The Music Man (1962) Robert Preston Eng

Meredith Wilson's hit 1957 Broadway musical was transferred to the screen in larger-than-life fashion in 1962. Robert Preston repeats his legendary stage performance as fast-talking con man Harold Hill, who goes from town to town selling citizens on starting a "boy's band," then extracts money from them by ordering instruments and uniforms, with the promise that he'll teach the kids how to be musicians. Once he's collected his bankroll, Hill skips town, leaving the kids in the lurch. Looking for new suckers in Iowa, Hill arrives in River City, where he declares that the only way to save the youth of River City from the lure of the poolroom is to organize a boy's band. He charms the mayor's wife Eulalie (Hermione Gingold) into forming a "ladies' dance committee" and sets his sights on winning over local music teacher Marian Paroo (Shirley Jones). Marian rightly considers Hill a fraud, especially when he espouses the "Think System" of learning music: if you think a tune, he claims, you can play it. But Marian becomes Hill's staunchest ally when her young brother Winthrop (Ronny Howard), sullen and withdrawn since the death of his father, exuberantly comes out of his shell at the prospect of joining Hill's band; and Marian's budding romance with the charming but unreliable Hill ultimately brings her out of her own shell as well. Marion Hargrove's script uses most of the original play, with a handful of amusing expansions, especially in the roles played by Gingold and by Buddy Hackett as Hill's comic sidekick. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056262/ Subtitles: Br http://www.opensubtitles.org/en/search/sublanguageid-all/idmovie-27964 Awards: Won Oscar. Another 6 wins & 11 nominations Director: Morton DaCosta Robert Preston ... Harold Hill Shirley Jones ... Marian Paroo Buddy Hackett ... Marcellus Washburn Hermione Gingold ... Eulalie Mackechnie Shinn Paul Ford ... Mayor George Shinn Movie] Valid : Yes [AVI] Duration : 01:47:26 Movie complete : Yes [Video] Resolution : 640x272 2.35:1 Codec : XviD MPEG-4 codec FPS : 23,98 BitRate : 1763 Kbps Quality Factor : 0,43 b/px [Audio] Codec : MPEG 1 or 2 Audio Layer 3 (MP3) Number of channels : 2 Sample Rate : 48000 Hz BitRate : 128 Kbps

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odobo1 (2009-11-05)

I was looking for this, thanks.

donki (2010-01-09)

A great classic and a great actor in the form of Robert Preston.
Many thanks for sharing this.
One I must get on DVD on of these days.

 Juan.Too (2010-12-31)

This is pretty bad quality, especially for being twice the size of a normal DVDrip.
There's digital artifacts and ghosting all over the place.
No offense to the uploader, but don't bother downloading this - you'll be disappointed if you do.

bebesnana (2011-08-08)

Not the best quality, especially if you blow it up to full screen where it's more noticeable. But it's the best quality one I've found and it's nice to see the movie again.

HenKaplan (2012-10-18)

a classic! thanks

Dr.Caplan (2013-06-09)

Not a fan of musicals normally, but this movie is great thanks!