If You Liked LaLa Land, You'll LOVE The Musicals of Yesteryear

Rating: 8/10 (29 January 2017)

I liked this film. I'd like Hollywood to try to do more in this vein. It compares well to many recent films of this genre. However, it really pales in comparison to the musicals of the 1930s, '40s, '50s and even later decades. If you like this film, you should really LOVE Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers (Top Hat, The Gay Divorcée, Roberta, Follow the Fleet, Swing Time, Shall We Dance, Carefree), Gene Kelly (Singing in the Rain - plus you get Donald O'Conner and Debbie Reynolds), Judy Garland (Easter Parade, For Me and My Gal, Summer Stock), Eleanor Powell (Born to Dance, Broadway Melody of 1938, Broadway Melody of 1940), Howard Keel (Show Boat, Kiss Me Kate, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Kismet), Kathryn Grayson, Gordon MacRae & Shirley Jones (Oklahoma, Carousel) and many, many others.