Carousel - 1956 - If I loved you duet. - YouTube Carousel - 1956 - If I loved you duet. Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. The interactive transcript could not be loaded. Loading... Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Uploaded on Jan 2, 2009 Beautiful Duet with Gordon MacRae and Shirely Jones. Anya xoxo Gordon MacRae - Biography - IMDb Gordon MacRae Biography Showing all 23 items Jump to: Overview (4) | Mini Bio (1) | Spouse (2) | Trade Mark (1) | Trivia (14) | Personal Quotes (1) Overview (4) 5' 8" (1.73 m) Mini Bio (1) Albert Gordon MacRae was born on March 12, 1921, in East Orange, NJ.

During his early years, he resided in Syracuse, NY, and, while in high school, spent much of his time singing and acting in the Drama Club. It was also during this time that he learned to play the piano, clarinet and the saxophone. At 19, he entered a singing contest and won a two-week engagement at The World's Fair in New York, performing with the Harry James and Les Brown bands. In 1940, while working in New York City as a page, he was "discovered" and hired to sing for the Horace Heidt Band. After a two-year stint, he joined the Army Air Corps and worked as a navigator for the next two years. He made his Broadway debut in a show called "Junior Miss", as a replacement in the role of "Tommy Arbuckle". Next, he appeared, again on Broadway, in Ray Bolger 's 1946 revue, "Three To Make Ready". It was here that he was spotted by Capitol Records and signed to a long-term recording contract in 1947. He stayed with the label for more than 20 years.

In October 1948, on ABC, he starred on the radio show "The Railroad Hour". The show moved to NBC in October 1949 and continued until June of 1954. It presented operettas and musical dramatizations, all starring Gordon and many different leading ladies. Also in 1948, he was signed to a seven-year contract with Warner Brothers Pictures and, soon after, made his film debut in the non-musical, The Big Punch (1948), opposite Lois Maxwell (well-known later as "Miss Moneypenny" in the James Bond films). What followed was a string of hit musicals, starting with Look for the Silver Lining (1949), in which MacRae had a featured role opposite June Haver and Ray Bolger , and five fondly remembered films with Doris Day , beginning with Tea for Two (1950). Perhaps his two best and well-known films were two of his last: Oklahoma! (1955) and Carousel (1956), both written by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II and both opposite screen newcomer Shirley Jones .

MacRae began to suffer, in the late 1950s and early 1960s, from bouts of heavy drinking and, by his own admission, developed into an alcoholic. He revealed that he had been "picked up for drunk driving" during the filming of "Carousel". He conquered the disease in the 1970s and went on to counsel other alcoholics. He continued recording and performing on dozens of television shows. He and his wife, Sheila MacRae , appeared together frequently and even released an album together. His daughters, Meredith MacRae and Heather MacRae , acted in films and on TV. On September 22, 1974, he appeared as a sheriff on an episode of McCloud (1970), starring Dennis Weaver , entitled "The Barefoot Girls of Bleeker Street". His final film came in 1979, a fine dramatic role in The Pilot (1980), which starred Cliff Robertson . He suffered a stroke in 1982. He continued on with the support of his second wife, Elizabeth, and his five children.

This brilliant performer continued to tour, when his health would permit, allowing audiences to relive some of his biggest film hits. On January 24, 1986, Gordon MacRae died at the age of 64, at his home in Lincoln, NE, of pneumonia, the result of complications from cancer of the mouth and jaw. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Patrick Fullerton Spouse (2) The songs "Oklahoma!" and "If I Loved You" Trivia (14) Ex-father-in-law of Greg Mullavey . Suffered a stroke in 1982 but managed to tour occasionally upon his recovery. In the fall of 1985, however, he underwent a carotid artery operation. At that time he was diagnosed with cancer and was forced to retire completely. Was supposed to co-star with Judy Holliday in the original Broadway musical production of "Bells Are Ringing" in 1956. There were contractual problems, however, and he was replaced by Sydney Chaplin . In high school (Nottingham High School in Syracuse, NY) he was quite athletic, participating in football, hockey, swimming, baseball, basketball, track, and lacrosse.

The National Rifle Association awarded him a marksmanship medal. At age 11 he was an emcee for a local radio station. At age 19, he won a talent contest sponsored by Picture Magazaine, earning a two-week engagement at the New York World's Fair Outdoor Dancing Pavilion singing for Harry James and Les Brown . Had four children with Sheila MacRae : Meredith MacRae (born 1944); Heather MacRae (1946); William Gordon (1948) and Robert Bruce (1954). Some of his bigger songs with Capitol Records were "A Fellow Needs a Girl" and "Body and Soul." While appearing in a nightclub act with his wife at Lake Tahoe, he received an emergency phone call to replace Frank Sinatra as "Billy Bigelow" in the film version of Rodgers and Hammerstein's stage hit "Carousel", after Sinatra walked out on the filming when he discovered that every scene was to be filmed twice - once for regular CinemaScope and once for CinemaScope 55. Within three days MacRae, who was already familiar with the Broadway show and had wanted to play the role, reported to the set.

Ironically, the producers then discovered a way to shoot in CinemaScope 55 and then convert it to regular CinemaScope without filming the movie twice. Born of Scottish immigrant parents. He performed in two film musicals with music by Richard Rodgers . Carousel (1956) and Oklahoma! (1955). He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Radio at 6325 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California. Carousel Carousel Certificate: u Synopsis Timeless Rodgers and Hammerstein musical fantasy with Gordon MacRae as a deceased fairground barker who gets a day-release from heaven to right his wrongs on Earth and realises that he shoulda been nicer to his lovely wife Shirley Jones. The songs are terrific but it's the underlying performances that make the merry-go-round spin. A vibrant, poignant treat. Director Barbara Ruick Review Full of warmth and colour, and some of the most lilting music Richard Rodgers ever wrote, this is an almost totally successful version of the stage smash. Gordon MacRae and Shirley Jones, the sweethearts from Oklahoma!, are fortuitously re-teamed as Billy Bigelow, the irresponsible fairground barker, and Julie Jordan.

Frank Sinatra had been cast as Billy, but he walked out on finding he had to shoot all scenes twice, once in widescreen and once in normal ratio. MacRae was rushed in and produced the performance of a lifetime. So did Barbara Ruick, as the girl who falls for fisherman Mr Snow, and Cameron Mitchell is also excellent as the rascally Jigger. Both Ruick and Mitchell sing remarkably well, and indeed one of the bonuses of this particular musical is that all of the players do their own singing. And what songs! Look almost anywhere in this score and you'll find a hit: If I Loved You, My Boy Bill, June is Busting Out All Over, A Real Nice Clambake, When I Marry Mr Snow, When the Children Are Asleep, What's the Use of Wondrin' and You'll Never Walk Alone. Sinatra made a big hit record of that, perhaps regretting what might have been. Gordon MacRae - IMDb IMDb Actor | Soundtrack Albert Gordon MacRae was born on March 12, 1921, in East Orange, NJ.

During his early years, he resided in Syracuse, NY, and, while in high school, spent much of his time singing and acting in the Drama Club. It was also during this time that he learned to play the piano, clarinet and the saxophone. At 19, he entered a singing contest and won a ... See full bio » Born: a list of 25 people created 23 Jan 2011 a list of 35 people created 02 Feb 2013 a list of 45 people created 13 Mar 2015 a list of 20 people created 01 Nov 2015 a list of 320 people created 2 months ago Do you have a demo reel? Add it to your IMDbPage How much of Gordon MacRae's work have you seen? User Polls Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys.

See more awards » Known For The Match Game Himself - Team Captain (1968-1969) The Colgate Comedy Hour Himself - Host / Himself - Singer (1954-1955) 2015/I The Dressmaker (performer: "People Will Say We're In Love" from tt0048445) 2014 Love Hotel (Documentary) (performer: "Tea For Two" lyrics by nm0128371 & music by nm0949207) 2008 Banda sonora (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode) - Episode #2.9 (2008) ... (performer: "Oklahoma!", "Oh, What A Beautiful Mornin'") 2008 Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical Treasure (TV Movie documentary) (performer: "The Surrey with the Fringe on Top", "If I Loved You" - uncredited) 2007 Gilmore Girls (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode) - Gilmore Girls Only (2007) ...

(performer: "Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'" - uncredited) 1964 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode) - Episode #17.21 (1964) ... (performer: "The Sweetest Sounds", "If Ever I Would Leave You" - uncredited) 1958-1961 The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show (TV Series) (performer - 2 episodes) - Gordon MacRae (1961) ... (performer: "If Ever I Would Leave You", "Dolce Far Niente" - uncredited) - Gordon MacRae (1958) ... (performer: "The Secret", "Don't Be Ashamed of Your Age" - uncredited) - Episode dated 5 January 1957 (1957) ...

(performer: "I Went to the City") 1956 The Best Things in Life Are Free (performer: "Here Am I, Broken Hearted", "Button Up Your Overcoat", "Good News", "Lucky in Love") 1956 Carousel (performer: "If I Loved You" (1945), "Soliloquy" (1945), "If I Loved You (Reprise)" (1945) - uncredited) 1955 Oklahoma!

(performer: "Oh, What A Beautiful Mornin'" (1943), "The Surrey With the Fringe On Top" (1943), "People Will Say We're In Love" (1943), "Pore Jud Is Daid" (1943), "The Farmer and the Cowman" (1943), "People Will Say We're In Love (Reprise)" (1943), "Oklahoma!" (1943) - uncredited) 1954 General Foods 25th Anniversary Show: A Salute to Rodgers and Hammerstein (TV Movie) (performer: "Oklahoma!", "Oh, What a Beautiful Morning", "People Will Say We're in Love") 1953 Three Sailors and a Girl (performer: "You're But Oh, So Right", "My Heart Is a Singing Heart", "There Must Be a Reason", "When It's Love", "I Got Butterflies" - uncredited) Carousel [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] - Shirley Jones,Gordon MacRae | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic Carousel [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] AllMusic Rating

 google+ AllMusic Review by William Ruhlmann Rodgers and Hammerstein were relatively uninvolved in the movie version of their second musical, Carousel, which was the least successful of three adaptations of their shows released within an eight-month period from October 1955 to June 1956.

Oklahoma!, which preceded it, and The King and I, which followed, were both blockbusters, while Carousel failed to make back its considerable production cost. The dark-edged story had also been less of a success on Broadway, though still a big hit, and the casting of Shirley Jones and Gordon MacRae (the latter a last-minute replacement for Frank Sinatra , who walked out in a contract dispute), the same pair who had just appeared in Oklahoma!, may have dampened audiences' enthusiasm. The soundtrack album, however, was musically more complete containing songs like "You're a Queer One, Julie Jordan" and "Blow High, Blow Low" that had been cut from the film -- and more popular -- reaching the Top Five and selling a million copies -- than the movie. Jones (some of whose singing may have been dubbed by Marni Nixon) and MacRae perform well, as does the rest of the cast, particularly soprano Claramae Turner ("You'll Never Walk Alone"). Some lyrics have been bowdlerized, and a couple of minor songs are missing, but this is still a good version of the score, especially because of the larger orchestra.

Subsequent CD reissues have expanded the album's length, and the 2001 edition is padded out with music from two lengthy ballet sections to bring the running time over 70 minutes. 2001 reissue producers Didier C. Deutsch and Charles L. Granata each contribute liner notes, and they overlap; the two essays should have been edited together. And since they make so much of Sinatra's defection, it would have been nice to have dug up the pre-recordings he made for the soundtrack. Track Listing 100 Greatest Film Musicals Music Lists 100 Greatest Film Musicals Criteria: The 'Film Musical' is a feature length movie where the characters sing a number of songs throughout the film relating to the story and expressing their thoughts and feelings. Many are adaptations of 'Stage Musicals', the biggest hits being from 'Broadway' theater. These Greatest Musicals were ranked for their storyline, songs/music, acting, direction, & box-office success. This list does not include 'Animated' musical films. Title - (Year, Director) (Main Actors) (Significant Songs) Edited By: Lew List Begun: 2007-05-15 1.

Singin' in the Rain - (1952, S. Donen, G. Kelly) (Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor, Debbie Reynolds) ("Singin' in the Rain", "Make Em Laugh", "Would You?", "You Were Meant For Me") 2. The Wizard of Oz - (1939, Victor Fleming) (Judy Garland, Ray Bolger, Jack Haley, Bert Lahr) ("Over The Rainbow", "We're Off to See The Wizard", "If I Only Had A Brain") 3. The Sound of Music - (1965, Robert Wise) (Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer) ("Climb Ev'ry Mountain", "My Favorite Things", "The Sound Of Music", "Sixteen Going On Seventeen") 4. The Music Man - (1962, Morton DaCosta) (Robert Preston, Shirley Jones, Buddy Hackett) ("Till There Was You", "Goodnight My Someone", "Seventy Six Trombones") 5.

West Side Story - (1961, Jerome Robbins, Robert Wise) (Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer) ("Maria", "Somewhere", "Tonight", "America", "I Feel Pretty") 6. My Fair Lady - (1964, George Cukor) (Audrey Hepburn, Rex Harrison, Wilfrid Hyde-White) ("I Could Have Danced All Night", "On The Street Where You Live", "Wouldn't It Be Loverly") 7. Cabaret - (1972, Bob Fosse) (Liza Minnelli, Joel Grey, Michael York) ("Cabaret", "Tomorrow Belongs To Me", "Money, Money") 8. Meet Me in St. Louis - (1944, Vincente Minnelli) (Judy Garland, Margaret O'Brien, Mary Astor) ("Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas", "Meet Me In St. Louis", "The Trolley Song") 9.

The King and I - (1956, Walter Lang) (Deborah Kerr, Yul Brynner, Rita Moreno) ("Getting To Know You", "Whistle A Happy Tune", "Hello, Young Lovers") 10. An American in Paris - (1951, Vincente Minnelli) (Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron, Oscar Levant) ("I Got Rhythm", "They Can't Take That Away From Me", "'S Wonderful") 11. Yankee Doodle Dandy - (1942, Michael Curtiz) (James Cagney, Joan Leslie, Walter Huston) ("Give My Regards To Broadway", "Yankee Doodle Boy", "You're A Grand Old Flag") 12. On the Town - (1949, S. Donen, G. Kelly) (Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Ann Miller) ("New York, New York", "On the Town", "When You Walk Down Mainstreet With Me") 13.

A Star Is Born - (1954, George Cukor) (Judy Garland, James Mason, Jack Carson) ("The Man That Got Away", "Here's What I'm Here For") 14. Oklahoma! (1955, Fred Zinnemann) (Gordon MacRae, Shirley Jones, Gloria Grahame) ("Oh, What A Beautiful Morning", "Oklahoma!", "The Surrey With The Fringe On Top") 15. South Pacific - (1958, Joshua Logan) (Rossano Brazzi, Mitzi Gayno, Ray Walston) ("Some Enchanted Evening", "Younger Than Springtime", "I'm In Love With A Wonderful Guy") 16. Funny Girl - (1968, William Wyler) (Barbra Streisand, Omar Sharif, Kay Medford) ("People", "Funny Girl", "My Man") 17.

Mary Poppins - (1964, Robert Stevenson) (Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke, Glynis Johns) ("Chim Chim Cher-ee", "A Spoonful Of Sugar", "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious") 18. Top Hat - (1935, Mark Sandrich) (Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Edward Everett Horton) ("Top Hat, White Tie And Tails", "Isn't It A Lovely Day (To Be Caught In The Rain)?", "Cheek To Cheek") 19. The Band Wagon - (1953, Vincente Minnelli) (Fred Astaire, Cyd Charisse, Oscar Levant) ("That's Entertainment!", "Dancing In The Dark", "I Guess I'll Have To Change My Plan") 20. Grease - 1978, Randal Kleiser) (John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, Stockard Channing) ("You're The One That I Want", Grease", "Summer Nights", "Hopelessly Devoted To You") 21.

Show Boat - (1936, James Whale) (Irene Dunne, Allan Jones, Paul Robeson) ("Ol' Man River", "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man", "Make Believe") 22. Seven Brides for Seven Brothers - (1954, Stanley Donen) (Howard Keel, Jane Powell, Jeff Richards) "When You're In Love", "Wonderful, Wonderful Day", "Spring, Spring, Spring") 23. Porgy and Bess - (1959, Otto Preminger) (Sidney Poitier, Dorothy Dandridge, Pearl Bailey) ("Summertime", "I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'", "It Ain't Necessarily So") 24. Gigi - (1958, Vincente Minnelli) (Leslie Caron, Maurice Chevalier, Louis Jourdan) ("Thank Heaven For Little Girls", "I Remember It Well", "Say A Prayer For Me Tonight") 25. Guys and Dolls - (1955, Joseph L.

Mankiewicz) (Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons, Frank Sinatra) ("A Bushel And A Peck", "Luck Be A Lady", "If I Were A Bell") 26. All That Jazz - (1979, Bob Fosse) (Roy Scheider, Jessica Lange, Ben Vereen) ("On Broadway", "Who's Sorry Now", "Everything Old Is New Again") 27. 42nd Street - (1933, Lloyd Bacon) (Ginger Rogers, Warner Baxter, Ruby Keeler) ("Shuffle Off To Buffalo", "You're Getting To Be A Habit with Me", "42nd Street") 28. Hello, Dolly! - (1969, Gene Kelly) (Barbra Streisand, Walter Matthau, Michael Crawford) ("Hello Dolly", "Love Is Only Love", 'Before The Parade Passes By") 29. Chicago - (2002, Rob Marshall) (Catherine Zeta-Jones, Renée Zellweger, Richard Gere) ("All That Jazz", "I Can't Do It Alone", "Nowadays") 30.

Carousel - (1956, Henry King) (Gordon MacRae, Shirley Jones, Cameron Mitchell) ('If I Loved You", "June Is Bustin' Out All Over", "What's The Use Of Wond'rin'") 31. Oliver! - (1968, Carol Reed) (Mark Lester, Ron Moody, Oliver Reed, Jack Wild) ('I'd Do Anything", "Consider Yourself", "As Long As He Needs Me") 32. Gypsy - (1962, Mervyn LeRoy) (Natalie Wood, Rosalind Russell, Karl Malden) ("Everything's Coming Up Roses", "Let Me Entertain You", 'Together Wherever We Go") 33. Mame - (1974, Gene Saks) (Lucille Ball, Beatrice Arthur, Robert Preston, Joyce Van Patten) ("Mame", "Open A New Window", "If He Walked Into My Life") 34.

Holiday Inn - (1942, Mark Sandrich) (Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire, Marjorie Reynolds) ("White Christmas", "The Song Of Freedom", "Be Careful It's My Heart") 35. Easter Parade - (1948,Charles Walters) (Judy Garland, Fred Astaire, Peter Lawford, Ann Miller) ("Easter Parade", "Steppin' Out With My Baby", "A Couple Of Swells",) 36. Brigadoon - (1954, Vincente Minnelli) (Gene Kelly, Van Johnson, Cyd Charisse) ("Almost Like Being In Love", '"Waitin' For My Dearie", "Heather On The Hill") 37. The Rocky Horror Picture Show - (1975, Jim Sharman) (Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon, Tim Curry) ("Time Warp", "Whatever Happened To Saturday Night?", "Science Fiction, Double Feature") 38.

Alexander's Ragtime Band - (1938, Henry King) (Tyrone Power, Alice Faye, Don Ameche) ("Strike Up The Band", "A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody", "Blue Skies") 39. Hair - (1979, Milos Forman) (Treat Williams, John Savage, Beverly D'Angelo) ("Aquarius", "Let The Sunshine In", "Easy To Be Hard", "Good Morning Starshine") 40. Annie Get Your Gun - (1950, George Sidney) (Betty Hutton, Howard Keel, Louis Calhern) ("There's No Business Like Show Business", "I Got The Sun In The Morning", "Anything You Can Do") 41. Anchors Aweigh - (1945, George Sidney) (Frank Sinatra, Gene Kelly, Kathryn Grayson) ("I Fall In Love Too Easily", "The Charm Of You", "What Makes The Sunset") 42.

Funny Face - (1957, Stanley Donen) (Audrey Hepburn, Fred Astaire, Kay Thompson) ("'S Wonderful", "Bonjour, Paris!", "Let's Kiss And Make Up", "How Long Has This Been Going On?") 43. Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory - (1971, Mel Stuart) (Gene Wilder, Peter Ostrum) ("The Candy Man", "Pure Imagination", "Oompa Loompa") 44. Fiddler on the Roof - (1971, Norman Jewison) (Topol, Norma Crane, Michele Marsh) ("Sunrise, Sunset", "If I Were A Rich Man", "Matchmaker") 45. Kismet - (1955, Vincente Minnelli) (Howard Keel, Ann Blyth, Dolores Gray) ("Stranger In Paradise", "And This Is My Beloved", "Fate", "Baubles, Bangles & Beads") 46.

Flower Drum Song - (1961, Henry Koster) (Nancy Kwan, Jack Soo, James Shigeta) ("I Enjoy Being A Girl", "Love, Look Away", "You Are Beautiful") 47. Paint Your Wagon - (1969, Joshua Logan) (Lee Marvin, Clint Eastwood, Jean Seberg, Ray Walston) ("They Call The Wind Maria", "Wand'rin' Star", "I Talk To The Trees" ) 48. Babes in Arms - (1939, Busby Berkeley) (Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland, Margaret Hamilton") ("The Lady Is A Tramp", "Where Or When", "My Funny Valentine") 49. Kiss Me Kate - (1953, George Sidney) (Kathryn Grayson, Howard Keel, Ann Miller) ("So In Love", "From This Moment On", "Why Can't You Behave") 50. The Gay Divorcee - (1934, Mark Sandrich) (Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Alice Brady) ("The Continental", "Night And Day") 51. Moulin Rouge!

- (2001, Baz Luhrmann) (Nicole Kidman, Ewan McGregor, John Leguizamo) ("Lady Marmalade", "Nature Boy", "Come What May", "One Day I'll Fly Away") 52. Finian's Rainbow - (1968, Francis Ford Coppola) (Fred Astaire, Petula Clark, Keenan Wynn) ("When I'm Not Near The Girl I Love", "Look To The Rainbow", "How Are Things In Glocca Morra") 53. Naughty Marietta - (1935, Robert Z. Leonard) (Nelson Eddy, Jeanette MacDonald, Elsa Lanchester) ("Ah, Sweet Mystery Of Life", "I'm Falling In Love With Someone", "'Neath The Southern Moon") 54. A Chorus Line - (1985) (Richard Attenborough) (Michael Douglas, Terrence Mann, Janet Jones) ("What I Did For Love", "One", "I Hope I Get It", "The Music And The Mirror") 55.

For Me and My Gal - (1942, Busby Berkeley) (Judy Garland, George Murphy, Gene Kelly) ("How Ya Gonna Keep 'Em Down On The Farm? (After They've Seen Paree)", "After You've Gone") 56. Damn Yankees! - (1958, George Abbott) (Gwen Verdon, Tab Hunter, Ray Walston) ("Heart", "Whatever Lola Wants, Lola Gets", "Who's Got The Pain") 57. Funny Lady- (1975, Herbert Ross) (Barbra Streisand, James Caan, Omar Sharif, Roddy McDowall) ("How Lucky Can You Get", "Am I Blue", "More Than You Know") 58. Little Shop of Horrors - (1986, Frank Oz) (Rick Moranis, Ellen Greene, Steve Martin) ("Mean Green Mother From Outter Space", "Skid Row (Downtown)", "Suddenly Seymour") 59.

Jesus Christ Superstar - (1973, Norman Jewison) (Ted Neeley, Carl Anderson, Yvonne Elliman) ("I Don't Know How To Love Him", "Everything's Alright", "Gethsemane", "Hosanna") 60. The Phantom of the Opera - (2004, Joel Schumacher) (Gerard Butler, Miranda Richardson) ("The Music Of The Night", "All I Ask Of You", "Learn To Be Lonely") 61. Camelot - (1967, Joshua Logan) (Richard Harris, Vanessa Redgrave, Franco Nero) ("If Ever I Would Leave You", "How To Handle A Woman", "Camelot") 62. The Umbrellas of Cherbourg - (1964, Jacques Demy) (Catherine Deneuve, Nino Castelnuovo) ("I Will Wait For You", "Watch What Happens") 63.

Tommy- (1975, Ken Russell) (Roger Daltrey, Ann-Margret, Oliver Reed) ("Pinball Wizard", "I'm Free", "See Me, Feel Me / Listening To You") 64. Annie - (1982, John Huston) (Carol Burnett, Aileen Quinn, Tim Curry) ("Tomorrow", "Maybe", "I Don't Need Anything But You") 65. Fame - (1980, Alan Parker) (Irene Cara, Lee Curreri, Laura Dean) ("Fame", "Out Here On My Own", "I Sing The Body Electric") 66. Thoroughly Modern Millie - (1967, George Roy Hill) (Julie Andrews, James Fox, Mary Tyler Moore) ("Thoroughly Modern Millie", "Baby Face", "Poor Butterfly", "Jimmy") 67. The Harvey Girls - (1946, George Sidney) (Judy Garland, John Hodiak, Ray Bolger) ("On The Atchinson, Topeka and The Santa Fe", "Wait And See") 68.

New York, New York -(1977, Martin Scorsese) (Liza Minnelli, Robert De Niro, Lionel Stander) ("New York, New York", "You Are My Lucky Star", "Man I Love", "Blue Moon") 69. A Hard Day's Night - (1964, R. Lester) (John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr) ("A Hard Day's Night", "If I Fell", "I Should Have Known Better", "And I Love Her") 70. High Society - (1956, Charles Walters) (Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Louis Armstrong) ("True Love", "Mind If I Make Love To You?", "You're Sensational") 71. Swing Time - (1936, George Stevens) (Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Victor Moore) ("The Way You Look Tonight", "Pick Yourself Up", "A Fine Romance", "Never Gonna Dance") 72.

Godspell - (1973, David Greene) (Victor Garber, David Haskell, Jerry Sroka) ("Day By Day", "Beautiful City", "By My Side", "On The Willows") 73. The Blues Brothers - (1980, John Landis) (Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, Carrie Fisher) ("Jailhouse Rock", "Think", "Sweethome Chicago", "Everybody Needs Somebody To Love") 74. The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas - (1982, Colin Higgins) (Dolly Parton, Burt Reynolds) ("I Will Always Love You", "Hard Candy Christmas", "Sneakin' Around") 75. A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum - (1966, Richard Lester) (Zero Mostel, Michael Crawford) ("Comedy Tonight", "Lovely", "Love, I Hear") 76.

The Unsinkable Molly Brown - (1964, Charles Walters) (Debbie Reynolds, Harve Presnell, Ed Begley) ("I Ain't Down Yet", "I'll Never Say No", "Belly Up To The Bar") 77. White Christmas - (1954, Michael Curtiz) (Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney) ("White Christmas", "Blue Skies", "Sisters") 78. Ziegfeld Girl - (1941, Robert Z. Leonard) (Judy Garland, Hedy Lamarr, Lana Turner, James Stewart) ("I'm Always Chasing Rainbows", "You Stepped Out Of A Dream") 79. Bye Bye Birdie - (1963, George Sidney) (Ann-Margret, Bobby Rydell, Janet Leigh) ("Kids", "Put On A Happy Face", "We Love You Conrad") 80. Doctor Dolittle - (1967, Richard Fleischer) (Rex Harrison, Samantha Eggar, Anthony Newley) ("Talk To The Animals", "Beautiful Things", "When I Look In Your Eyes") 81.

Ain't Misbehavin' - (1955, Edward Buzzell) (Rory Calhoun, Piper Laurie, Mamie Van Doren) ("I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter", "Black And Blue", "That Ain't Right") 82. Anything Goes - (1936, Lewis Milestone) (Bing Crosby, Ethel Merman, Ida Lupino) ("Anything Goes", "I Get A Kick Out Of You", "You're The Top") 83. How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying - (1967, D. Swift) (Robert Morse, Michele Lee) ("I Believe In You", "Coffee Break", "Rosemary", "Happy To Keep His Dinner Warm") 84. Gold Diggers of 1933 - (1933, Mervyn LeRoy) (Warren William, Joan Blondell, Ruby Keeler) ("We're In The Money", "Pettin' In The Park", "Shadow Waltz") 85.

Calamity Jane - (1953, David Butler) (Doris Day, Howard Keel, Allyn Ann McLerie) ("Secret Love", "The Black Hills Of Dakota", "My Heart Is Higher Than A Hawk") 86. Rose Marie - (1954, Mervyn LeRoy) (Ann Blyth, Howard Keel, Fernando Lamas) ("Indian Love Call", "The Mounties", "Rose Marie") 87. Dreamgirls - (2006, Bill Condon) (Eddie Murphy, Jamie Foxx, Jennifer Hudson) ("And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going", "One Night Only", "I Want You Baby") 88. Strike Up the Band - (1940, Busby Berkeley) (Judy Garland, Mickey Rooney, June Preisser) ("Strike Up The Band", "The Man I Love", "Soon") 89. The Broadway Melody - (1929, Harry Beaumont) (Charles King, Anita Page, Bessie Love) ("Give My Regards To Broadway", "You Were Ment For Me", "Love Boat") 90.

Pal Joey - (1957, George Sidney) (Rita Hayworth, Frank Sinatra, Kim Novak) ("The Lady Is a Tramp", "Bewitched, Bothered And Bewildered", "My Funny Valentine") 91. 1776 - (1972, Peter H. Hunt) (William Daniels, Howard Da Silva, Ken Howard) ("Till Then", "Yours, Yours, Yours", "Molasses To Rum") 92. Call Me Madam - (1953, Walter Lang) (Ethel Merman, Donald O'Connor, Vera-Ellen) ("You're Just In Love", "The Hostess With The Mostest'", "It's A Lovely Day Today") 93. In The Good Old Summertime - (1949, R. Z. Leonard) (Judy Garland, Van Johnson, Buster Keaton) ("In The Good Old Summertime", "Put Your Arms Around Me Honey", "I Don't Care") 94.

Can-Can - (1960, Walter Lang) (Frank Sinatra, Shirley MacLaine, Maurice Chevalier) ("Live and Let Live", "Just One of Those Things", "Come Along with Me", "I Love Paris") 95. Rent - (2005, Chris Columbus) (Anthony Rapp, Adam Pascal, Rosario Dawson) ("I'll Cover You", "La Vie Boheme", "Love Heals", "Your Eyes") 96. Evita - (1996, Alan Parker) (Madonna, Antonio Banderas, Jonathan Pryce) ("Don't Cry For Me Argentina", "You Must Love Me") 97. Purple Rain - (1984, Albert Magnoli) (Prince, Apollonia Kotero, Morris Day) ("When Doves Cry", "Let's Go Crazy," "Take Me With You") 98. Viva Las Vegas - (1964, George Sidney) (Elvis Presley, Ann-Margret, Cesare Danova) ("Viva Las Vegas", "What'd I Say", "I Need Somebody To Lean On", The Lady Loves Me") 99.

On a Clear Day You Can See Forever - (1970, Vincente Minnelli) (Barbra Streisand, Yves Montand) ("On a Clear Day You Can See Forever", "Come Back To Me", "Love With All The Trimmings" 100.

The Wiz - (1978, Sidney Lumet) (Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Richard Pryor) ("Ease On Down The Road", "If You Believe", "Home") That's Entertainment - (1974, Jack Haley Jr.) (Documentary- MGM Musical Highlights) That's Entertainment Part II - (1976, Gene Kelly) (Documentary- MGM Musical Highlights) That's Entertainment Part III - (1994, Bud Friedgen) (Documentary- MGM Musical Highlights) More Movie Lists 50sPopMusic.com 50sPopMusic.com 1950s EASY-POP Songs and Singers...on the verge of Rock 'n Roll Popular Movie Musicals of the 50s Film title, studio, musical composer, year released, stars, and popular musical numbers Annie Get Your Gun MGM Music & lyrics by Irving Berlin 1950 Betty Hutton, Howard Keel, Keenan Wynn, Louis Calhern Songs: There’s No Business Like Show Business (Hutton, Keel, Wynn, Calhern) Summer Stock MGM Music & lyrics by Harry Warren, Jack Brooks, and Saul Chaplin 1950 Judy

 Garland, Gene Kelly, Phil Silvers, Gloria De Haven, Eddie Bracken Songs: Get Happy, written by Harold Arlen & Ted Koehler (Garland); If You Feel Like Singing, Sing (Garland) On the Town MGM Music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Betty Comden & Adolph Green 1950 Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Jules Munshin, Vera-Ellen, Ann Miller, Betty Garrett Songs: New York, New York (Kelly, Sinatra, Munshin) Three Little Words MGM Music & lyrics by Bert Kalmar & Harry Ruby 1950 Fred Astaire, Red Skelton, Vera-Ellen, Phil Regan, Debbie Reynolds Songs: Three Little Words (Astaire, Skelton, Vera-Ellen); You are My Lucky Star (Regan); I Wanna Be Loved By You Boop-Boop-a-Doop (Reynolds dubbed by Helen Kane) The Toast of New Orleans MGM (operatic standards) 1950 David Niven, James Mitchell, Rita Moreno Songs: Be My Love, written by Nicholas Brodszky & Sammy Cahn (Lanza, Grayson) Young Man with a Horn Warner Brothers (1920

’s and 1930’s music) 1950 Kirk Douglas (with trumpet dubbed by Harry James), Doris Day, Lauren Bacall Songs: Lullaby of Broadway, Too Marvelous for Words, I Only Have Eyes for You (Day) Show Boat MGM Music & lyrics by Jerome Kern & Oscar Hammerstein II 1951 Kathryn Grayson, Howard Keel, Ava Gardner, Marge & Gower Champion Songs: Make Believe (Keel, Grayson); Old Man River (William Warfield) An American in Paris MGM Music & lyrics by George & Ira Gershwin 1951 Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron, Oscar Levant, Georges Guetary Songs: I Got Rhythm (Kelly); American in Paris (ballet – Kelly, Caron) Royal Wedding MGM Music & lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner & Burton Lane 1951 Fred Astaire, Jane Powell, Peter Lawford, Sarah Churchill Songs: Too Late Now (Powell); You’re All The World To Me (Astaire, dancing on the ceiling) On Moonlight Bay Warner Brothers (period music standards) 1951 Leon Ames, Rosemary De Camp, Mary Wickes Songs: On Moonlight Bay

, written by Percy Wenrich & Edward Madden (Day, MacRae) The Great Caruso MGM Mario Lanza, Ann Blythe, Dorothy Kirsten Songs: The Loveliest Night of the Year, adapted from Juventino Rosas’ Over the Waves, lyrics by Paul Francis Webster (Lanza) Here Comes the Groom Paramount Music & lyrics by Johnny Mercer & Hoagy Carmichael 1951 Bing Crosby, Jane Wyman, Anna Maria Alberghetti, Dorothy Lamour, Phil Harris Songs: In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening (Crosby, Wyman) With a Song in My Heart 20th Century Fox (Jane Froman Standards) 1952 Susan Hayward (vocals dubbed by Jane Froman), David Wayne, Rory Calhoun Songs: With a Song in My Heart, Blue Moon, Tea for Two (Hayward dubbed by Froman) Singin’ in the Rain MGM Music & lyrics by Arthur Freed & Nacio Herb Brown 1952 Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds, Donald O’Connor, Cyd Charisse, Jean Hagen Songs: Singin’ in the Rain (Kelly); Good Morning (Kelly, Reynolds, O’Connor);

 Make ‘Em Laugh (O’Connor) Hans Christian Andersen RKO Music & lyrics by Frank Loesser 1952 Danny Kaye, Jeanmaire, Joey Walsh, Farley Granger, Roland Petit Songs: Anywhere I Wander, No Two People, Thumbelina, The Ugly Duckling (Kaye) Stars and Stripes Forever 20th Century Fox (John Phillip Sousa music) 1952 Clifton Webb, Robert Wagner, Debra Paget Songs: Stars and Strips Forever, El Capitan, Washington Post March, King Cotton Call Me Madam 20th Century Fox Music & lyrics by Irving Berlin 1953 Ethel Merman, Donald O’Connor, Vera-Ellen, George Sanders, Billy De Wolfe Songs: Hostess With the Mostest (Merman); You’re Just in Love (Merman, O’Connor) Calamity Jane Warner Bros Music & lyrics by Sammy Fain & Paul Francis Webster 1953 Doris Day, Howard Keel, Allyn McLerie, Philip Carey Songs: Secret Love (Day); The Deadwood Stage (Day); Black Hills of Dakota (Day) Kiss Me Kate MGM (in 3D) Music &

 lyrics by Cole Porter 1953 Kathryn Grayson, Howard Keel, Ann Miller, Keenan Wynn, Bobby Van Songs: So In Love (Grayson, Keel); Wunderbar (Grayson, Keel); Too Darn Hot (Miller) The Band Wagon MGM Music & lyrics by Howard Dietz & Arthur Schwartz 1953 Fred Astaire, Cyd Charisse (vocals dubbed by India Adams), Jack Buchanan, Nanette Fabray, Oscar Levant Songs: That’s Entertainment (cast); Dancing in the Dark (Astaire, Charisse, dubbed by Adams) By the Light of the Silvery Moon Warner Bros.

(period music standards) 1953 Leon Ames, Rosemary De Camp, Mary Wickes Songs: By the Light of the Silvery Moon, Ain’t We Got Fun (Day, MacRae) Gentlemen Prefer Blondes 20th Century Fox Music & lyrics by Jule Styne & Leo Robin 1953 Marilyn Monroe, Jane Russell, Elliot Reid, Tommy Noonan, Charles Coburn Songs: Diamonds are a Girl’s Best Friend (Monroe); Little Girl from Little Rock (Monroe, Russell) White Christmas Paramount (in VistaVision) Music & lyrics by Irving Berlin 1954 Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney, Vera-Ellen Songs: White Christmas (Crosby, Kaye, Clooney, Vera-Ellen); Sisters (Clooney, Vera-Ellen) The Glenn Miller Story Universal International (Big Band era music) 1954 Jimmy Stewart, June Allyson, Louis Armstrong, Gene Krupa, Francis Langford Songs: Moonlight Serenade, written by Mitchell Parish & Glenn Miller; In the Mood, written by Andy Razaf & Joe Garland Seven Brides for Seven Brothers MGM Music & lyrics by Gene DePaul & Johnny Mercer 1954 Jane

 Powell, Howard Keel, Russ Tamblyn, Julie Newmar, Virginia Gibson Songs: Goin’ Courtin’ (Powell and the brothers); Lonesome Polecat (the brothers); Wonderful Day (Powell) A Star is Born Warner Brothers Music & lyrics by Harold Arlen & Ira Gershwin 1954 Judy Garland, James Mason, Charles Bickford, Tom Noonan Songs: The Man That Got Away (Garland); Born in a Trunk (Garland) There’s No Business Like Show Business 20th Century Fox Music & lyrics by Irving Berlin 1954 Dan Daily, Ethel Merman, Marilyn Monroe, Donald O’Connor, Mitzi Gaynor, Johnnie Ray Songs: There’s No Business Like Show Business (entire cast); Heat Wave (Monroe) Young At Heart Warner Brothers music & lyrics from various writers 1955 Doris Day, Frank Sinatra, Gig Young, Dorothy Malone, Ethel Barrymore Songs: Young at Heart, written by Johnny Richards & Carolyn Leigh (Sinatra); Ready, Willing and Able, written by Floyd Huddleston & Al Rinker (Day); One for My Baby, written by Harold Arlen & Johnny Mercer (

Sinatra) Guys And Dolls Samuel Goldwyn Music & lyrics by Jo Swerling, Abe Burrows, & Frank Loesser 1955 Marlon Brando, Frank Sinatra, Jean Simmons, Vivian Blaine, Stubby Kaye Songs: Luck Be a Lady (Brando); Guys and Dolls (Brando, Sinatra); Sit Down You’re Rockin’ the Boat (Kaye) Kismet MGM Music & lyrics by Bob Wright and Chet Forrest 1955 Howard Keel, Ann Blyth, Vic Damone, Delores Gray, Sebastian Cabot Songs: Stranger in Paradise (Damone, Blyth); Baubles, Bangles, and Beads (Chorus) Oklahoma 20th Century Fox Music & lyrics by Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein II 1955 Gordon MacRae, Shirley Jones, Gene Nelson, Gloria Graham Songs: Oh What a Beautiful Morning (MacRae); I Cain’t Say No (Graham) Love Me or Leave Me MGM (Singer Ruth Etting’s 20s and 30s music standards) 1955 Doris Day, James Cagney, Cameron Mitchell Songs: Me or Leave Me (Day

); I’ll Never Stop Loving You, written by Nicholas Brodszky & Sammy Cahn (Day) The King and I 20th Century Fox Music & lyrics by Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein II 1956 Yul Brynner, Deborah Kerr (vocals dubbed by Marni Nixon), Rita Moreno Songs: Getting to Know You (Kerr, dubbed by Nixon); Shall We Dance (Brynner, Kerr, dubbed by Nixon) High Society MGM Music & lyrics by Cole Porter 1956 Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Grace Kelley, Louis Armstrong, Celeste Holm Songs: True Love (Crosby, Kelly); Now You Has Jazz (Crosby, Armstrong); Well Did You Evah (Crosby, Sinatra) Bundle of Joy RKO Music & lyrics by Josef Myrow & Mack Gordon 1956 Eddie Fisher, Debbie Reynolds, Nita Talbot, Tommy Noonan Songs: Lullaby in Blue (Fisher, Reynolds); All About Love (Fisher); Someday Soon (Fisher) Carousel 20th Century Fox Music & lyrics by Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein II 1956 Gordon MacRae, Shirley Jones, Barbara Ruick

, Claramae Turner Songs: You’ll Never Walk Alone (Turner); Soliloquy (MacRae); If I Loved You (Jones, MacRae) Pal Joey Columbia Music & lyrics by Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart 1957 Frank Sinatra, Rita Hayworth (vocals dubbed by Lu Ann Greer), Kim Novak Songs: Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered (Sinatra and Hayworth, dubbed by Greer); The Lady is a Tramp (Sinatra) The Pajama Game Warner Brothers Music & lyrics by Richard Adler & Jerry Ross 1957 Doris Day, John Raitt, Carol Haney.

Songs: I’m Not At All In Love (Day); Hey There (Raitt); Steam Heat (Haney).

Jailhouse Rock MGM Music & lyrics by Jerry Lieber & Mike Stoller 1957 Elvis Presley, Judy Tyler, Mickey Shaughnessy Songs: Jailhouse Rock (Presley); Treat Me Nice (Presley); You’re So Square (Presley) South Pacific 20th Century Fox Music & lyrics by Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein II 1958 Mitzi Gaynor, Rossano Brazzi (vocals dubbed by Giorgio Tozzi), Ray Walston, Juanita Hall (vocals dubbed by Muriel Smith), John Kerr (vocals dubbed by Bill Lee) Songs: Some Enchanted Evening (Gaynor, Brazzi dubbed by Tozzi); Younger Than Springtime (Kerr dubbed by Lee); Bali Ha’i (Hall dubbed by Smith); There is Nothing Like a Dame (Walston and sailors) Gigi MGM Music & lyrics by Alan Jay Learner & Frederick Lowe 1958 Leslie Caron, Louis Jourdan, Maurice Chevalier, Hermione Gingold, Isobel Jeans Songs: Gigi (Jourdan); I Remember It Well (Chevalier, Gingold) Porgy and Bess Samuel Goldwyn Music

 & lyrics by George & Ira Gershwin 1959 Sidney Poitier, Dorothy Dandridge, Brock Peters, Sammy Davis Jr., Diahann Carroll, Pearl Bailey Songs: I Got Plenty O’ Nuthin’ (Poitier); It Ain’t Necessarily So (Davis) The Hollywood Musical Movie musicals hit the peak of their popularity in the fifties and many popular songs came from these films.

During the early and mid-fifties more than two dozen musical movies were turned out by the major studios each year. A new musical was released every two weeks! In the first half of the fifties, movie studios created an active production schedule for musicals. MGM was the most productive and innovative in story, music, and dance and their 1952 �Singing in the Rain� is considered the quintessential Hollywood musical movie. The sparkling 1958 �Gigi� was the last hurrah for MGM musical movies although �The Sound of Music� from 20th Century Fox would light up screens in 1965. The musical, more than any other type of film, depended on the �studio system� to assemble the necessary cadre of musical specialists required to create the expensive Hollywood musical movies. The major studios kept the musicals alive and the musicals kept the studios alive during the post-war years. In 1950, the United States Department of Justice decided to break-up the movie studio�s monopoly on distributing the films that they produced in the movie palaces that they owned. The decision required movie studios to divest themselves of their movie theaters and the �studio system� began to unravel.

Even with the addition of technical innovations like wide-screen Cinemascope, multi-speaker Stereophonic sound, and 3-D, the number of Hollywood musicals had dropped to just a dozen released annually by 1958 and 1959 and the number continued to decline. Although musical movies continued to be produced after 1959, the peak of the genre had passed. In addition to the mainstream, traditional Hollywood musicals, there were several, hard-to-classify, �films-with-music� in the fifties. The famous series of spontaneously zany �road� pictures with Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, and Dorothy Lamour, continued with the 5th film in the series �Road to Bali� in 1953.

There were seventeen Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis movies-with-songs including �Jumping Jacks� in 1952, �Scared Stiff� and �The Caddy� (that introduced Dean Martin�s hit song That�s Amore) in 1953, �Living It Up� in 1954, �Artists and Models� in 1955, and finally their 17th and last film together �Hollywood or Bust� in 1956. Walt Disney studios created memorable full-length animated musical films during the fifties: �Cinderella� in 1950, �Alice in Wonderland� in 1951, �Peter Pan� in 1953, �Lady and the Tramp� in 1954, and �Sleeping Beauty� in 1959. You Can Fly, A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes and the spaghetti-sharing Bella Notte were all introduced in Disney films.

Peggy Lee recorded the memorable He�s a Tramp from �Lady and the Tramp.� The catchy tune Bibbidi-Bobbidi Boo from �Cinderella� was a hit recording for Jo Stafford & Gordon MacRae and for Perry Como and for Dinah Shore. In addition to their animated films, Disney studio�s introduced the unforgettable children�s favorite The Mickey Mouse March (M-I-C, K-E-Y, M-O-U-S-E) on their daily television series �The Mickey Mouse Club� and their Sunday evening �Disneyland� TV series introduced The Ballad of Davy Crockett in 1955. Bill Hayes, Tennessee Ernie Ford, and Fess Parker (who originated the title role) all had top-ten hit recordings. Musicals targeted for teenagers�capitalizing on the popularity of young performers�have been popular since Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney starred in several in the thirties and forties. During the mid-fifties, studios featured teen favorites in movies like Elvis Presley�s �Love Me Tender� in 1956, �Loving You� and �Jailhouse Rock� in 1957, and �King Creole� in 1958.

Pat Boone starred in �April Love� in 1957 and �Mardi Gras� in 1958. Not quite as successful were Tommy Sands� �Sing Boy Sing� in 1958, Fabian�s �Hound Dog Man� in 1959, and Louis Prima and Keely Smith in �Hey Boy, Hey Girl� in 1959. These musicals did help establish a younger-generation genre to appeal to the teenage moviegoer. The growing generational conflict of the time was the subject of a serious, landmark, dramatic film in 1955, �Rebel Without a Cause.� According to rock historian Charlie Gillett: James Dean, Natalie Wood, and Sal Mineo provided figures with whom the new teenagers could identify; figures whose style of dress, speech, movement, facial expressions, and attitudes helped give shape and justification to unrealized feelings in the audience. The integrity of James Dean was simultaneously a reflection of, and a model for, large segments of the audience.

(Gillett, 1972, p.24) At the other end of the dramatic spectrum, and perhaps the most unbelievable movie phenomenon in the fifties, was the success of Olympic swimmer Esther Williams and her musical �water� spectaculars. Her fifties films included: �Pagan Love Song� in 1950, �Million Dollar Mermaid� and �Skirts Ahoy!� in 1952, �Dangerous When Wet� and �Easy To Love� in 1953, and �Jupiter�s Darling� in 1955. Hundreds of 50s EASY-POP songs originated in fifties movies. The musical tastes in film influenced a wide variety of audiences�in big city movie palaces, small town theaters, and outdoor drive-ins. But movies were not the only influence�the arrival of television at the beginning of the decade would precipitate another huge influence on fifties pop music.

Question: In which 1956, film musical did Gordon MacRae sing about the attributes of "My Boy Bill"?
Answer: CAROUSEL