My parents were in control of what movies I was allowed to see! No scary ones were allowed, so I saw love stories and musicals.
These were the days of great MGM spectaculars with loads of girls in colorful costumes dancing down stairs as the main character entered last. There realy was no story attached to these kinds of movies just lots of dancing. Ester Williams smiled all the way to the bottom of the swimming pool and was oh so graceful and made swimming look so easy.
However, I had a crush on most of the male stars. Their pictures were plastered on my bedroom wall.