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Posts Tagged "Oscar-winning Best Original Song"

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Song of the South **** (1946, Bobby Driscoll, Ruth Warrick, Lucile Watson, James Basket) – Classic Movie Review 3692

Walt Disney’s 1946 tale of a boy called Johnny (Bobby Driscoll) coming to live on a plantation with his Mother (Ruth Warrick) and Grandmother (Lucile Watson) makes for a lovely children’s movie, though perhaps it just […]

May, 10

The Harvey Girls **** (1946, Judy Garland, Ray Bolger, John Hodiak, Virginia O’Brien, Angela Lansbury, Marjorie Main, Preston Foster) – Classic Movie Review 3606

Director George Sidney’s delightful 1946 MGM period Western musical sees Judy Garland on her best form (as Susan Bradley) performing great numbers, including the brilliant Oscar-winning Best Original Song ‘On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa […]

Apr, 23

The Sandpiper * (1965, Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Eva Marie Saint, Charles Bronson) – Classic Movie Review 3184

Vincente Minnelli’s hypnotically absurd and risibly awful Richard Burton-Elizabeth Taylor romantic melodrama The Sandpiper (1965) was made at the height of their fame when they had the pick of scripts. But they picked this one! […]

Dec, 23

A Star Is Born **** (1976, Barbra Streisand, Kris Kristofferson, Gary Busey) – Classic Movie Review 1126

Co-writer/director Frank Pierson’s hit 1976 musical stars Barbra Streisand in the prime of her hey-day, but it was risky remaking a film that already had two classic versions. Unsurprisingly, as, for some weird reason she has always had […]

Apr, 20

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