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"
The Pirate (1948)
7/10
Director: Vincente Minnelli
Starring: Judy Garland, Gene Kelly, Walter Slezak, Gladys Cooper, Reginald Owen
A rollicking musical about a girl (Judy Garland) who is engaged to the local toff, but is infatuated with the famed pirate, Macoco (Gene Kelly) - but... Read more
Frank Sinatra Classics: High Society / Anchors Aweigh (1944)
Director: Charles Walters, George Sidney
Starring: Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly, Gene Kelly, Kathryn Grayson
High Society:This witty, musical version of The Philadelphia Story stars Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly, Frank Sinatra, and the jazz master himself, Louis A... Read more
Stepping Out (1991)
6.4/10
Director: Lewis Gilbert
Starring: Liza Minnelli, Shelley Winters
Directed by Lewis Gilbert, starring Liza Minnelli, written by Richard Harris and based on a play also written by Harris. Minnelli plays the role of a... Read more
First Night (2010)
5.3/10
Director: Christopher Menaul
Starring: Richard E Grant, Sarah Brightman, Oliver Dimsdale, Susannah Fielding, Nigel Lind...
Adam is a rich industrialist, who aspires to a more cultured world. Spurred on by playful jibes that he is little more than a city suit living the cap... Read more
Classic Collectables: Holiday Inn & Going My Way (1942)
7.4/10
Director: Mark Sandrich, Leo McCarey
Starring: Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire, Marjorie Reynolds, Barry Fitzgerald, Rise Stevens
Holiday Inn: 1942. 101mins. This grand musical showcase for Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire about a romantic triangle, and the establishment of a country... Read more
Seven Brides For Seven Brothers (1954)
7.4/10
Director: Stanley Donen
Starring: Howard Keel, Jane Powell, Jeff Richards, Marc Platt
When outdoorsman Howard Keel decides to get married, his 6 younger brothers also get the urge. The musical movie inspiration for the TV series contain... Read more
Private Elvis (1993)
Starring: Elvis Presley
Private Elvis definitive documents Elvis Presley's years as a private in the American Army, and features rare footage and archive photographs of the s... Read more
Swing Parade ( aka Swing Parade of 1946 ) (1946)
5.3/10
Director: Phil Karlson
Starring: Gale Storm, The Three Stooges
The Three Stooges at their bumbling, eyepoking, hair-pulling best! This time around "The Boys" must protect talented nightclub owner Danny Warren (Phi... Read more
No Small Affair (1984)
5.5/10
Director: Jerry Schatzberg
Starring: Jon Cryer, Demi Moore, George Wendt
16 y.o. Charles loves to photograph. A cute girl's photo ends up in his camera. He later sees the older Laura singing in a bar. He takes a lot more ph... Read more
Opening Night (2016)
6.2/10
Starring: Anne Heche, Rob Riggle, Topher Grace, Taye Diggs, Paul Scheer
A failed Broadway singer who now works as a production manager must save opening night on his new production by wrangling his eccentric cast and crew. Read more