Round 1 of the 50's era for the favorite classic musical film tournament has just ended with no real major surprises. Top seed and heavy favorite Singin In The Rain just destroyed Silk Stockings 16-5. But believe it or not, that was not the biggest blow-out. That took place in the battle of Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals, as South Pacific just crushed The King and I, 16-2. The other Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, Oklahoma got edged out by Show Boat 11-9 in the round's closest match. One of the most surprising matches had to be 15th seed Carmen Jones hanging tough with 2nd seed An American In Paris before losing 12-7. 3rd seed White Christmas was all over Guys and Dolls 16-3. A mild upset occurred when 11th seed A Star is Born (hey its Judy again) beat 6th seed Royal Wedding 11-6. And one of my personal favorites, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes defeated Gigi 16-5.
Round 2 now begins tonight and will run thru Sunday 8pm EST. Here are the scheduled matches.
1 SINGIN' IN THE RAIN (1952)
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9 GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES (1953)
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5 SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS (1954)
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13 SHOW BOAT (1951)
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2 AN AMERICAN IN PARIS (1951)
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7 SOUTH PACIFIC (1958)
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3 WHITE CHRISTMAS (1954)
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11 A STAR IS BORN (1954)
I left my comment on Monty's site, but I have to say yet again -- This is fun!
ReplyDeleteHey Monty, not fair putting Singing in The Rain up against one of my Favorite Howard Hawksfilm
ReplyDeleteIt's beginning to get tougher to decide bewteen them - the next round will be hellish!
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