Favorite song/dance scene from a movie musical

[BurtWorm]

My current favorite: "Prehistoric Man" from "On the Town," in which Ann Miller sings the praises of primitivism, inspired by Jules Munshin's resemblence to "pithecanthropis erectus." Besides being very cleverly filmed, it has some of the most ecstatic tap dancing in movies.

What's yours?

[supernova]

1. Cell Block Tango - Chicago

LOL! That piece is a wicked riot!

POP! SIX! SQUISH! CICERO! UH OH! LIPSHITZ!

[indigo32]

27. I've got to second this one

I loved that musical.

[Cheswick2.0]

2. Rich Man's Fruge............. Sweet Charity

since that is more a dance number let me say "Jesus Christ Superstar" Judas singing and the chorus in white afro wigs, bell bottoms and fringed midi tops.

...."If you'd come today
You could have reached the whole nation
Israel in 4 BC had no mass communication
Don't you get me wrong
"....

[kskiska]

3. Theme from Picnic/Moonglow – Kim Novak & Wm. Holden

Picnic. My favorite.

#2 – Shall We Dance (The King and I) – Yul Brynner & Deborah Kerr

[OneBlueSky]

4. can't recall which movie it's from, but there's a scene . . .

in which Fred Astaire dances up and down walls and across the ceiling . . . never did figure out how they did that . . . the other one that sticks with me one where the Nicholas Brothers (I think that's their name) were dancing on a staircase, and they ended up leapfrogging over each other down the stairs, landing on each one doing a split . . . that had to hurt! . . .

[BurtWorm]

5. Royal Wedding (Warning: SPOILER)

The room was in a barrel that turned 360 degrees.

[DoNotRefill]

6. "you'll be a dentist"...

from Little Shop of Horror. Steve Martin ROCKED!!!! :)

[Punkingal]

7. Gene Kelly,

"Singin In The Rain" when he does the dance in the rain. Awesome!

[BurtWorm]

23. Love that, and the Broadway Melody ballet with Cyd Charisse

as the femme fatale is pretty sexy.

[oxymoron]

8. Almost any Fred and Ginger.

They were amazing together.

[ironflange]

9. Pennies From Heaven

The scene where Christopher Walken does the tap dance on the piano always blows me away. It's just the sheer surprise of it, but I did find out recently that he started in show biz as a song and dance man.

Same movie: I also love the scene where Bernadette Peters and Steve Martin are duplicating Fred and Ginger's screen dance scene.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

10. American in Paris

The ballet scene...

[TheMightyFavog]

11. Shake a Tailfeather - The Blues Brothers

Hey, In my book, it's a musical.

What makes it all the cooler is that all the dancers were amateurs. The only pro dancer used in the film were for The Old Landmark, which BTW, seems to be the inspiration for the series of adverts for Nike basketball shoes.

[CandyCrim21]

12. Fiddler on the Roof

when the old man sings "If I Were a Rich Man" and does the little dance all over the barn. LMAO, I love that!!

[BurtWorm]

13. Step slide step slide

kick

[liberalitch]

14. the big shoe dance...

to the song tequilla in pee wee herman's first movie.

[arwalden]

15. "There Is Nothing Like A Dame" -- South Pacific

Beefcake in Cinemascope! Love that "Stew Pot"!!

-- Allen

[mac56]

16. "Every Sperm Is Sacred"

From Monty Python's Meaning of Life.

[afraid_of_the_dark]

18. The worst part is when the little girl starts singing...

I swear that's got to be a form of child abuse.

[noonwitch]

17. Two from "The Sound of Music", and "Blame Canada"

Liesel and her soon-to-be Nazi boyfriend dancing in the pavilion during a rainstorm to "You are 16".

Maria and Captain von Trapp singing "I must have done something good".

I also think that South Park's "Blame Canada" is great.

[Richardo]

19. "Keep Cool, Boy" from West Side Story...

*Snapping fingers*

[mac56]

20. breeze it, buzz it...

easy does it..

[Richardo]

21. Also like "On Broadway" opening in "All That Jazz"

:Kick:'ed ass!

[beawr]

36. Bye Bye Life

Was also quite good from that great film

[VOX]

22. Gene Kelly with a newspaper and a creaky floorboard in "Summer Stock"...

Genius at work!

:toast:

[geniph]

24. "A Town Called Malice" from Billy Elliott

also the Pasa Doble number from Strictly Ballroom.

[KansDem]

25. "Brotherhood of Man" from "How to Succeed in Business..."

"...Without Really Trying."
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061791/

a classic!

[Faygo Kid]

26. Great choice! How about, "We're A Couple of Swells?"

I think from "Easter Parade." Anyway, Fred and Judy, and great warmth and comedy. Gotta give it up for Shirley and Bill "Bojangles" Robinson in "The Littlest Colonel," too, as well as all the other great choices here (Fred and Ginger - Fabulous). Geez, no wonder I like "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy." Anyway, your choice is excellent, too.

[Snow]

28. Donald O'Conner, in 'Singin' in the Rain', the 'Make 'em laugh'

scene. The man was incredible, and really funny. I went to school with his daughter Donna at about that time, & he really was that crazy.

Also, for a duplicate dance of an old icon, Gregory Hines in "Bojangles" duplicating Robinson's staircase dance.

[BurtWorm]

31. He did that "walking on the ceiling" without a ceiling!

Or a rotating drum, a la Astaire in Royal Wedding.

[bif]

29. "Dirty Dancing"

I thought the dance they do near the end of the movie was pretty hot.

[carols]

34. Definitely hot...

I also liked "Shall We Dance?" from Anna and the King of Siam.
Carol

[Mrs. Venation]

30. A Chorus Line

Seeing that live, especially the closing number, was one of the most memorable experiences of my life. It was phenomenal.

[Faygo Kid]

32. Forgive a second post: "Springtime, for Hitler. . .

and Germany; Winter, for Poland, and France." Somebody has to name it, don't they? Now I won't get the song out of my head tonight.

[mitchum]

33. "Whatever Lola Wants, Lola Gets" from Damn Yankees

Gwen Verdon, mmmm...

[beawr]

35. South Park, Bigger, Longer and Uncut

The Les Miserables take off scene, OR
Uncle F---er, OR
Kyle's Mom's a Bitch.

[everdene]

37. "Luck Be a Lady Tonight" from "Guys and Dolls"

[Bertha Venation]

38. "Sign" from "Annie"

If I'm not mistaken, the scene/song was not in the Broadway show, having been written specifically for Carol Burnett & Albert Finney. It's fabulous.