Reviews

I can't really add anything to the comments of those that liked this movie. I liked it, too. But as one who is interested in 50s design, I couldn't help but notice the great set design here. And in additional to that, it seems as though one or both of the set decorators had a lamp fetish. Take a look. Wonderful modern lighting fixtures (and even shadows of lighting fixtures!) are placed conspicuously in almost every scene. On the other hand, maybe I'm the one with the fetish.

Worth watching for "The Dressing Song" alone, one of the campiest scenes in all moviedom, this is my favorite video to play for unsuspecting friends (nobody has ever heard of it). Guaranteed to keep their mouths hanging open 'til it's over.

I can't believe that the producers weren't perfectly aware of the homo-erotic undertones of this movie, which I'm sure were probably lost on the 1953 audiences for whom it was intended. (Why is it that none of those 5000 fingers belonged to little girls?)

Insane Dr. Seuss sets and decoration, nice songs and the spectacular dungeon-symphony scene (watch those limp-wristed zylophonists) are only a few more reasons why I love this movie.