Another Reason Why I Love Musicals.

"We're postponed for three days. The giraffe stepped on his cock."
-Herbert Ross being asked on why he wasn't working on "Doctor Dolittle".
(excerpt from Mark Harris' exceptional "Pictures at a Revolution", read it now!)

Another Reason Why I Love Musicals.

Despite being highly discriminated against nowadays, they are the most inclusive of film styles, as seen in this picture from "The Band Wagon" where they do film noir.

Another Reason Why I Love Musicals.

"No one could teach you to dance in a million years".
- Penny (Ginger Rogers) to Lucky (Fred Astaire) in "Swing Time".

Another Reason Why I Love Musicals.

Another Reason Why I Love Musicals.

"The Wizard of Oz"'s tornado in "Cabin in the Sky".

Another Reason Why I Love Musicals.

It takes them three minutes to tell what took James Cameron three hours.