View Poll Results: BEST musical? (before 1970)
Duck Soup (1933)
4
6.25%
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
7
10.94%
Meet me in St. Louis (1944)
2
3.13%
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
18
28.13%
The King and I (1956)
2
3.13%
West Side Story (1961)
11
17.19%
Mary Poppins (1964)
1
1.56%
My Fair Lady (1964)
4
6.25%
The Sound of Music (1965)
9
14.06%
Other (please specify)
6
9.38%
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BEST musical before 1970?
01-29-04, 08:27 PM
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BEST musical before 1970?
BEST musical before 1970?
(I noticed how the previous poll for 'Best musical' just went in the wrong direction and also realized that musicals before and after 1970 can't really be considered on the same page)
Look for another poll for musicals after 1970.
(Do NOT include animated films!)
Other films to consider:
42nd Street (1933)
A Night at the Opera (1935)
Top Hat (1935)
Swing Time (1936)
A Day at the Races (1937)
For Me and My Gal (1942)
Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
Cover Girl (1944)
State Fair (1945)
The Pirate (1948)
On the Town (1949)
Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949)
Summer Stock (1950)
An American in Paris (1951)
The Band Wagon (1953)
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)
A Star is Born (1954)
It's Always Fair Weather (1955)
Oklahoma! (1955)
The Court Jester (1956)
High Society (1956)
Jailhouse Rock (1957)
Les Girls (1957)
King Creole (1958)
Flower Drum Song (1961)
The Music Man (1962)
A Hard Day's Night (1964)
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968)
Oliver! (1968)
The Producers (1968)
Vote now!
(I noticed how the previous poll for 'Best musical' just went in the wrong direction and also realized that musicals before and after 1970 can't really be considered on the same page)
Look for another poll for musicals after 1970.
(Do NOT include animated films!)
Other films to consider:
42nd Street (1933)
A Night at the Opera (1935)
Top Hat (1935)
Swing Time (1936)
A Day at the Races (1937)
For Me and My Gal (1942)
Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
Cover Girl (1944)
State Fair (1945)
The Pirate (1948)
On the Town (1949)
Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949)
Summer Stock (1950)
An American in Paris (1951)
The Band Wagon (1953)
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)
A Star is Born (1954)
It's Always Fair Weather (1955)
Oklahoma! (1955)
The Court Jester (1956)
High Society (1956)
Jailhouse Rock (1957)
Les Girls (1957)
King Creole (1958)
Flower Drum Song (1961)
The Music Man (1962)
A Hard Day's Night (1964)
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968)
Oliver! (1968)
The Producers (1968)
Vote now!
Last edited by smirnoffski; 01-31-04 at 05:06 PM.
01-29-04, 10:20 PM
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You listed Mary Poppins as a poll option and not the Music Man?!?!
I'm disappointed smirnoffski. First Grease 2, now this. I demand a recount!
You listed Mary Poppins as a poll option and not the Music Man?!?!
I'm disappointed smirnoffski. First Grease 2, now this. I demand a recount!
01-29-04, 10:37 PM
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THE SOUND OF MUSIC, followed closely by MARY POPPINS. What can I say - I like Julie Andrews.
Why isn't SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS on that list?
My wife is torn between SINGIN' IN THE RAIN and OKLAHOMA!.
Why isn't SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS on that list?
My wife is torn between SINGIN' IN THE RAIN and OKLAHOMA!.
01-30-04, 01:41 AM
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Originally posted by B.A.hist
Why isn't SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS on that list?
Why isn't SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS on that list?
"Those women were sobbin', sobbin', sobbin, buckets of tears . . ."
On a slightly related note, does anyone know if there are any plans to do more with the Rodgers & Hammerstein Collection? Seven Brides For Seven Brothers got an awesome SE release and I really don't want to get the collection if they decide to do the same with them. Of course, I also have a big problem with the fact that Flower Drum Song isn't even in it (or availible on DVD for that matter), but that's a different issue.
Sorry for the off topic . . .
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01-30-04, 03:41 AM
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While The Sound of Music, Westside Story, and The Wizard of Oz are all excellent, Singin' In The Rain is simply one of the greatest films ever made in any genre, so it easily tops the list as best musical before 1970, and I would say just as easily tops the list for best musicals in any era.
01-30-04, 04:24 AM
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I love many of the choices listed in the poll, and grew up watching Sound of Music, Wizard of Oz, West Side, Mary Poppin and Singin in the Rain multiple times.
Maybe because I only recently discovered The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (about 3 years ago, thanks to this forum) - I voted for Other to indicate it as my current favorite.
Another I really, really love is High Society....a swinger, a crooner, and ol' Satchmo!
Maybe because I only recently discovered The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (about 3 years ago, thanks to this forum) - I voted for Other to indicate it as my current favorite.
Another I really, really love is High Society....a swinger, a crooner, and ol' Satchmo!
it's pretty much the ONLY musical I like, great movie 
01-30-04, 11:21 AM
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Originally posted by Tarnower
Not only do I consider "Singin' in the Rain" the best musical ever made, but also one of the top five greatest films of all time.
Not only do I consider "Singin' in the Rain" the best musical ever made, but also one of the top five greatest films of all time.
01-30-04, 12:03 PM
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Best Musical before 1970 and half the choices are from the '60s. WTF?
I vote Meet Me in St. Louis. But you missed a lot there. Not enough from the '30s and '40s (aka. the golden years of the musical)
I vote Meet Me in St. Louis. But you missed a lot there. Not enough from the '30s and '40s (aka. the golden years of the musical)
01-31-04, 05:03 PM
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The Wizard of Oz
02-02-04, 03:58 PM
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Originally posted by NEUMANN
Singin in the rain,second place goes to west side story
Singin in the rain,second place goes to west side story