If it was gay, bright, and beautiful, that's how Ziggy wanted it

ZIEGFELD FOLLIES

1946

Directed by Vincente Minnelli, Charles Walters, George Sidney, Lemuel Ayers, Roy Del Ruth, and Robert Lewis

Spoiler alert: inapplicable (and as I've said before, it's difficult to be brief with musicals or anthologies, and this one's both)

It's impossible, but it is rather sweet

YOLANDA AND THE THIEF

1945

Directed by Vincente Minnelli

Written by Irving Brecher, Jacques Thery, and Ludwig Bemelans

Spoiler alert: moderate

All I ask is just one more chance—just one more dance?

LOVELY TO LOOK AT

1952

Directed by Mervyn LeRoy and Vincente Minelli

Written by George Wells and Harry Ruby (based on the musical play Roberta by Jerome Kern and Otto Harbach based on the novel Gowns by Roberta by Alice Deur Miller)

Spoiler alert: moderate

I dinna like it

BRIGADOON

1954

Directed by Vincente Minnelli

Written by Alan Jay Lerner (based on the play by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe)

Spoiler alert: moderate verging on high, I guess