The mediator between the head and the hands must be the heart!

THE PAJAMA GAME

1957

Directed by George Abbott and Stanley Donen

Written by George Abbott, Richard Bissell, Richard Adler, and Jerry Ross (based on the novel 7 1/2 Cents by Richard Bissell)

Spoilers: moderate

Donenesque

ARABESQUE

1966

Directed by Stanley Donen

Written by Julian Mitchell, Stanley Price, and Peter Stone (based on the novel The Cipher by Gordon Cotler)

Spoilers: mild

Look at me, I'm dancing

ANCHORS AWEIGH

1945

Directed by George Sidney

Written by Isobel Lennart (based on a story by Natalie Marcin)

Spoilers: moderate

It happens ev'ry time

GIVE A GIRL A BREAK

1953

Directed by Stanley Donen

Written by Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett, and Vera Caspary

Spoiler alert: moderate

An American against Paris

FUNNY FACE

1957

Directed by Stanley Donen

Written by Leonard Gershe

Spoiler alert: high, but it'd be your fault if you were surprised

I thought that you two were related

ROYAL WEDDING

1951

Directed by Stanley Donen

Written by Alan Jay Lerner

Spoiler alert: high, I guess, but also effectively inapplicable

Brooklyn, James—Cinderella wants to take another look at the ashes

COVER GIRL

1944

Directed by Charles Vidor

Written by Marion Parsonnet, Paul Gangelin, Erwin Gelsey, John H. Kafka, and Virgina Van Upp

Spoiler alert: moderate

I'm fairly pretty, which is a nuisance

IT'S ALWAYS FAIR WEATHER

1955

Directed by Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen

Written by Betty Comden and Adolph Green

Spoiler alert: moderate