Your Top 10 Best Movie Musical Performances- Page 6

[henrikegerman]

Posted: 5/15/14 at 12:13am

Ten dark horses:

Audrey Hepburn in Funny Face
Isabelle Huppert in Eight Women
Laurence Olivier in The Beggar's Opera
Julia Migenes in Carmen
Placido Domingo in Carmen
Paul Robeson in Show Boat
Dolores Gray in It's Always Fair Weather
Margaret O'Brien in Meet Me in St. Louis
Bert Lahr in The Wizard of Oz
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hon. mention: Isabel Jeans in Gigi (ok, she didn't sing or dance, but she rocked!)


Updated On: 5/15/14 at 12:13 AM

[dented146]

Posted: 5/15/14 at 2:00am

Thank you monestere, forgot how great Cagney was in Yankee Doodle Dandy

So Hard to pick 10

Yul Brynner and Deborah Kerr
Topol
Rex Harrison
Julie Andrews in The Sound of Music
Shirley Jones in Oklahoma and Carousel
Richard Harris in Camelot
Gloria Grahame in Oklahoma
Rita Moreno in WWS
Streisand in Funny Girl
and I loved Miyoshi Umeki in Flower Drum song

[The Other One]

Posted: 5/15/14 at 8:50am

Fred Astaire in THE BANDWAGON
Dorothy Dandridge/Marilyn Horne in CARMEN JONES (which I am surprised no one else has mentioned)
Jean Hagen and Donald O'Connor in SINGIN' IN THE RAIN
Robert Preston and Lesley Ann Warren in VICTOR/VICTORIA
Ann Miller in KISS ME, KATE (especially in 3D)
Vernel Bagneris in PENNIES FROM HEAVEN
Tim Curry in THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW
Ron Moody in OLIVER!


Honorable mention to Paul Lynde in BYE BYE BIRDIE ("Ed! I love you!") and to many others whose Broadway performances I am glad were preserved on film (Gwen Verdon, Ray Walston, Robert Morse, Rudy Vallee, Zero Mostel, Jack Gilford, et al.)
Updated On: 5/15/14 at 08:50 AM

[MCfan2]

Posted: 5/17/14 at 5:06pm

You've reminded me, I should have included Jean Hagen in my non-singing performers list!

[CarlosAlberto]

Posted: 5/17/14 at 5:25pm

1. Rita Moreno in WEST SIDE STORY
2. Gene Kelly in SINGIN' IN THE RAIN
3. Judy Garland in THE WIZARD OF OZ
4. Natalie Wood in GYPSY
5. Dorothy Dandridge in CARMEN JONES
6. Shirley MacLaine in SWEET CHARITY
7. Robert Preston in THE MUSIC MAN
8. Julie Andrews in THE SOUND OF MUSIC
9. Olivia Newton-John in GREASE
10. Ann-Margret in TOMMY

[GoSmileLaughCryClap]

Posted: 5/17/14 at 5:31pm

Camelot and Vanessa Redgrave both carry a lot of baggage. Who cares? She was at her most beautiful when the movie was made, and interpreted the lyrics with more depth than any version I've seen or heard. The funny ones were funnier and the poignant ones were heartbreakers.

And in an age dubbing, her lack of vocal polish was more than made up for with the match between her extensive dialog scenes that perfectly married with the timbre of her actually sweet voice.

As a movie, I think that Camelot is underrated.