Story

Rita Moreno in West Side Story (1961)

You have seen the Maria scene about 2 blogs ago. It was from the 1961 movie with Nathalie Wood (as Maria). That triggered me to post some more candies. Some fan posted all or most of the scenes of this movie on the Tube. It got 10 Oscars.

I’m not sure the sequence is right but they are all about hot and romantic music. This is the Romeo (Tony) and Juliet (Maria) theme, about an impossible love. Leonard Bernstein is the USA composer and he put the story into The Sharks and The Jets in the 1950’s New York.

The original production is from 1957, the movie is from 1961. Those were the early R&R and Elvis Presley days. I think it’s utterly brilliant how Leonard Bernstein captured this 1950’s mood. But then, I’m a terminal romantic.

- Gym Mambo – Hot Dance
- Maria - Tony is in love
- America – Latin Sounds all over
- The Jet Song
- I Feel Pretty - Maria
- Cool – You Can Die in Bed
- Somewhere – There is a Place for Us

Enjoy