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Call Me Madam (1953)- Dir. Walter Lang
Feat. Ethel Merman, Donald O'Connor, Vera-Ellen… - Delightful musical starring Ethel Merman as a Washington hostess who becomes a Truman–era US ambassador to a European grand duchy. Songs by…
Dangerous When Wet (1953)- Dir. Charles Walters
Feat. Esther Williams - Musical starlet Esther Williams gets to do what she does best as an athlete who attempts to swim the English channel. Highlight is a subterranean…
Give a Girl a Break (1953)- Dir. Stanley Donen
Feat. Debbie Reynolds, Marge Champion, Gower Champion… - Musical comedy about three unknown actresses who are all competing for Broadway stardom after a temperamental performer walks off the set of a major…
How to Marry a Millionaire (1953)- Dir. Jean Negulesco
Feat. Betty Grable, Marilyn Monroe, Lauren Bacall - An extravagent, cheery comedy with a trio of sexy opportunists who collectively devise schemes to entrap well–to–do bachelors.
Kiss Me Kate (1953)
- Dir. George Sidney
Feat. Kathryn Grayson, Howard Keel, Ann Miller - Cole Porter’s irreverent take on Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew is one of the most pleasurable (and fabulously danced) MGM musicals of the…
Miss Sadie Thompson (1953)- Dir. Curtis Bernhardt
Feat. Rita Hayworth, Jose Ferrer, Aldo Ray… - Rita Hayworth turned it on in this lavish musical with a hard edge of sex and sin in the South Seas, here playing a smokin’ dame stranded on a…
Story of Gilbert and Sullivan, The (1953)- Dir. Sidney Gilliat
Feat. Robert Morley, Maurice Evans, Eileen Herlie - Spirited biopic of the careers of W.S. Gilbert, a barrister turned–comic–writer, and Arthur Sullivan, a classic composer (converted…
Has Anyone Seen My Gal? (1952)- Dir. Douglas Sirk
Feat. Charles Coburn, Lynn Bari, Piper Laurie… - Sirk–for–hire musical comedy finds the iconic melodramatist at his most unidentifiable: Coburn stars as an elderly money bags with no…
Lili (1952)- Dir. Charles Walters
Feat. Leslie Caron, Mel Ferrer - Fairytale–like story of Leslie Caron's amorous adventures in a carnival is swimming in charm, whimsical songs and 'circus–type'…
Singin' in the Rain (Singing in the Rain) (1952)
- Dir. Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly
Feat. Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor, Debbie Reynolds… - The quintessential Hollywood musical happens to be about the movie biz. Its blend of vivacious style and humour, catchy numbers and dazzling…
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