I was a big fan of the two seasons of Schmigadoon on Apple TV +. I came on it late, but binged the two seasons quickly, really enjoying the set-up and the parody of the musical genre. I had not seen the film that Schmigadoon was originally parodying, but this morning, that changed as I watched 1954’s Brigadoon starring Gene Kelly and Van Johnson.

Two men went to Scotland to go grouse shooting, but they stumbled from out of the mist into a mysterious village called Brigadoon. 

Gene Kelly is very charismatic and his singing and dancing is, again, top notch. Van Johnson played the more grumpy of the two. 

There are few songs that I recognized from the film. The one that I had heard before was “Almost Like Being in Love.” 

The film is romantic and lovely. Good music and good choreography. The storytelling is solid.