A Place in the Sun (1951)

Director: George Stevens (Shane, Giant)
Stars: Montgomery Clift (From Here to Eternity, never seen anything else)
Elizabeth Taylor (Whose Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, The Flinstones)
YesNoSoso: 2

An awesome movie. This was one of the AFI 100 that I thought I would hate, but ended up really enjoying. Not just for the sentimentality of it being considered one of the greatest movies of all time, for its honest to God entertainment value. I find a lot of these movies were perhaps original at the time of its making, but lose its luster over the years. A Place in the Sun maintains a stark amount of inventive orginanality.
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An American in Paris (1951)

Director: Vincente Minnelli (Gigi, The Pirate [I've never hear of it either])
Stars: Gene Kelly (Singin' in the Rain, "The Love Boat")
Leslie Caron (Gigi, The Reef)
YesNoSoso: 1

I hate Musicals. Let that be known. But if you're going to watch a musical, you could do worse than this or Kelly's Singin' in the Rain. Some of the dance numbers are actually pretty impressive. And that's all my fragile virility will allow me to write positively about a musical.
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