Title: Flawed Miracle...
Review: Imagine a musical play so "scary" to the U.S. Goverment that however much every major movie studio wanted to make it into a movie, they wouldn't touch it with a 10 foot pole! There was an animated feature of it being planned by John Hubley, and even a soundtrack recorded--with Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, and Frank Sinatra!!! Alas, the director was called before the House on Un-American Activities and the financial backers disappeared. In the interim, we had the Korean War, the Civil Rights Movement, and the beginnings of Vietnam. It certainly WOULD seem dated in the late '60's--but the film is a flawed miracle. Compared to MOST of the musicals in the '60's (My Fair Lady, Camelot, Hello Dolly) it stands oout over them all. Beautiful cinematography, great songs, great orchestrations, great singing!! A couple of the roles were mis-cast, most notably the REALLY annoying Tommy Steele.
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