Jane Powell: The life and career of MGM golden-voiced soprano Jane Powell is explored in her starring roles in MGM’s Technicolor musicals of the 1940s and ’50s.
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Jane Powell
What’s Your Favorite Jane Powell Performance?
Jane Powell, the charismatic actress a who helped bring several of Hollywood’s best movie musicals to life, died last week at the age of 92. From Seven Brides for Seven Brothers to Royal Wedding and beyond, Powell always delivered performances…
Read more →“Chaos Walking” and TV/Film Favorites Highlight the Latest New Releases!
The summer is unofficially here, and the weather isn’t the only thing that is heating up. This week sees the home video debut of plenty of film and TV releases — spanning from recent releases to ones that date back…
Read more →Create-A-Caption: Royal Wedding
In the 1951 Stanley Donen-directed musical Royal Wedding, Fred Astaire and Jane Powell are a brother/sister dance team who travel to England to perform during the nuptials of Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip and manage to each find love along…
Read more →Movie Trailer of the Day: Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Now available on Blu-ray in a two-disc set from the Warner Archives Collection, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers is MGM’s rollicking 1954 musical set against the backdrop of 1850’s Oregon. Expertly directed by Stanley Donen (who also directed Singin’ in…
Read more →Jane Powell and Howard Keel (But No Seven Brothers)
Big, splashy Broadway-style musicals had peaked in popularity when MGM released Hit the Deck in 1955. So, kudos to the studio for putting together an incredibly talented cast headlined by Jane Powell, Debbie Reynolds, and Ann Miller. Their male co-stars,…
Read more →Guest Post: Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
For today’s guest post, Rick29 looks back at a colorful collage of song and dance that is a musical favorite: The Oregon Territory in 1850 provides the setting for Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, a high-energy, colorful musical based on…
Read more →Jane Powell’s Just a “Small Town Girl”
Yes, the movie’s in color, but we thought this photo was too adorable to resist. Guest writer Jessica Pickens reviews the 1953 MGM musical Small Town Girl, starring Jane Powell, Farley Granger and Bobby Van.
Read more →Evolution of a Classic Film Fanatic
It started with a girl named Maria and a boy named Tony who thought something was coming. That’s what I usually tell people when they ask how I became a classic movie fan: it happened on a fateful March evening…
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