Multimedia Clips:

• "You Can't Do Wrong Doin' Right" (clip) from THE DUCHESS OF IDAHO (1950) (a .MP3 file courtesy Rhino Records).
• "Main Title" (clip) from THE CAINE MUTINY (1954) by Max Steiner (a .MP3 file).
• "Main Title" (clip) from BRIGADOON (1954) by Frederick Loewe (a .MP3 file courtesy Rhino Records).
• "MacConnachy Square" (clip) from BRIGADOON (1954) sung by the MGM Studio Chorus (a .MP3 file courtesy Rhino Records).
• "Wedding Dance" (clip) from BRIGADOON (1954) by Frederick Loewe (a .MP3 file courtesy Rhino Records).
• "Original Theatrical Trailer (in Cinemascope)" from BRIGADOON (1954) with Gene Kelly and Cyd Charisse (a .AVI file courtesy MGM).

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Memorable Quotations:

• "Politics makes strange bedfellows." --as Spike McManus in STATE OF THE UNION (1948).
• "Hearing a dog talk couldn't be a sign my condition is improving." --as David Mauldin in THE BIG HANGOVER (1950).
• "Why couldn't I just have gotten shot in the war like everyone else?" --as David Mauldin in THE BIG HANGOVER (1950).
• "I never touch the stuff.  I don't believe in marriage.  I've seen too many happy love affairs broken up by it." --as Jeff Douglas in BRIGADOON (1954).
• "You know, if love were a hobby, you'd be a collector's item." --as Jeff Douglas in BRIGADOON (1954).

Further Reading:

• Van Johnson: MGM's Golden Boy by Ronald L. Davis (University Press of Mississippi, 2001).

More Van Johnson Links:

• Van Johnson: Silver Screen Actor
• Brad's Tribute to Van Johnson
• Van Johnson's monthly schedule at TVNow - when his films will be on TV.
• A review of BRIGADOON by Brian Koller
• Greatest Films: THE CAINE MUTINY
• A review of THE CAINE MUTINY by Brian Koller

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