The Best Musicals of All Time

I love musicals, the original musicals in film. I like some of the modern ones too, but there's something hugely lacking in them that the original ones had. On the flip side, in the older musicals ,some of the choreographed scenes tended to be a little too long. Anyway here is my list of what I consider to be the best musicals of all time.

The Sound Of Music
1965, Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II
Julie Andrews, Christopher Plumber, Peggy Wood
Not only was this a great musical, but it being based on a true story was the icing on the cake. There are so many wonderful scenes like Julie singing "The Sound Of Music", Sitting on the pine cone at the dinner table, When The Captain admits he loves her and they sing "Something Good", the teen love with "Sixteen Going On Seventeen". Other favorite songs are "My Favorite Things", "Climb Every Mountain" and "The Lonely Goatherd".

Oklahoma!
1955, Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II
Gordon Macrae, Shirley Jones, Charlotte Greenwood, Rod Steiger
Curlie and Laurie sittin' in a tree....such a cute romance. Rod Steiger as Jud Fry is one of the best psychopaths villains I've ever seen in a musical! Memorable songs from this movie are "Oh What A Beautiful Morning", "I can't Say No", "Out Of My Dreams" and "Oklahoma!"

My Fair Lady
1964, Alan Jay Lerner
Audrey Hepburn, Rex Harrison, Stanley Holloway, Gladys Cooper
A movie from the play Pygmalion, written by George Bernard Shaw. I love the idea of a street woman wanting to better her life and be somebody respectable. Professor Higgins said he could change her, and Eliza didn't take no for an answer and made him teach her. Great life lesson for us all. Memorable songs from this musical are "Wouldn't It Be Loverly", " I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face", "I Could Have Danced All Night", "With A Little Bit Of Luck", "Get Me To The Church On Time" and "The Rain In Spain".