Easter Parade (film) - Musical Numbers

Musical Numbers

All songs by Irving Berlin

  • "Happy Easter"
  • "Drum Crazy"
  • "It Only Happens When I Dance With You"
  • "I Want to Go Back to Michigan"
  • "A Fella with an Umbrella"
  • "Vaudeville Montage: I Love A Piano / Snookey Ookums / The Ragtime Violin / When the Midnight Choo-Choo Leaves for Alabam'"
  • "Shakin' the Blues Away"
  • "Steppin' Out with My Baby"
  • "A Couple of Swells"
  • "The Girl on the Magazine Cover"
  • "Better Luck Next Time"
  • "Easter Parade"

One musical number, a seductive performance of "Mr. Monotony" by Garland wearing the top half of a tuxedo and nylon tights (a style of dress which would become something of a trademark in later years after she wore the same outfit in 1950's Summer Stock), was cut from the film as it was deemed too risqué for a film supposedly set in 1912. Audiences finally got to see this number in the 1990s when an edited version was included in the 1994 compilation film That's Entertainment! III. The complete number was first seen as part of the extras on the VHS and Laser Disc special edition versions the following year. When Easter Parade was released to DVD, several minutes of outtakes, raw footage, and alternate takes of this performance were included in addition to the footage previously released.

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