tell the difference between the letterboxed version and the smileboxed version when ordering? Amazon only lists one version.

Young Winston The Victors A Man for All Seasons Cat Ballou A Passage to India

No “spoiler” alert?

As I very clearly stated, it was a rare miss FOR ME! I find I am virtually always attuned to his POV. Spare the lecture!

I respectfully suggest that “The Wizard of Oz” is the most beloved film Garland made st MGM, followed by “Meet Me in St. Louis” and”Easter Parade.”

A rare miss by Mr. Harris for me. “Shenandoah” is a movie-movie with a groping story, very good performances and a wonderful underscore.

Charlton Heston portrayed "Brad Braden".

This gem is one of my favorite musical films. It's notable that Eleanor Powell's voice is her own. In previous films she was dubbed as studio head Louis B. Mayer preferred more cultured, operatic voices from his female singers, Powell had sung on Broadway prior to her film career, so it's...