Great Brigadoon Cyd Charisse
I wonder why the beautiful Lerner-Loewe meoldies and lyrics and the movie itself are not more popular than they are - I'll go home with Bonnie Jean, The heather on the Hill, Almost like being in love. The movie itself is a serious production, meticulous in costume s, design and choreography.
This is a fairy tale, almost a charming ghost story, which is so unreal that it only happens in old places like the Scottish highland. Something beautiful that emerges beneath the fog only once in a while.
The story is also rich in Scottish culture - bagpipes, kilts, market place and folklore.
I also wonder why Van Johnson, with a big build and yet such a nimble tap dancer, did not have more dancing roles in other movies. And Cyd Charisse ballet dancing is simply an eye candy.
The melodies are so sweet and chorus so pure that the movie is worth watching over and over again, even if it is only for the songs.
l would like to find the film "BRIGADOON" staring Cyd Charisse and Gene Kelly. has anybody got an idea. would mean alot to me.
ReplyDeletewhat are some of his good movies, im trying to find some good movies by gene kelly
ReplyDeleteWhat are some classic films like Top Hat and On Your Toes that include Jazz/ballet dancing and how many classic stars could dance like Ginger Rogers etc etc
ReplyDeleteWhat do you think is the best song or dance or both that was even done on film for a muscial? There are a lot of good choices, but Gene Kelly's work is the best to me, probably the American in Paris Ballet.
ReplyDeleteI'm a dancer and I love musicals, and I mean mostly the old musicals like: Singing in the Rain, Brigadoon, Oklahoma!, the King and I, Fiddler on the Roof. Rogers & Hammerstein, Gene Kelly, Cyd Charisse, Bob Fosse, all of those. I have all the soundtracks for them on my iPod, and people don't know what to make of it. Just a silly thought: would it bother a boyfriend if his girlfriend listened to that kind of music, or watched those movies? Or would he find it interesting and cute and get to love that part of her?
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