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I'm afraid I'm a bit of a traditionalist in most of my choices. Perhaps a few surprises. But to have never known these, my world would have indeed been a lesser place. In no particular order: My Fair Lady The Sound of Music Hello Dolly! Oklahoma! Singin' In The Rain That Midnight Kiss Bathing...

Watched Bathing Beauty on TCM last night and was shocked by the appalling mis-registration of the Technicolor for most of the run time. So, this 'new' 2024 rescan is reason enough for me to purchase what has to easily be one of my top 20 favorite musicals of all time - not just top 10 favorite...

Would also toss in Luxury Liner, as a true Jane Powell classic ripe for a Blu-ray from WAC. It's the one where she belts the hell out of the standard, 'The Peanut Vendor', incorporating opera arias into the blend to prove to Xavier Cugat that she knows 'good music'. Powell also trills...

The quality of the DVD is not great. While Nancy Goes to Rio received a Technicolor remastering upgrade all the way back for its LaserDisc debut, Two Weeks with Love remains in its present state of decomposition, and looks years older than it ought. Those with keen eyes will also note that much...

Nick Castle is credited with staging the dance numbers. That's Brooklyn-born Castle, not the 'other' Nick Castle who played Michael Myers in John Carpenter's Halloween. The Mr. Castle of which we speak herein was most famous for staging the titanic musical sequences in Fox's Stormy Weather...

A Date with Judy is Powell at her most exuberant and youthful. But Nancy Goes to Rio is the natural extension of that vivacity. She's magnificent, trilling 'Love Is Like This' or 'Musetta's Waltz'. And it has the added thrill of Carmen Miranda doing two spectacularly splashy production numbers...

A little off topic, though not really as others have mentioned Lucille Ball in Easy to We. I would love, and much prefer Ball, to see Best Foot Forward get a Blu release. And a little love thrown Jane Powell and Mario Lanza's way: Holiday in Mexico, and, That Midnight Kiss for starters. Lots of...

But oh, the ballet with Ann Codee's Teutonic Madame Zarka pounding Red Skelton's pink tutued Steve Elliot in the noggin, "Oh, Mr. Elliot, dancing's not down there. It's up here!" to which Skelton replies, "Really? I've been using the wrong end for years!" is a gasser. Ditto for Skelton's...

With the release of Bathing Beauty, 2 of my top 3 Williams spectacles have arrived in hi-def. The first was Million Dollar Mermaid. The second is Bathing Beauty - my absolute favorite Williams aquacade. My third would be Easy to Love. Also have a soft spot for Thrill of a Romance and really...