Musicals
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"
Jesus Christ Superstar ( Blu-ray ) (1973)
7.3/10
Director: Norman Jewison
Starring: Carl Anderson, Ted Neeley, Yvonne Elliman
"Jesus Christ Superstar", the bold interpretation of the hit rock opera and Broadway smash from Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber, tells the story of C... Read more
That's Entertainment, Part 2 (1976)
Director: Gene Kelly
Starring: Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Jimmy Durante, Judy Garland, Greer Gars...
An all-singing, all-dancing musical-comedy treat. More magical MGM moments with "more stars than there are in heaven," including hosts Fred Astaire an... Read more
It Happened at the World's Fair (1963)
6.1/10
Director: Norman Taurog
Starring: Elvis Presley, Joan O'Brien, Gary Lockwood, Vicky Tiu, Edith Atwater, Yvonne Cra...
Fun, music and Elvis all happen in this romp boasting one of the best backdrops of any Elvis Presley movie: the 1962 Seattle World's Fair, with its sh... Read more
Elvis by the Presleys (2005)
8.2/10
Starring: Priscilla Presley, Lisa Marie Presley
"Elvis by the Presleys" is the most revealing and poignant video portrait we will ever see of the artist as husband, father and friend. As never befor... Read more
Pufnstuf - The Movie (1970)
Director: Hollingsworth Morse
Starring: Billie Hayes, Jack Wild, "Mama" Cass Elliot, Martha Raye
Sid and Marty Krofft's 1960s TV favourite gets the big screen treatment, as young Jimmy (Jack Wild), his pal Pufnstuf, and the creatures of Living Isl... Read more
Elvis (1979)
7.1/10
Director: John Carpenter
Starring: Ed Begley Jr, Joe Mantegna, Kurt Russell, Pat Hingle, Season Hubley, Shelley Win...
Aka "Elvis the Movie". Just two years after Elvis Presley died, Kurt Russell bought him back to life in the original biopic about the King of Rock 'n'... Read more
Military Wives (2019)
6.4/10
Director: Peter Cattaneo
Starring: Kristin Scott Thomas
With their partners away serving in Afghanistan, a group of women on the home front form a choir and quickly find themselves at the center of a media... Read more
Gold Diggers of 1935 (1935)
7.5/10
Director: Busby Berkeley
Starring: Adolphe Menjou, Alice Bradley, Dick Powell, Gloria Stuart
It's the summer season at a swanky resort, and none of the employees have any qualms about fleecing the rich guests for all they're worth in this madc... Read more
Till The Clouds Roll By (1946)
6.5/10
Director: Richard Whorf
Starring: Van Johnson, Judy Garland, Frank Sinatra, Van Heflin
Judy Garland and Robert Walker star in this rags to riches story of Jerome Kern, the brilliant Broadway composer. His career did not develop as harmon... Read more
The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964)
6.8/10
Director: Charles Walters
Starring: Debbie Reynolds, Harve Presnell, Ed Begley
Debbie Reynolds is the feisty title character who earns her moniker by surviving a trip on the Titanic. Based on the true story of the wealthiest woma... Read more