Gypsy (Blu-ray)

Ringing with the showbiz sass of it's Jule Styne/Stephen Sondheim score the film version of the Broadway hit Gypsy takes you on a grand vaudeville tour. It sweeps you up in the roller-coaster relationship of Louise (Natalie Wood) the wallflower later to blossom into sophisticated stripper Gypsy Rose Lee and her ambitious mother Rose (Rosalind Russell who's performance won her a fifth Best Actress Golden Globe Award). Karl Malden scores as Herbie the salesman who falls for Rose, to his exasperation. Full of terrific tunes (Everything's Coming Up Roses and Small World among them) Gypsy will certainly entertain you and definitely make you smile.

Starring: Ann Jillian, Rosalind Russell, Natalie Wood, Karl Malden, Paul Wallace, Betty Bruce, Ann Jilliann, Frances Karath, Jeff Parker, Marni Nixon, Renee Aubry, Teri Hope, Trudi Ames, Parley Baer, Harry Shannon, Suzanne Cupito, Diane Pace, Faith Dane, Roxanne Arlen, Jean Willes, George Petrie, Ben Lessy, Guy Raymond, Louis Quinn, James Millhollin, William Fawcett, Danny Lockin, Ian Tucker, Bert Michaels, Harvey Korman, Jack Benny

Director: Mervyn LeRoy

Rating: PG