Angela Lansbury: "Thoroughly Modern Millie" (1968)
1968 · Television · 5 min
- Musical
Synopsis
Angela Lansbury performs the title song from Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967), the film starring Julie Andrews, on a 1968 television broadcast.
Synopsis, reviewed
Details
- Running time
- 5 minutes
- Language
- English
- Collection
- 1960s Classic TV, Classic TV
Subjects on the Internet Archive
- angela lansbury
- thoroughly modern millie
- musicals
- 1920's
- flappers
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★★ · Absolutely spectacular viewing · joninct59 · 2018-12-21
Lansbury had just broken out as a musical comedy star with her Tony-award winning hit, "Mame" in 1966. Here, more than likely, she was auditioning for the film version of her Broadway smash, but it was not meant to be. NB - this was the 1968 Academy Award ceremony (which had been postponed because of the assassination of Martin Luther King) - there is always much confusion with these dates because, for example, though this was April 1968, the Oscars presented were for achievement in excellence for the year 1967. That said, it's a sensational clip - would that we had more like them and I hope…
★★★★★ · Thanks, Asparagirl! · GodenArch · 2021-11-16
I know Lansbury's performance in "Harvey Girls" (1946) when she was 21 or so, but this is spectacular.