I'm sure I'd catch slack from anyone who doesn't nominate SINGIN' IN THE RAIN as the greatest movie musical ever. But this one is just pure escapism. Great songs, great leads, great color and costumes, great everything. I'm not a huge Marilyn Monroe fan, but she's quite endearing here, and her forthright speech at the end of the movie is almost a blow for feminism. And Jane Russell's hip-shaking parody of Monroe near the end of the movie is quite a wowser. I just love this