American expatriate painter Jerry Mulligan (Gene Kelly) is picked up by a wealthy divorcée (Nina Foch). She becomes his patron, with an eye to becoming his lover, but he falls for Lise (Leslie Caron), an anonymous young shop girl. However, she has a secret: She’s engaged to a successful singer (Georges Guétary) who also happens to
Two hundred years ago, a miracle took the village of Brigadoon out of time, making it appear for only one day every hundred year. On the second day after the “miracle,” American Tommy Albright (Gene Kelly) and his grumpy sidekick Jeff Douglas (Van Johnson) stumble upon the town. Tommy falls for Fiona (Cyd Charisse) but
A musical version of the traditional Christmas story where old humbug Ebenezer Scrooge (Kelsey Grammer) learns the true meaning of Christmas from three spirits. Quick Review: With so many version of A Christmas Carol to choose from, I can be discriminating. There’s always another to switch to, and I suggest doing so when this is on.
Tevye (Topol) is a poor milkman in a tradition-bound Jewish village in early twentieth century Russia. As he and his neighbors attempt to ignore the ever-changing world, his three daughters, Tzeitel (Rosalind Harris), Hodel (Michele Marsh), and Chava (Neva Small), bring home just how much the old ways are fading as each makes her own
The street-hoods are eagerly awaiting news of where Nathan Detroit (Frank Sinatra) is holding the illegal crap game. Nathan needs a thousand dollars to secure a location and doesn’t have the money. When big time gambler Sky Masterson (Marlon Brando) brags that he can pick up any girl, Nathan sees an opportunity and bets him
After he loses a girl to his partner, Ted Hanover (Fred Astaire), song man Jim Hardy (Bing Crosby) quits the business to run an Inn which will only be open on holidays. He hires singer-dancer Linda Mason (Marjorie Reynolds) for his shows, and the two are quickly a romantic item. But Ted is dumped and
Self-involved actor Fred Graham (Howard Keel) conspires to get his shrill ex-wife Lilli Vanessi (Kathryn Grayson) to take the lead in a new musical version of The Taming of the Shrew. He also casts his new girlfriend, tap dancer Lois Lane (Ann Miller). On opening night, Fred runs into trouble when two gangsters, Lippy (Keenan
Three sailors, Gabe (Gene Kelly), Chip (Frank Sinatra), and Ozzie (Jules Munshin), have twenty-four hours to see New York before their leave ends. Gabe becomes infatuated by Ivy (Vera-Ellen) based on her picture on a subway poster, thinking that the title “Miss Turnstiles” means that she’s a celebrity. Searching for her, the other two pick
Joey Evans (Frank Sinatra), a low-rent lounge singer and lady killer recently kicked out of town for playing with the mayor’s underaged daughter, connives his way into a nightclub gig. After working his way through the chorus line, he hits on Linda English (Kim Novak), the “nice girl” who is resistant to his charms. He
Manuela (Judy Garland) is about to be married off by her aunt (Gladys Cooper) to the rich, older, dull mayor, Don Pedro Vargas (Walter Slezak) when she meets a traveling actor, Serafin (Gene Kelly). Discovering that she secretly fantasizes about the pirate Macoco, Serafin masquerades as the villain, taking over the town and postponing her wedding