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Well that was quite wonderful.

Interestingly there are a number of great musical numbers on youtube where if the movie were to be released today there would be a warning yet there are no warnings there. People may comment if they are offended or not but youtube makes no judgement. Thank God. They are there simply to make you...

There are a number of movies like this where you just go along with them and they are very entertaining.

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So could other more appealing stars of the period like Petula Clark and Sally Anne Howes. Henderson on screen was always TV sitcom material even before she became a hit in one. And that beautiful supporting player could have been dubbed which would have been preferable. Henderson was no movie...

Ah you are right in NY at the Ziegfeld! That I believe though not road show included advance ticket sales though general seating twice a day or 3 times? I'll have to check Cinema Treasures. I know CC posted its advertisement. Another sign of people not wanting to go to Times Square when it...

If you saw it in mag in NY you might very well have seen it at Loew's State 2. You would remember I think if you saw it at that Cinerama festival. It was a very special event. The only one of its kind ever in NY. Glad you liked the audio so much. It really is terrific. When it comes down in...

I find that strange that the dialogue would be in mono. I've never heard of a print like that. Especially that there is underscoring that should be in stereo. But then Kino managed to get a roadshow print of TMM where the overture and exit music are in mono when in every roadshow theater where...

Yes it is good. But oy I dread those silly dancers. And I saw Appalachian Spring at City Center conducted by Copland and Graham made an appearance at the end for the curtain call. A great night.

He's most obvious in the male dancers of I'll Come Home to Bonnie Jean.

Biggest film of '54 I believe. Though probably someone already said it. I find the second half really falls off a cliff. The trumped up misunderstanding between Clooney and Bing the awful Martha Graham take off and the whole cloyingly sentimental plot and ending seem too phony even for me. At...

I do too. Love Breathless and Bonjour Tristesse. I even like the glammed up lacquered Ross Hunter look in Airport.

So he owns the soundtrack and the film. Ha! Caught!

I think the remarkable story of how Anita Gordon came to dub for Seberg has been covered before on HTF. And it comes from Andre Previn's autobio of his years in Hollywood No Minor Chords. I saw him looking for something in the classical dept of HMV on I believe it was W86th. Had I been on the...

Remember a lot of those critics had most likely seen the original stage production and I believe Wanda Hale had been reviewing movies in NY since the 40s. I remember one critic saying that Agnes DeMille's wonderful choreography had been reduced to stomping in the mud. Audrey sings surprisingly...

My Fair Lady and South Pacific were two other overwhelming experiences in that theater during that special festival. Never to be repeated. When Bali Hai started in the overture I felt like I was pushed to the back of the theater and pinned there. This theater is why I could never take the...

Penelope. A not very good movie but it captures the very end of a glamourous New York that was about to take a sharp turn into the gritty NY of the 70s and 80s which I lived through every single day so I have no reason to revisit it. So many architectural wonders were destroyed during the mid...

Barton is great too on the obc so as much as I like Marvin's rendition Barton is just as good. Just very different. The only way to get that choral work on stage is to do it in concert or at the Met. But putting it on 6 track in a roadshow theater gives it gives it more of a punch, a little of...

At the end of the 60s critics were complaining about the cost of these big musicals. Never mind the people they were giving jobs to. With all the misery in the world what a waste of money. They wanted low budget American new wave films which were about 10 years late in any case compared to the...

I hope you have a good sound system to put the soundtrack through. I'm not saying they are mutually exclusive but if you are a big Eastwood fan do you.like musicals? I'm going to be flamed for this one.

murrayThompson is that really your home cinema? Goodness me! That's a 2.55:1 original CinemaScope! Anyways it seems so to me. I've noted the only time I've ever seen it was at Radio City when they revived Seven Brides in the late 70s. The barn raising scene was the most exciting I've ever seen...

What about the conductor Nelson Riddle and Roger Wagner the famous choral director? Both made stunning contributions to the film. The film is such an enormous achievement the kind of which we will never see again it seems churlish to make any complaints about it. Unless you're into superhero...

So as this movie is crying out for a remake Tom Ligon can now play Ben Rumson.

Quite a split on opinions of the film itself. For those of us who like it I'm glad the 4k transfer turned out so well. Unfortunately my player which I've only had for a few years can no longer play 4k and I haven't played 4k all that often. Bluray and dvds play fine.

I assume miserable. But it was clear he put him at the very bottom of people he knew in show biz. In Saul Chaplin's, who was cheated by Jolson, auto bio he sarcastically calls Jolson a 'nice guy.'

I got the soundtrack to Finian's Rainbow which was remaindered all over the place. It was wrapped with the souvenir book. Clark is great but so is the very different Ella Logan on the obc. I listened to that soundtrack all the time. I didn't know the film was successful. I thought it had been a...

I bought it as well but it is still sealed. I almost don't want to watch it because I remember the print at MOMA vividly. They were showing films on which Peter Ellenshaw worked and had many examples of his matte work that were in an exhibit. Anybody have Castaways? What do you think?

The film is free on YouTube. I would like to know your opinion of the images and colors. Do they match the DVD? I think these young people do not know what these Disney films looked like in theaters. And they don't care obviously. Many many years ago I saw a new print of In Search of the...

Well CCBB is pretty bad. I thought it was bad as a boy. Tried watching it recently and it's just as bad though Robert Helpmann is terrifying as he should be. You see he's having a great time as the childcatcher. And that got on stage so why not Horizon? The Things I will Not Miss with Hussey and...