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Unusual Movie Musicals

July 26 @ 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

32 year old Olivia Newton-John dancing with 68 year old Gene Kelly in the unusual musical Xanadu

What is the greatest movie musical of all time? “Singin’ In The Rain,” “Grease,” “The Wizard Of Oz,” “West Side Story,” and a number of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers films would pop up in many lists. However, this fun multimedia presentation will not cover an of them! Instead, you’ll be introduced to some wonderful but decidedly unusual movie musicals.

We will see the great Harry Belafonte’s only movie musical – in which he sings music from Bizet’s The Beatles in the animated movie Yellow Submarine - part of a presentation on unusual movie musicals.opera Carmen and a stunning recreation of the Las Vegas strip, built on a movie soundstage. Each of these unusual films is fabulous in its own way.

Our cinematic journey will take us from a 1980 film in which Olivia Newton-John plays a daughter of Zeus who roller skates down from Mount Olympus to dance with Gene Kelly before inspiring a Carmen Jonesstruggling artist to build a roller disco (seriously!) to a 1968 full-length, kaleidoscopic animated feature using voice actors to recreate the Beatles saving us from the Blue Meanies, this entertaining and quirky program is filled with unexpected delights!

 

 

Organizer

Not Open To The Public

Venue

Private Venue