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"
La La Land ( Blu-ray ) (2016)
8.1/10
Director: Damien Chazelle
Starring: John Legend, Emma Stone, Ryan Gosling, Rosemarie DeWitt
Written and directed by Damien Chazelle ("Whiplash"), "La La Land" tells the story of Mia (Emma Stone), an aspiring actress, and Sebastian (Ryan Gosli... Read more
Clambake (1967)
5.5/10
Director: Arthur Nadel
Starring: Elvis Presley, Shelley Fabares, Bill Bixby
Rich kid (Elvis) wants to get out from under father's all-controlling thumb, so he switches places with a water skiing instructor. Read more
Live A Little, Love A Little (1968)
5.9/10
Director: Norman Taurog
Starring: Elvis Presley, Michele Carey, Don Porter, Rudy Vallee
Magazine photographer Elvis has to juggle two jobs (one for a stuffy, conservative publisher, the other with a "girlie" mag) in this wild romp. Based... Read more
Easy Come, Easy Go (1967)
5.2/10
Director: John Rich
Starring: Elvis Presley, Dodie Marshall, Pat Priest, Pat Harrington, Skip Ward
On his last day in the Navy, frogman Elvis Presley discovers a sunken treasure ship. On his first day as a civilian, Elvis starts his new job - self e... Read more
Cupcakes (2013)
6/10
Director: Eytan Fox
Starring: Anat Waxman, Yael Bar-Zohar, Ofer Shechter, Dana Ivgy, Efrat Dor, Keren Berger
A.k.a. "Bananot" ("Bananas"). When a group of best friends in Tel Aviv gather to watch Universong, they are less than impressed by the official Israel... Read more
On The Avenue (1937)
6.9/10
Director: Roy Del Ruth
Starring: Dick Powell, Madeleine Carroll, Alice Faye, Alan Mowbray, Cora Witherspoon
A young Broadway producer puts on a hit show mocking a New York socialite, but gets himself caught between the real (and charming) debutant and the st... Read more
Let George Do It! (1940)
Director: Marcel Varnel
Starring: George Formby, Phyllis Calvert, Garry Marsh, Romney Brent, Bernard Lee, Coral Br...
One of British comedian George Formby's most successful films, in this war-time musical he plays ukelele-ist George Hepplewhite who gets on a boat thi... Read more
Princess Tam Tam (1935)
Director: Edmond T Greville
Starring: Josephine Baker
A young Bedouin girl, Alwina (Josephine Baker), becomes the object of desire and inspiration for an idealistic French writer, Max (Albert Prejean). Ma... Read more
The Last Bus Home (1997)
5.4/10
Director: Johnny Gogan
Starring: Anthony Brophy, Brian O'Byrne, Annie Ryan, Gemma Craven
Though it is late in the punk rock movement, four Dublin youths get together in 1979 to form their own band. Accurately recounting the energy and rawn... Read more
The Slipper and the Rose (1975)
7.1/10
Director: Bryan Forbes
Starring: Richard Chamberlain, Gemma Craven, Annette Crosbie, Edith Evans, Christopher Gab...
"The Slipper and the Rose" is a grand musical adventure in the tradition of "The Sound of Music" and "My Fair Lady". This lavish production features R... Read more