THE MUSIC MAN (1961)
MORTON DA COSTA
Plot
When fast talking salesman Harold Hill gets off of the train at River City neither he nor the townsfolk know what their getting into. An experienced conman, Hill convinces the town that in order to prevent Trouble ("with a capital T that rhymes with P that stands for pool") they need a boy's marching band. Hill claims that he is a former band leader and will take the boys under his wing as long as all of the money is put up for uniforms and instruments. But soon Hill realizes that instead of wanting to skip town with the money leaving the boys with no uniforms and no instruments like he had planned, he might just want to stay in River City. Classic, fun and brilliant with great songs, you'll be lisping away with a young Ron Howard about the "Wells Fargo Wagon" and wishing you'd joined the band when they crack onto "Seventy-Six Trombones". Awesome.