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West Side Story - Making of a classic (Original Post)
elleng
Jul 2020
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lamp_shade
(15,103 posts)1. Thank you, elleng. That was fascinating. I watched the whole thing.
NanceGreggs
(27,835 posts)2. Thanks SO MUCH ...
... for posting this!!!
Clash City Rocker
(3,543 posts)3. Wow, I watched the whole thing. Very well done.
Ive always considered West Side Story to be the greatest movie musical, but I also wondered how a story like that became a musical in the fifties. What a captivating story.
msongs
(70,342 posts)4. maybe there will be a big screen re-release some day soon nt
3catwoman3
(25,823 posts)5. The young blond man who is singing...
...at the end when the footage, unfortunately, cuts off rather abruptly, has quite the set of pipes. I would have happily watched a lot more of him.
elleng
(137,167 posts)6. Yes, I agree!
3catwoman3
(25,823 posts)7. And not just for...
...his voice -