Musicals

What is the river made of in 1971's Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory?

What is the river made of in 1971's Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory?

I'll admit it: The whimsical amusement park inside Willy Wonka's factory is exactly how I still imagine every candy factory actually being on the inside — and I've been inside very real candy factories that are nothing like that. The 1971 film version of Roald Dahl's classic book, Charlie and the...

What's the name of the high school in Grease?

What's the name of the high school in Grease?

Somehow movie high schools never seem to match up with real life — and I'm not just talking about a bunch of 30-year-olds pretending to be 16. Movie high schools always seem to conveniently have everything a film's character (or plot) might need — a big library perfect for detention, a packed...