Musicals

Quiz: What Do You Know About Musicals?
How Much Do You Know About Musicals?
I've been a lifelong fan of musicals both on stage and as movies. Because I'll watch my favourites musicals over and over again and I'll listen to them on CD too, over the years I've gradually acquired a lot of information - most of it fairly useless! When it does come in useful is when I'm watching quizzes on television. There's rarely a question about musicals that I can't answer. Even when that happens, I usually kick myself when I hear the answer because I should have known it. Even if ...

My Top Ten Musicals
I Love Musicals - Movies or in the Theatre
My parents were big fans of musicals of all kinds. They bought the long playing records (we call them albums now), went to see them in London theatres when we lived near enough and saw them as movies too. As kids, my brothers and I were brainwashed at an early age to love them. By the time we were allowed to use the stereo on our own, we would as often play My Fair Lady or West Side Story as anything else. The musicals are in no particular order. I couldn't possibly choose the best musical ...

Musicals That Make Me Cry
A Couple of Musicals That Make Me Weep
I usually don't cry at things that make other people cry (well, except those commercials where the baby all of a sudden is a bride and the sappy music plays in the background). Titanic, for example, did nothing for me and I absolutely detested The English Patient. I grudgingly read The Bridges of Madison County after several friends thrust it at me and I just found it annoying. Same with the movie. Love Story made me laugh hysterically. And although I'll admit to a welling tear during Fantine...

(Childhood Actress) Shirley Temple Black By Princess10 in 2011
Americas Sweetheart in curls :-)
Includes : Shirley Temple Black, Little Orphant Annie, Rags 2 Riches, Miracle on 34rth Street, Pollyanna, and a lot more. Do we notice a pattern? Yes! They are all girls in movies! Childhood Actresses in Movies. How many can you remember? Thanks!