That one sequence with Astaire in slow-mo while the backup dancers are moving at normal speed is some god damn transcendent cinema

Patrick Willems

I’m not familiar with the oscar winners of 1948 but I assumed the guy who played the waiter won best supporting actor

carol

judy in that green velvet dress...judy not being able to tell left from right...judy judy judy

eely

The resurrection of Judy Garland should be celebrated more than once a year tbh

Sara Clements

Very few actors have the charm of Fred Astaire that they could start a film off by stealing a toy from a child and still be the romantic lead.

Cameron Bertram

cinema really did peak with these sweet, soft 1940’s musicals, didn’t it? there’s no plot here at all just extravagant dance numbers and pretty dresses :) and i just think that’s neat!

cait

The ‘White Christmas’ of Easter films. A plot thinner than tissue paper somewhat involving a holiday ties some glorious musical numbers together. But when Ann Miller stares down that camera and taps 500 steps a minute... when Judy Garland effortlessly belts Irving…

theriverjordan

I'm not generally an Irving Berlin fan, but Oh, I could write a sonnet About your Easter bonnet remains one of my favorite couplets in all of 20th Century popular music. Don't know why. I love these post-war years of the Hollywood musical. While Gene Kelly, along…

Sean Gilman

I'm not saying that they don't make 'em like that anymore; only saying that they don't make movies that provide this variety of pleasure anymore. It's true: that's entertainment. Garland. Jesus. Grounds every movie she's in and simultaneously sends it soaring. It would have…

Sam Van Hallgren