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Subgenre Sampler
Music Man, The (1962)
- Dir. Morton DaCosta
Feat. Robert Preston, Shirley Jones, Buddy Hackett… - A lively and delightful Broadway musical adaptation with conman Robert Preston (reprising his stage role) diddling a small Iowa town in 1912. Full of…
Blue Hawaii (1961)- Dir. Norman Taurog
Feat. Elvis Presley - Lush setting for this Elvis vehicle is easy on the eye. The King's least Rock'n'Roll effort.
Flower Drum Song (1961)- Dir. Henry Koster
Feat. Nancy Kwan, James Shigeta - Amiable if overlong musical comedy telling the story of a Chinese girl who smuggles herself into San Francisco as a "picture bride" to marry a young…
West Side Story (1961)
- Dir. Robert Wise
Feat. Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblyn… - Oscar–sweeping, hugely influential film version of Bernstein and Sondheim's landmark Broadway musical, updating Romeo and Juliet to dockland…
Wild in the Country (1961)- Dir. Phillip Dunne
Feat. Elvis Presley, Hope Lange, Tuesday Weld… - Unusual Elvis Presley vehicle, playing a country hothead with a literary bent.
Young Ones, The / Summer Holiday (1961-1962)- Dir. Sidney J. Furie, Peter Yates
Feat. Cliff Richard, Robert Morley, The Shadows - A pairing of delightfully dated musical vehicles for Brit pop sensation of the day, Cliff Richard. THE YOUNG ONES has Cliff organising a fundraising…
Bells are Ringing (1960)- Dir. Vincente Minnelli
Feat. Judy Holliday, Dean Martin, Fred Clark… - Winning musical rom–com from Vincente Minnelli (MEET ME IN ST LOUIS), with Judy Holliday playing a fictionalised version of real–life…
Can-Can (1960)- Dir. Walter Lang
Feat. Frank Sinatra, Shirley Maclaine, Maurice Chevalier… - Agreeable Cole Porter musical by way of Old Blue Eyes' Rat Pack croon. Sinatra teams up with Shirley Maclaine, here the proprietor of Parisian cafe…
G.I. Blues (1960)- Dir. Norman Taurog
Feat. Elvis Presley - A fond Elvis vehicle in which his guitar–playing G.I. meddles with things a young cadet shouldn't while stationed in Germany. Presley sings…
Let's Make Love (1960)- Dir. George Cukor
Feat. Marilyn Monroe, Yves Montand - An under–rated Marilyn Monroe comedy with Yves Montand as a millionaire who joins her theatre company, then hires a host of real–life…
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