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Buddy Hackett, Charles Lane, Harry Hickox, Hermione Gingold, Hermoine Gingold
A con man, masquerading as a music professor, convinces a small town to form a brass band as a way for him to pocket some dough. Although he knows nothing about music, somehow he is able to magically ...( read more
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Id: 9665961
while i love the story, some of the music was a bit bland and i didnt believe the love story between preston and jones much. preston did almost too well playing the slimey traveling salesman to believe his redemption would come so quickly, even with the very beautiful shirley jo...( read more)
The librarian song is cool. And trouble with a capital t rhymes with p, and that stands for POOL!
This is my favorite musical ever. The songs are just so fun. They did an awesome version of it at my high school.
Professor Harold Hill (Robert Preston) arrives in River City, Iowa is masquerading as a traveling band instructor. River City Townspeople to pay him to create a boy's marching band
My favorite musical, beautiful acting and strong performances. I always get the tunes stuck in my head. It's like that old saying about food - "the messier the better" - wheras for movies, the stickiest the better. xD
five stars, watched the first 20 minutes, perfection and awesome, watching the rest of the musical as I write this. No enter Shirley Jones character just now and dropped by two stars, things gettting kind of pathetic after an awesome opening.
Beautiful, perfect period piece. Cast beautifully (Meredith Wilson insisted on Robert Preston, who was a big stage star but had no previous experience in film. Very wise move, as he IS Professor Harold Hill.) Gorgeous songs and sets, fun dancing. Ye gods!
