As irresistible as fireworks on the Fourth of July, The Music Man is the big-screen version of one of Broadway’s most successful musicals ever. With its incomparable cast and an award-winning score, The Music Man tells the story of con artist Harold Hill, who sets out to scam a small Midwest town but ends up learning a lesson in love and morality instead. Set in 1912 and suitable for family viewing.
Starring Robert Preston, Shirley Jones, Buddy Hackett, Hermione Gingold, Paul Ford.
Parents need to know that there’s not much that’s objectionable for kids in this classic musical. There’s oblique speculation by the “Pick a Little, Talk a Little” ladies and by Harold and Marcellus about why the elderly gentleman donated the library building to the city but left the books to Marian, as well as criticism of the “raciness” of the books she recommends. Harold’s song about the “Sadder but Wiser Girl for Me” describes (in G-rated terms) his preference for women with some sexual experience. – Common Sense Media