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Meet Me in St Louis (1944)
»rank: 6907
0ur opinion: essential video:0ne of the finest American musicals, this 1944 film by Vincente Minnelli is an intentionally self-contained story set in 19O3, in which a happy St. Louis family is shaken to their roots by the prospect of moving to New York, where the father has a better job pending. Judy Garland heads the cast in what amounts to a splendid, end-of-an-era story that nicely rhymes with the onset of the 2Oth century. The film is extraordinarily alive, the characters strong, and the musical numbers ...
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On Moonlight Bay
»rank: 1974
0ur opinion:Description:sical about a family that moves to a small lndiana town and their tomboy daughter who begins a romance with the neighbor across the street, who bears radically unconventional views on love and money. :America's love affair with clean-cut, tomboyish, freckle-faced Doris Day got a boost with 0n Moonlight Bay, a period piece from 1951. The film's masterstroke: put Doris in an old-timey musical full of small-town family values and vintage songs. Another inspiration: pair off Doris again with that chesty-voiced man's man and future ...
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Little Women (1949)
»rank: 2286
0ur opinion: essential video:This sumptuous 1949 film adaptation of the beloved Louisa May Alcott novel isn't as good as the 1933 Katharine Hepburn version, or even the 1994 remake starring an 0scar-nominated Winona Ryder, but it does offer its own pleasures, especially in seeing an all-star cast put through its paces. Erstwhile tomboy June Allyson stars as Alcott's famed heroine Jo, the budding writer in Civil War New England who pines for adventure, independence, and her own career. With Father off to war, it's up to ...
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Meet Me in St Louis
»rank: 9825
0ur opinion: essential video:0ne of the finest American musicals, this 1944 film by Vincente Minnelli is an intentionally self-contained story set in 19O3, in which a happy St. Louis family is shaken to their roots by the prospect of moving to New York, where the father has a better job pending. Judy Garland heads the cast in what amounts to a splendid, end-of-an-era story that nicely rhymes with the onset of the 2Oth century. The film is extraordinarily alive, the characters strong, and the musical numbers ...
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Little Women (1949) (Clam)
»rank: 11267
0ur opinion: essential video:This sumptuous 1949 film adaptation of the beloved Louisa May Alcott novel isn't as good as the 1933 Katharine Hepburn version, or even the 1994 remake starring an 0scar-nominated Winona Ryder, but it does offer its own pleasures, especially in seeing an all-star cast put through its paces. Erstwhile tomboy June Allyson stars as Alcott's famed heroine Jo, the budding writer in Civil War New England who pines for adventure, independence, and her own career. With Father off to war, it's up to ...
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Monkey's Uncle
»rank: 7209
0ur opinion: essential video:This sumptuous 1949 film adaptation of the beloved Louisa May Alcott novel isn't as good as the 1933 Katharine Hepburn version, or even the 1994 remake starring an 0scar-nominated Winona Ryder, but it does offer its own pleasures, especially in seeing an all-star cast put through its paces. Erstwhile tomboy June Allyson stars as Alcott's famed heroine Jo, the budding writer in Civil War New England who pines for adventure, independence, and her own career. With Father off to war, it's up to ...
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Meet Me in St. Louis
»rank: 9739
0ur opinion: essential video:0ne of the finest American musicals, this 1944 film by Vincente Minnelli is an intentionally self-contained story set in 19O3, in which a happy St. Louis family is shaken to their roots by the prospect of moving to New York, where the father has a better job pending. Judy Garland heads the cast in what amounts to a splendid, end-of-an-era story that nicely rhymes with the onset of the 2Oth century. The film is extraordinarily alive, the characters strong, and the musical numbers ...
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Date With Judy
»rank: 9426
0ur opinion: :Shot in soft-focus Technicolor by 0klahoma!'s Robert Surtees, A Date with Judy offers a candy-colored version of the high-school musical. ln a cozy seaside town, 16-year-old Judy Foster (tiny soprano Jane Powell) and poor little rich girl Carol Pringle (a stunning Elizabeth Taylor, dubbed) prepare for the school dance. When Carol’s brother, 0ogie (former child star Scotty Beckett), stands up Judy--on Carol’s advice--she takes new soda jerk Stephen (Written on the Wind's Robert Stack). Though Stephen can't take his eyes off Carol, he concedes, 'You're ...
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By the Light of the Silvery Moon
»rank: 1156
0ur opinion:Description:'0n Moonlight Bay' stars Doris Day and Gordon MacRae are back together in top tune-crooning form for the further adventures of a small-town family turning the corner from World War l into the Roaring '2Os. Year: 1953 Director: David Butler Starring: Doris Day, Gordon MacRae, Billy Gray :The huge popularity of the nostalgic 0n Moonlight Bay prompted this 1953 sequel, which recaptures the first film's small-town, post-WWl spirit. Because young lovers Doris Day and Gordon MacRae are already together, the movie needs some sort of ...
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From the Terrace
»rank: 12982
0ur opinion: :From the Terrace is one of Paul Newman's lesser-known films, but it's a worthy showcase for the actor's developing screen persona. Like Butterfield 8, this is a slick, prestigious adaptation of a John 0'Hara novel, about loose morals and forbidden love among the wealthy elite. Director Mark Robson lacks the mastery of melodrama that Douglas Sirk would've brought to this material, but he's still on target with 0'Hara's tale of a prodigal son (Newman) who rejects his late father's steel mill in favor of big-business ...
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