M.G.M was proud to say that they had more stars than in heaven, and this may be true, but boy - did I luck out! This movie has practically everyone in it that I don't like! Don't get me wrong. This is a very good movie for a couple hours entertainment in which you don't have to wonder how Scarlett will get Rhett back, that is, if she ever could, but talented as they all are, I just don't like Mickey Rooney, Marshall Thompson has always sounded like he's got mush in his mouth, Cyd Charisse - oh those legs, and can she dance, but there's something very snobbish about her. Gene Kelly, a fine artist, always reminded me of a truck driver trying to tap dance. There's something very annoying about Janet Leigh; just wish she would have stopped her career when she did her famous shower scene. Tom Drake acts like a mortician and expecting Judy Garland to save him, but never fear Tom, Ms Judy and her nervous-norvice psychotic bug-eyed performing is later in the movie with Mickey Rooney who should have been cast as a Munchkin in The Wizard of Oz. I will admit that I like Perry Como, ex-barber turned singer, and the wonderful and talent Vera Ellen is not showed off for her extraordinary talent as she was in Three Little Words with Fred Astaire. Lena Horne - oh please - don't get me started on her. I was in the armed forces with Ethel Waters nephew, and he and his Autie had nothing very nice to say about Ms Horne in which she blew her horn to much with her wide-eyed psychotic look on her face while singing! I'd rather hear her sing on recordings. Then there's gravel voiced June Allyson who cried more than Doris Day did in her movies, and that's a lot of crying. I could go on, and on, and on, but you will see Alyne McLerie in the "In a Mountain Greenery" song that Perry Como sings, and she would later play with Doris Day in Calamity Jane. Gee was so talented. Ended up later on W.K.R.P. in Cincinnati playing the owner of the stations wife. What a talent she was. She made "The Desert Song" with Kathryn Grayson, and "Calamity Jane" with Doris Day and then just sort of disappeared until W.K.R.P. in Cincinnati, but at that time, musicals were starting to fade out the picture. This movie is very entertaining, but sadly I don't like most of the stars in this film but I can appreciate it for what it is. I can take this movie about every two years to watch, and I still cringe watching it!
Review of Words and Music
