Fresh off of "The Devils" Ken Russell dove straight into a squeaky clean song and dance throw-back. And look, right up front: it ain't all diamonds. The film itself can be clunky and belabored in the non-music segments. But it's also a bizarre forgotten gem. Seeing Russel's visual imagination let loose on Busby Berkeley style song and dance numbers is a joy, and the musical set pieces are electrifying. Its grounding in nostalgia is both its strength, in that it's fascinating to watch the tropes of old timey song and dance squeezed through the cheesecloth of Russell's inherently grotesque style, and its weakness, as the aping of another era is at the end of the day the anchor on its neck that keeps it logged down in pastiche. Further down the decade, Russell would untether his visual imagination from the past with vastly superior results in the musical "Tommy." But I'm putting this one on the list because it's still dazzling, and is less known, and we've ALL already seen "Tommy." Right?