La rosa di Bagdad

Pretty similar to the classic tale of Aladdin, you'll see a beautiful young princess with a bumbling father who's influenced by the powerful magician Jafar, and all in the exotic Arabian locale. You'll see a little boy who tries to save the day and win the heart of the princess, but he needs the help of a genie in a lamp. But most important is what you'll hear: a fourteen-year-old Julie Andrews. Anyone who has heard her sing "I Could Have Danced All Night" knows she had a significantly more grandiose voice than she utilized for the rest of her career, but until you've heard her singing opera as a teenager, you won't know the full extent of her operatic potential. She "dummied down" her voice for the next forty years to appeal to the general public, but you can imagine the types of songs she would have sung if she hadn't.

The Singing Princess really isn't great. It's an Italian cartoon dubbed in English, and it's obviously made with cultural differences. There are large portions when you'll be rolling your eyes hoping Julie Andrews will show up again soon, so you really have three options: fast-forward the scenes she isn't in, hang in there, or skip the movie and find old recordings online of her teenage splendor.