Jul
20
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1967)
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This fizzy musical was a Broadway smash in 1962, and boy, is it a product of its era. Executive washrooms, gray-flannel-suit businessmen, hip-swinging secretaries–they’re all preserved in the movie’s brightly colored amber. J. Pierpont Finch (Robert Morse) is the window washer who climbs the corporate ladder in a few days, guided by a how-to book. The Frank Loesser songs are great fun, the Bob Fosse dances are very clever and mod, and the gaudy set design may have given (more…)
5.0 out of 5 stars
WONDERUFL!!!! One of the best movies I’ve ever seen!!
This movie was EXCELLENT!!! My whole family and some of my children’s friends just LOVE watching this movie over and over.
5.0 out of 5 stars
The Brotherhood of Man
The slightly racy logo from the opening titles of this film, used on both the record and Broadway playbills, may not suggest a family film, but it in no way reflects the content…
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Succeed in Business
Good characters….very enjoyable movie. This is the way they used to make movies in Hollywood….and still should!
5.0 out of 5 stars
show
one of my favorite shows and actor,maine saw original on broad way years ago — neato!! DR.K MAINE
4.0 out of 5 stars
No Coffee Break
Eliminating “Coffee Break” (and its choreography) was a huge disappointment within what I otherwise thought was quite good and peppy for a film version.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Mayron57
A superb movie and superb DVD transfer. I was so pleased to be able to pick up the original. I believe this film was remade a few years ago, in which case you can normally…
4.0 out of 5 stars
A classic view of the office world of old.
A classic romp through the earlier years when the men reigned supreme in the office and the women were no more than the secretaries and typists.
4.0 out of 5 stars
If you love musicals…
If you love musicals then you must include this one in your collection. Bright, vibrant costumes and sets, sparkling music and lyrics and some brilliantly original choreography…
4.0 out of 5 stars
Delightful musical comedy
40 years have been passed from his premiere seems to highlight furthermore his pace, his ironic humor and the elegant putting on screen of the Brodaway’s musical on which it’s…
5.0 out of 5 stars
Classic Musical Comedy
Stage star Robert Morse gives a Broadway tour-de-force in this hilarious send-up of the 50s-60s corporate world and its all-too-recognizable character types.