Best Movie Musical Of All Time

• Cool piece of writing, thanks. Would you expand on the first paragraph in more detail please?

• Chiming in for: My Fair Lady West Side Story South Park Bigger Longer Uncut Cabaret Honorable Mention: Little Shop of Horrors (what is that original ending???) Guys and Dolls Gigi The Little Mermaid (but cf South Park) Dishonorable Disdain: Sound of Music, just because my sister likes it so much (ok, that's harsh). Phantom of the opera. Meh: Moulin Rouge. The color scheme is more interesting than the music. Enjoying: everyone having opinions here!

• Hedwig and the Angry Inch... Cabaret, Chicago (with Catherine Zeta Jones) that's it really. My friend made me watch an obscure film... "The Happiest Millionaire." yuck. but you may like it.

• Hedwig and the Angry Inch... Cabaret, Chicago (with Catherine Zeta Jones) that's it really. My friend made me watch an obscure film... "The Happiest Millionaire." yuck. but you may like it.

• An overlooked Comden & Green favorite of mine is "It's Always Fair Weather." Surprisingly mature for an MGM musical and Gene Kelly's tap dance on roller skates is simply impossible for humans to perform. I second the vote for "Pennies From Heaven." An unappreciated work of art.

• An overlooked Comden & Green favorite of mine is "It's Always Fair Weather." Surprisingly mature for an MGM musical and Gene Kelly's tap dance on roller skates is simply impossible for humans to perform. I second the vote for "Pennies From Heaven." An unappreciated work of art.

• How could have you forgotten the original "Wicker Man"?

• How could have you forgotten the original "Wicker Man"?

• Lost Horizon with Liv Ullman, Goodbye Mr Chips with Petula Clark. Thoroughly Modern Millie (call yourselves homosexuals!) Oliver!

• Lost Horizon with Liv Ullman, Goodbye Mr Chips with Petula Clark. Thoroughly Modern Millie (call yourselves homosexuals!) Oliver!

• Lost Horizon with Liv Ullman. Come on guys, no OLIVER!

• Lost Horizon with Liv Ullman. Come on guys, no OLIVER!

• The greatest movie musical of all time is: "Calamity Jane"! It's Doris's greatest role, and the score is fabulous. "Calamity Jane" is far more entertaining than "Annie Get Your Gun" or, in fact, than ANY other movie musical ever!

• The greatest movie musical of all time is: "Calamity Jane"! It's Doris's greatest role, and the score is fabulous. "Calamity Jane" is far more entertaining than "Annie Get Your Gun" or, in fact, than ANY other movie musical ever!

• I'm with Billy and the Maxwell Caufield bit

• I'm with Billy and the Maxwell Caufield bit

• SALLY, IRENE AND MARY (1938): Alice Faye's best movie. Irresistably silly fun with Joan Davis, Fred Allen, Louise Hovick and Jimmy Durante. Features the first "Big Apple" dance number in a Hollywood film. BILLY ROSES' DIAMOND HORSESHOE (1945): Betty Grable's best movie. With a droll and sophisticated script by George Seaton, and nifty score by Harry Warren and Mack Gordon (featuring "The More I See You"). Bonus points for William Gaxton, Beatrice Kay and Phil Silvers.

• SALLY, IRENE AND MARY (1938): Alice Faye's best movie. Irresistably silly fun with Joan Davis, Fred Allen, Louise Hovick and Jimmy Durante. Features the first "Big Apple" dance number in a Hollywood film. BILLY ROSES' DIAMOND HORSESHOE (1945): Betty Grable's best movie. With a droll and sophisticated script by George Seaton, and nifty score by Harry Warren and Mack Gordon (featuring "The More I See You"). Bonus points for William Gaxton, Beatrice Kay and Phil Silvers.

• "Love Me Tonight": Mamoulian, Rodgers & Hart, McDonald & Chevalier and Myna Loy. No musical was ever as sophisticated and enchanting - even after the post-code vandalism that cut "A Woman Needs Something Like That". "Hellzapoppin'" - No musical was ever this strange. Features Whitey's Lindy-Hoppers in the greatest dance number ever.

• "Love Me Tonight": Mamoulian, Rodgers & Hart, McDonald & Chevalier and Myna Loy. No musical was ever as sophisticated and enchanting - even after the post-code vandalism that cut "A Woman Needs Something Like That". "Hellzapoppin'" - No musical was ever this strange. Features Whitey's Lindy-Hoppers in the greatest dance number ever.

• I hated Hedwig. Gay men are no good at writing about transsexuals because they just don't get it.

• I hated Hedwig. Gay men are no good at writing about transsexuals because they just don't get it.

• I tend not to count "A Star is Born" since there are only a couple of numbers, and they are both clips from Mrs. Norman Maine's filmography. But it IS a great movie. If they'd released the original ending to "Little Shop of Horrors" I think that would definitely be in the top 5 best musicals. However, for overall cultural impact and general belovedness, my vote for Greatest Movie Musical of All Time is "The Wizard of Oz." There's hardly a person in reach of Western media who does not know the songs and characters. and is instantly whisked back to childhood by it.

• I tend not to count "A Star is Born" since there are only a couple of numbers, and they are both clips from Mrs. Norman Maine's filmography. But it IS a great movie. If they'd released the original ending to "Little Shop of Horrors" I think that would definitely be in the top 5 best musicals. However, for overall cultural impact and general belovedness, my vote for Greatest Movie Musical of All Time is "The Wizard of Oz." There's hardly a person in reach of Western media who does not know the songs and characters. and is instantly whisked back to childhood by it.

• You forgot "Good News" (1947) by the great (and very gay) Chuck Walters. Comden and Green (who wrote the script said "We always say the three greatest pictures are 'The Birth of a Nation,' 'Battleship Potemkin' and 'Good News.'" Of more recent vitnage -- Alain Resnais' "Pas Sur La Bouche" and Christophe Honore's "Les Chanson d'amour."

• You forgot "Good News" (1947) by the great (and very gay) Chuck Walters. Comden and Green (who wrote the script said "We always say the three greatest pictures are 'The Birth of a Nation,' 'Battleship Potemkin' and 'Good News.'" Of more recent vitnage -- Alain Resnais' "Pas Sur La Bouche" and Christophe Honore's "Les Chanson d'amour."

• Oh crap, how did i forget The Wall! Even better than Rocky Horror.

• Oh crap, how did i forget The Wall! Even better than Rocky Horror.

• 1. Cabaret 2. The Band Wagon 3. Hair 4. Chicago 5. Moulin Rouge 6. Singin' in the Rain 7. Funny Girl 8. My Fair Lady 9. Rocky Horror Picture Show 10. A Hard Day's Night

• 1. Cabaret 2. The Band Wagon 3. Hair 4. Chicago 5. Moulin Rouge 6. Singin' in the Rain 7. Funny Girl 8. My Fair Lady 9. Rocky Horror Picture Show 10. A Hard Day's Night

• Willie Wonka! Can't believe no one said that. I couldn't wait for that to come on tv every year when I was a kid. I've never made it past the first 5 minutes of Moulin Rouge. It's so incredibly obnoxious.

• Willie Wonka! Can't believe no one said that. I couldn't wait for that to come on tv every year when I was a kid. I've never made it past the first 5 minutes of Moulin Rouge. It's so incredibly obnoxious.

• 'Funny Girl' should be in the Top 10 list.

• 'Funny Girl' should be in the Top 10 list.

• 1. Yellow Submarine 2. Help! 3. The Wizard of Oz 4. Pink Floyd: the Wall 5. Top Hat 6. Singin' in the Rain 7. The Band Wagon 8. South Park: bigger, longer and uncut 9. That's Entertainment 10. Oliver!

• 1. Yellow Submarine 2. Help! 3. The Wizard of Oz 4. Pink Floyd: the Wall 5. Top Hat 6. Singin' in the Rain 7. The Band Wagon 8. South Park: bigger, longer and uncut 9. That's Entertainment 10. Oliver!

• In fear of being banned I agree with you. Actually, I do!! Great list!

• In fear of being banned I agree with you. Actually, I do!! Great list!

• Way too many to choose, but some of my favorites that haven't been mentioned yet: The Blues Brothers Paint Your Wagon Everyone Says I Love You (that dance number in the hospital was amazing)

• Way too many to choose, but some of my favorites that haven't been mentioned yet: The Blues Brothers Paint Your Wagon Everyone Says I Love You (that dance number in the hospital was amazing)

• Yes, The Gang's All Here!! Much love for Carmen Miranda on her centennial! I only say Moulin Rouge once, and I didn't like it until I saw Jim Broadbent bouncing crazily through a cartoonish Paris. I like THAT part. Fiddler, St Louis, Rocky Horror. I never had so much fun at the movies as I did at Rocky Horror during it's peak, and that was at the mall theater in Wilkes-Barre PA!

• Yes, The Gang's All Here!! Much love for Carmen Miranda on her centennial! I only say Moulin Rouge once, and I didn't like it until I saw Jim Broadbent bouncing crazily through a cartoonish Paris. I like THAT part. Fiddler, St Louis, Rocky Horror. I never had so much fun at the movies as I did at Rocky Horror during it's peak, and that was at the mall theater in Wilkes-Barre PA!

• All-time favorite: West Side Story Gayest musical number in movie history: Hans Conreid performing "The Dressing Song: Do-Mi-Do Duds" in The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T. (1953). Has to be seen and heard to be believed.

• All-time favorite: West Side Story Gayest musical number in movie history: Hans Conreid performing "The Dressing Song: Do-Mi-Do Duds" in The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T. (1953). Has to be seen and heard to be believed.

• Steve Martin and Bernadette Peters in Pennies from Heaven !!!

• Steve Martin and Bernadette Peters in Pennies from Heaven !!!

• Oklahoma ... where the winds ... do what they must ...

• Oklahoma ... where the winds ... do what they must ...

• Best: Sweeney Todd Runner Up: The Boyfriend Honorable Mention: West Side Story Worst: Moulin Rouge Runner Up: Phantom of the Opera Dishonorable Disdain: Hair

• Best: Sweeney Todd Runner Up: The Boyfriend Honorable Mention: West Side Story Worst: Moulin Rouge Runner Up: Phantom of the Opera Dishonorable Disdain: Hair

• Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. Big & glitzy & gay as all get out, with two of the most sexsational gals there ever were!

• Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. Big & glitzy & gay as all get out, with two of the most sexsational gals there ever were!

• Mary Poppins and Beauty & the Beast Two wonderful films and crowning achievements for Disney!!!

• Mary Poppins and Beauty & the Beast Two wonderful films and crowning achievements for Disney!!!

• I'll always have a soft spot for Sound of Music, as schmaltzy as it is. The original Music Man with all it's corniness. Wizard of Oz, Star Is Born-especially for the great music, South Park the Movie, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Gay Divorcee, 42nd Street, Easter Parade. I'm cutting the list there..... Except the Pirate. I love that movie because it's just so beautifully photographed. Vincent Minnelli at his most splendid.

• I'll always have a soft spot for Sound of Music, as schmaltzy as it is. The original Music Man with all it's corniness. Wizard of Oz, Star Is Born-especially for the great music, South Park the Movie, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Gay Divorcee, 42nd Street, Easter Parade. I'm cutting the list there..... Except the Pirate. I love that movie because it's just so beautifully photographed. Vincent Minnelli at his most splendid.

• Sweet Charity (1969) starring Shirley MacLaine directed and choreographed by Bob Fosse (first opportunity to direct a feature film) written by Neil Simon first film appearance of Chita Rivera, Paula Kelly and Ben Vereen based on Fellini's Nights of Cabiria 14 musical numbers (Hey, Big Spender) The film cost $20 million to make, but only made $4 million at the box office. The terrible box office nearly sunk Universal Pictures. Zachariah (1971) "The first electric western." written by members of Firesign Theatre The soundtrack features songs by the James Gang, Joe Walsh, and Country Joe and the Fish which are not available elsewhere.

• Sweet Charity (1969) starring Shirley MacLaine directed and choreographed by Bob Fosse (first opportunity to direct a feature film) written by Neil Simon first film appearance of Chita Rivera, Paula Kelly and Ben Vereen based on Fellini's Nights of Cabiria 14 musical numbers (Hey, Big Spender) The film cost $20 million to make, but only made $4 million at the box office. The terrible box office nearly sunk Universal Pictures. Zachariah (1971) "The first electric western." written by members of Firesign Theatre The soundtrack features songs by the James Gang, Joe Walsh, and Country Joe and the Fish which are not available elsewhere.

• YAY! for <i>Starstruck</i>, and lovely to see other fans. For sheer all-time-wildness, nothing beats <i>The Gang's All Here</i>, a sublime Technicolor grab-bag of Alice Faye, Busby Berkeley, Carmen Miranda, Benny Goodman, Charlotte Greenwood, Edward Everett Horton, and some of the most insanely fabulous costumes, numbers, and throwaway moments ever put on film.

• YAY! for <i>Starstruck</i>, and lovely to see other fans. For sheer all-time-wildness, nothing beats <i>The Gang's All Here</i>, a sublime Technicolor grab-bag of Alice Faye, Busby Berkeley, Carmen Miranda, Benny Goodman, Charlotte Greenwood, Edward Everett Horton, and some of the most insanely fabulous costumes, numbers, and throwaway moments ever put on film.

• I LOVED Starstruck. Thanks for reminding me.

• I LOVED Starstruck. Thanks for reminding me.

• The presence of Drew from Sydney reminds me -a local movie called Starstruck was also very cool. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starstruck_%281982_film%29

• The presence of Drew from Sydney reminds me -a local movie called Starstruck was also very cool. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starstruck_%281982_film%29

• Rocky Horror easily, and im notgay. Oh Brother Where Art Thou was also great.

• Rocky Horror easily, and im notgay. Oh Brother Where Art Thou was also great.

• Oh, you wanted a MUSICAL.....LOL silly old me. without a doubt...."West Side Story" :P

• Oh, you wanted a MUSICAL.....LOL silly old me. without a doubt...."West Side Story" :P

• hmmmmm I think I would have to say ... "THE WAY WE WERE" Now where are my tissues. and an Australian Film from the early 1980's "PUBERTY BLUES" a coming of age flick in the "Sutherland Shire" which is the southern part of Sydney. Bless. (albeit very str8) Oh wait and of cause "LATTER DAYS"...gotta love a hot Mormon. Meow Cheers Drew (Sydney, Australia)

• hmmmmm I think I would have to say ... "THE WAY WE WERE" Now where are my tissues. and an Australian Film from the early 1980's "PUBERTY BLUES" a coming of age flick in the "Sutherland Shire" which is the southern part of Sydney. Bless. (albeit very str8) Oh wait and of cause "LATTER DAYS"...gotta love a hot Mormon. Meow Cheers Drew (Sydney, Australia)

• how can you do better than singin' in the rain?

• how can you do better than singin' in the rain?

• I cannot believe I ignored Guys & Dolls. Marlon Brando finds new ways to attract me........... hubba hubba.

• I cannot believe I ignored Guys & Dolls. Marlon Brando finds new ways to attract me........... hubba hubba.

• I thought the changes, aside from the over-dubbing, in West Side Story only enhanced the film. "Officer Krupke" after Riff's stabbing is just poor juxtaposition and The Sharks get more screen time and character development being Anita's adversary in "America". I adore Hedwig & The Angry Inch, Sweeney Todd (Well I hated Anthony, actually), The Phantom of The Opera (I might be the only one who liked Gerard Butler's Phantom and I think the song "Masquerade" actually was much better on film), The Wizard Of Oz, On The Town, Chicago, Cabaret, and Singing In The Rain. Worst: RENT. Not the best nor the worst but surely the most fascinating is Bjork/Lars von Trier vehicle Dancer In The Dark. The final moments of the film is like a punch in the gut.

• I thought the changes, aside from the over-dubbing, in West Side Story only enhanced the film. "Officer Krupke" after Riff's stabbing is just poor juxtaposition and The Sharks get more screen time and character development being Anita's adversary in "America". I adore Hedwig & The Angry Inch, Sweeney Todd (Well I hated Anthony, actually), The Phantom of The Opera (I might be the only one who liked Gerard Butler's Phantom and I think the song "Masquerade" actually was much better on film), The Wizard Of Oz, On The Town, Chicago, Cabaret, and Singing In The Rain. Worst: RENT. Not the best nor the worst but surely the most fascinating is Bjork/Lars von Trier vehicle Dancer In The Dark. The final moments of the film is like a punch in the gut.

• Wow Michael, we should be bff's! My faves include Wizard of Oz, Singing in the Rain, West Side Story! Best movies ever! Michelle*

• Wow Michael, we should be bff's! My faves include Wizard of Oz, Singing in the Rain, West Side Story! Best movies ever! Michelle*

• I didn't care for Natalie but I love West Side Story and wish I could have seen it on the stage. The choreography and songs are unforgettable.

• I didn't care for Natalie but I love West Side Story and wish I could have seen it on the stage. The choreography and songs are unforgettable.

• South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut Great musical numbers. Fun and creative. Compelling characters. Hedwig and the Angry Inch Religious metaphors about early Christianity are crazy fun

• South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut Great musical numbers. Fun and creative. Compelling characters. Hedwig and the Angry Inch Religious metaphors about early Christianity are crazy fun

• Gee, people, a little love for Buz? Like <i>Babes in Arms</i>? Classic, archetypal. <i>42nd Street</i> and <i>Golddiggers of 1933</i>. Dialogue snappier than a box of crackers. The Big Four Fred/Ginger: <i>Top Hat</i>, <i>Gay Divorcee</i>, <i>Shall We Dance?</i>, <i>Swing Time</i>. The apotheosis of the American Songbook musical. Comden/Green have been mentioned but not my favorite (after <i>The Band Wagon</i>), <i>On the Town</i>. And, just for Kay Thompson, <i>Funny Face</i>.

• Gee, people, a little love for Buz? Like <i>Babes in Arms</i>? Classic, archetypal. <i>42nd Street</i> and <i>Golddiggers of 1933</i>. Dialogue snappier than a box of crackers. The Big Four Fred/Ginger: <i>Top Hat</i>, <i>Gay Divorcee</i>, <i>Shall We Dance?</i>, <i>Swing Time</i>. The apotheosis of the American Songbook musical. Comden/Green have been mentioned but not my favorite (after <i>The Band Wagon</i>), <i>On the Town</i>. And, just for Kay Thompson, <i>Funny Face</i>.

• I believe that Audrey Hepburn's musicals are overrated because Marni Nixon sang for her. (Please someone correct me if I'm wrong on that.) That being said, I'm a big fan of Easter Parade, which has Fred Astaire, Judy Garland *and* Ann Miller. Who is like thee, Ann Miller? I also love Meet Me in St. Louis and Singin' in the Rain. I hate most movie musicals where the wonderful Broadway star is replaced by a better-known, lesser-talented actor. Examples: Guys & Dolls, The Pajama Game, and whose friggin' idea was it to cast Topol in Fiddler on the Roof?

• I believe that Audrey Hepburn's musicals are overrated because Marni Nixon sang for her. (Please someone correct me if I'm wrong on that.) That being said, I'm a big fan of Easter Parade, which has Fred Astaire, Judy Garland *and* Ann Miller. Who is like thee, Ann Miller? I also love Meet Me in St. Louis and Singin' in the Rain. I hate most movie musicals where the wonderful Broadway star is replaced by a better-known, lesser-talented actor. Examples: Guys & Dolls, The Pajama Game, and whose friggin' idea was it to cast Topol in Fiddler on the Roof?

• "An American in Paris" and, if you can find it, "Porgy & Bess" with Dorothy Dandridge, Sammy Davis, Jr.

• "An American in Paris" and, if you can find it, "Porgy & Bess" with Dorothy Dandridge, Sammy Davis, Jr.

• Does "All That Jazz" count? I cry like a baby during the climatic "Death" number with Ben Vereen...espcially when Roy runs into the audience to say one last goodbye to all the people in his Life.

• Does "All That Jazz" count? I cry like a baby during the climatic "Death" number with Ben Vereen...espcially when Roy runs into the audience to say one last goodbye to all the people in his Life.

• I'm with Asterisk! Ditto on White Christmas and add: Top Hat And in the top 50 a few from Paramount and Fox that often get short shrift: 42nd Street Tin Pan Alley (Alice Faye) Moon Over Miami (Betty Grable) Kid Millions or Palmy Days (Eddie Cantor)

• I'm with Asterisk! Ditto on White Christmas and add: Top Hat And in the top 50 a few from Paramount and Fox that often get short shrift: 42nd Street Tin Pan Alley (Alice Faye) Moon Over Miami (Betty Grable) Kid Millions or Palmy Days (Eddie Cantor)

• GYPSY, despite Rosalind Russell's non-singing (she pulled a Rex Harrison). While the music is GREAT, the movie's heartbreaking hallmark is Natalie Wood's "I thought you did it for me."

• GYPSY, despite Rosalind Russell's non-singing (she pulled a Rex Harrison). While the music is GREAT, the movie's heartbreaking hallmark is Natalie Wood's "I thought you did it for me."

• The Boy Friend with Twiggy!

• The Boy Friend with Twiggy!

• I think they should turn Mommie Dearest into a Broadway musical.

• I think they should turn Mommie Dearest into a Broadway musical.

• Fame. The original one!!!

• Fame. The original one!!!

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