Gene Kelly

A Hollywood actor who has risen from vaudeville to become a silent film star must make the difficult transition to sound films; generations of a family face adventure as they move West with dreams of land, gold and glory; a poor uneducated young woman leaves her mountain cabin in search of a rich husband and a better life; a nun's musical talents are brought to light and she finds herself becoming famous.

From Baryshnikov to break dancing, from Fred and Giner to Shirley and Bojangles, from movement depicted on Grecian urns to the kaleidoscopic pizzazz of Busby Berkely spectaculars.

"Gene Kelly brings his remarkable talents as star, director and choreographer to this glittering gala of music, dance and pantomime--and the result is a lush, one-of-a-kind musical flight of fancy. In Circus, a clown (Kelly) in a small carnival troupe is hopelessly in love with the show's high-wire walker. Ring around the rosy is a satiric tale about a bracelet which travels from the wrist of one fickle lover to another. Sinbad the sailor blends live...

Musical set in the 1890's about ambitious young widow and matchmaker Dolly (Streisand) who meets her perfect match-- tight-fisted merchant Horace Vandergelder (Matthau).

Musical comedy about a vaudeville song-and-dance team who buck tough times and World War I on their way to success in show business.

A small Tennessee town gained national attention in 1925 when a biology schoolteacher was arrested for violating state law and teaching Darwin's theory of evolution in the classroom.