The Music Man

One of my favorite musicals is 1962’s, "The Music Man," starring Robert Preston as Harold HIll and Shirley Jones as his love interest, Marian Paroo. The film is set in 1912 and tells the story of a traveling salesman who arrives in a fictionalized town in Iowa. Hill is masquerading as a traveling band leader, and he cons the townspeople by telling them that, in order to keep the towns' boys out of trouble, they need to create a boys' marching band. Hills scam was to collect the money for the band instruments and then leave town, but in the process of his scam he falls in love with the town's librarian, and decides to stick around and face the consequences.The films tunes are very catchy and easy to sing along to.

This film won one Academy Award and also nominated for five. The musical was originally a Broadway musical then made to a big screen film. The film was remade again in 2003.