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LogDog75

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4. I Love the Music Man

Reply to elleng (Original post)

Mon Aug 25, 2025, 07:39 PM

Aug 25

I have a VHS tape of it as well as a DVD copy. I tried watching the 2003 version with Matthew Broderick and Kristin Chenoweth but it was awful. Broderick was too low key for playing Professor Harold Hill. The original 1962 version is definitely the gold standard. Besides the songs and the acting, I liked seeing a lot of character actors like Charles Lane, Harry Hickox, Mary Wickes, and Paul Ford. The entire cast is one of the best casts for any movie ever made.

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MUSICals on TCM this afternoon/evening! [View all] elleng Aug 25 OP

Cast overlap..Shirley Jones, Girdon MaCrae Demovictory9 Aug 25 #1

Right, Shirley Jones DAY! and Gordon McRae quite a voice! elleng Aug 25 #2

OKLAHOMA NOW! elleng Aug 25 #3

I Love the Music Man LogDog75 Aug 25 #4