As soon as sound was introduced to the movies, the movie musical was born. The musical was one of the most popular movie entertainments from the 1930s through to the 50s, before falling out of favour at the end of the 60s for audiences now being weened on Vietnam, race riots, political assassinations, flower power and psychedelia. The musical still continued onwards, albeit in a different form, with various efforts such as "Cabaret", "The Rocky Horror Picture Show", "Grease", "Hair", "All That Jazz" and "The Blues Brothers" appearing over the next decade. More recently, "Moulin Rouge" and particularly "Chicago" hark back to the glory days of the musical. Right: Liza Minnelli does "Cabaret"
A sunny musical comedy with Doris Day as the rough-and-tumble frontiers woman who makes up in big-heartedness what she lacks in refinement. Contains t... Read more
A Fred Astaire double feature of 'Shall We Dance' (1937) and 'Follow the Fleet' (1936), both with Astaire's long-time co-star Ginger Rogers. 'Shall We... Read more
Nathan Lane hams it up as Max Bialystock, a down-on-his-luck Broadway producer whose accountant Leo Bloom (Matthew Broderick who, with Lane, starred i... Read more
Stephen Sondheim's award-winning musical thriller stars Johnny Depp in the title role as a man unjustly sent to prison. The previously mild-mannered b... Read more
Musical Drama based on Andrew Lloyd Webber's celebrated musical phenomenon, which was adapted from the novel by Gaston Leroux. "The Phantom of the Ope... Read more
An effervescent musical comedy, based on the play by Guy Bolton and P.G. Wodehouse, with Bing Crosby and Donald O'Connor as Broadway stars on the look... Read more
An enchanting adaptation of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, based on James Michener's 'Tales of the South Pacific'. With Mitzi Gaynor and Rossano... Read more
This film adaptation of the Pulitzer and Tony Award winning Broadway musical stars many of the original stage cast, and follows the lives of seven fri... Read more
Hugh Grant plays aging '80s boy band icon Alex Fletcher, desperate to re-invigorate his now non-existent career. When hot young thing Cora Corman (Ha... Read more
'Funny GIrl' - Ziegfeld Follies' star Fanny Brice was the inspiration for this superb stage musical. Barbara Streisand recreated her Broadway triumph... Read more