Old Hollywood Realness!

West Side Story" starring Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblyn, Rita Moreno and George Chakiris. Wood and Beymer play lovers from rival street gangs in this remake of Romeo and Juliette. Dance fighting, star crossed lovers and a couple murders make for a classic musical.
Director: Jerome Robbins & Robert Wise
Costumes: Irene Sharaff
Studio: United Artists
Year: 1961

"Taming of the Shrew" starring Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford. Fairbanks and Pickford star in an adaptation of the William Shakespeare play about a gold digging man who tries to marry a woman with anger management issues.
Director: Sam Taylor
Costumes: Mitchell Leisen
Studio: United Artists
Year: 1929

"Kiss Me Kate" starring Howard Keel, Kathryn Grayson, Ann Miller, Tommy Rall and Bob Fosse. Howard Keel and Kathryn Grayson star as warring exes in a musical production of "Taming of the Shrew."
Director: George Sydney
Costumes: Walter Plunkett
Studio: MGM
Year: 1953

"The Seven Year Itch" starring Marilyn Monroe, Tom Ewell and Evelyn Keyes. Tom Ewell stars as a husband left behind in Manhattan for the summer where he meets his enchanting upstairs neighbor, Marilyn Monroe. What could go wrong?
Director: Billy Wilder
Costumes: Travilla
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Year: 1955

"Platinum Blonde" starring Robert Williams, Jean Harlow, and Loretta Young.  Robert Williams plays a savvy newspaper reporter who falls for a rich socialite. Things get tense when it isn't clear who wears the pants.
Director: Frank Capra
Costumes: Edward Stevenson
Studio: Columbia Pictures
Year: 1931

"All About Eve" starring Bette Davis, Anne Baxter, George Sanders, Celeste Holm, Gary Merrill, Hugh Marlowe and Thelma Ritter. Bette Davis stars as an older established theater star who's biggest fan turned assistant has eyes on a career of her own.
Director: Joseph L. Menkiewicz
Costumes: Bette Davis' Gowns by Edith Head
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Year: 1950

"The Wizard of Oz" starring Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr, Jack Haley, Billie Burke and Margaret Hamilton. Garland stars as a young farm girl who is whisked to a magical land via tornado. While trying to get home she meets several enchanted friends on her journey to meet the titular wizard.
Director: Victor Fleming
Costumes: Adrian
Studio: MGM
Year: 1939

"Stage Door" starring Katherine Hepburn, Ginger Rogers, Adolph Menjou, Gail Patrick, Ann Miller and Lucille Ball. Hepburn and Rogers lead an ensemble cast of ladies aspiring to make it big on Broadway at any cost.
Director: Gregory La Cava
Costumes: Muriel King
Studio: RKO
Year: 1937

"Cabaret" starring Liza Minnelli, Michael York, Joel Grey, Helmut Griem, Marisa Bereson and Fritz Wepper. Liza Minnelli stars as a cabaret singer, who shows a sheltered Michael York the sometimes fantastic and sometimes tragic life of Berlin, all the while the rise of The Third Reich looms in the distance.
Director: Bob Fosse
Costumes: Charlotte Flemming
Studio: ABC Pictures/Allied Artists
Year: 1972