West Side Story (1961 film)

"[sings] I feel pretty, oh so pretty, I feel pretty and witty and gay, And I pity, any girl who isn't me today. I feel charming, oh so charming, it's alarming how charming I feel. And so pretty, that I hardly can believe I'm real."

"[sings] I just met a girl named Maria, and suddenly that name Will never be the same to me. Maria - I just kissed a girl named Maria And suddenly I found how wonderful a sound can be Maria - say it loud and there's music playing Say it soft and it's almost like praying."

"[sings] When you're a Jet, you're a Jet all the way From your first cigarette to your last dyin' day! When you're a Jet, let 'em do what they can You've got brothers around, you're a family man! You're never alone, you're never disconnected, you're home with your own When company's expected, you're well-protected! Then you are set with a capital J Which you'll never forget till they cart you away When you're a Jet you stay a Jet."

"Unlike other musicals ‘West Side Story’ grows younger!"

"The Screen Achieves One of the Great Entertainments in the History of Motion Pictures"

"Natalie Wood - Maria"

"Richard Beymer - Tony"

"Russ Tamblyn - Riff"

"Rita Moreno - Anita"

"George Chakiris - Bernardo"

"Simon Oakland - Lieutenant Schrank"

"Ned Glass - Doc"

"William Bramley - Officer Krupke"

"Tucker Smith - Ice"

"Tony Mordente - Action"

"David Winters - A-rab"

"Eliot Feld - Baby John"

"Tommy Abbott - Gee-Tar"

"Jose De Vega - Chino"

"John Astin - Glad Hand"

"Got to Chicago, got to this high school. People actually sang the song from West Side Story, “Puerto Rico, my heart’s devotion, let it sink into the ocean,” at me in the halls of the school. I thought I was privileged to come from where I came from. It was made clear to me very quickly that it was an embarrassing thing I shouldn’t talk about, and I saw the distinction between the children of South American engineers and the daughter of a working-class Puerto Rican woman. I hated being in school."