While the musical western is now an entirely dead genre, that wasn’t always the case. Annie Get Your Gun, Calamity Jane, Oklahoma!, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, and Paint Your Wagon all mixed tales of frontier life with song and…
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Create-A-Caption: The Wizard of Oz
Follow the yellow brick road to this week’s Create-A-Caption, in which we celebrate that great and powerful family favorite The Wizard of Oz. Thrilling audiences since its 1939 release, this timeless tale is as enchanting today as it was over…
Read more →Movie Trailer of the Day: The Wizard of Oz
Not a holiday film per se, but The Wizard of Oz has become a beloved part of everyone’s seasonal viewing thanks to the fact that it is so family friendly. (And indeed, the rare film that can be enjoyed by…
Read more →The Clock: Judy Garland and Robert Walker Find Time for Love
With only 48 hours’ furlough in New York before he returns to combat, soldier Robert Walker meets and falls for secretary Judy Garland in The Clock. Guest writer Kristen Lopez takes a few minutes to review this 1945 MGM romance, directed by Vincente Minnelli.
Read more →Create-a-Caption: The Harvey Girls (1946)
You know the drill. Below is a photo from the 1946 MGM classic The Harvey Girls with Jason’s caption. You’re encouraged to leave your own suggestion in the comment section below! They hadn’t heard the term “white slave trade” before…but…
Read more →The Years Margaret O’Brien Ruined Christmas
Can Margaret O’Brien ruin Christmas? A look at the spectacular brattiness of O’Brien in the Christmas films Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) & Tenth Avenue Angel (1948). Guest Blogger Jessica Pickens gives us a play by play.
Read more →Meet Me in St. Louis: A Holiday from Beginning to End
Is Meet Me in St. Louis, the 1944 musical starring Judy Garland, Margaret O’Brien one of the greatest portrayals of Americana to ever grace the screen? Guest Blogger The Lady Eve thinks so. See if you agree.
Read more →Ziegfeld Girl (1941): Movie Review
Ziegfeld Girl from 1941 is a moral story told through the parallel experiences of three girls who have been chosen to perform in the Ziegfeld Follies. Susan Gallagher (Judy Garland) is the youngest and most innocent. She’s packed with talent having…
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