TCM Greatest Classic Films: American Musicals - Easter Parade / Meet Me In St. Louis / Singin' In The Rain / The Band Wagon

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"Easter Parade": Strolling along 5th Avenue or bumming around as A Couple of Swells, Judy Garland and Fred Astaire lead a parade of music (17 Irving Berlin tunes and an Academy Award(R)-winning adaptation score) and gotta-dance fun in this neverending delight co-starring Ann Miller and Peter Lawford. "Meet Me In St. Louis": She's in love with the boy next door. And movie fans are forever in love with her (Judy Garland) in a nostalgia and humor-filled tale of life with the Smith family in 1903 St. Louis. Songs include "The Boy Next Door", "The Trolley Song" and "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas". "Singin' In The Rain": Considered by many to be the greatest movie musical ever! Silent movies are giving way to the advent of sound and a Hollywood matinee idol (Gene Kelly) is caught in that bumpy transition, as well as his buddy (Donald O'Connor), prospective sweetheart (Debbie Reynolds) and vocally-challenged co-star (Jean Hagen). "The Band Wagon": Fred Astaire dazzles in a train station ("By Myself"), a penny arcade ("A Shine On Your Shoes"), a back-lot Central Park ("Dancing In The Dark") and a smoky cafe ("Girl Hunt"), the latter two with incomparable Cyd Charisse. Nanette Fabray, Jack Buchanan and Oscar Levant co-star, and as the movies hallmark song goes, "That's Entertainment!".