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"
Glee: Season 2 (2011)
7.7/10
Starring: Jessalyn Gilsig, Chris Colfer, Jayma Mays, Mark Salling, Cory Monteith, Amber Ri...
Bring home the complete second season of TV's most exhilarating series! Despite their loss at the Regionals, the kids in New Directions are more mo... Read more
Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969)
6.8/10
Director: Herbert Ross
Starring: Peter O'Toole, Petula Clark, Michael Redgrave
A shy, withdrawn English schoolteacher falls for a flashy showgirl. Read more
The Revolt of Mamie Stover (Blu-ray) (1956)
6.4/10
Director: Raoul Walsh
Starring: Jane Russell, Richard Egan, Joan Leslie, Agnes Moorehead, Michael Pate
Set in the early '40s, a San Francisco prostitute is run out of town just as the second World War has begun to intensify. Mamie settles down in Hawaii... Read more
Daddy Long Legs (1955)
6.7/10
Director: Jean Negulesco
Starring: Fred Astaire, Leslie Caron, Fred Clark, Terry Moore, Thelma Ritter, Larry Keatin...
Young French orphan, Leslie Caron, is subsidised by a wealthy playboy (Fred Astaire) with the stipulation that his identity be kept secret in this del... Read more
Hair (1979)
7.6/10
Director: Milos Forman
Starring: John Savage, Treat Williams, Beverly D'Angelo
Exceptional adaptation of the musical stars Treat Williams as a hippie who meets John Savage, a youth from Oklahoma bound for Vietnam. Forman moves th... Read more
Graffiti Bridge (1990)
4.3/10
Director: Prince
Starring: Prince, Morris Day, Jerome Benton, Jill Jones
Music is the power, Love is the message, Truth is the answer... that's the motto of Prince in this semi-sequel to "Purple Rain". Read more
Holiday Inn (1942)
7.6/10
Director: Mark Sandrich
Starring: Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire, Marjorie Reynolds
This grand musical showcase for Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire about a romantic triangle, and the establishment of a country inn that's open only on the... Read more
The Music Man (1961)
7.7/10
Director: Morton DaCosta
Starring: Robert Preston, Shirley Jones, Buddy Hackett
If you are looking for a movie with 76 trombones and trouble in River City, have I got a musical for you. Robert Preston stars as the energetic Profes... Read more
Scrooge (1970)
7.5/10
Director: Ronald Neame
Starring: Albert Finney, Dame Edith Evans, Kenneth More, Alec Guinness
The spirit of Christmas becomes a musical celebration of life in this rousing adaptation of Charles Dickens' beloved family classic, 'A Christmas Caro... Read more
Busby Berkeley (2005)
7.6/10
One man. One camera. Unlimited magic. From numerous Warner Bros films of the 1930s come 21 complete musical numbers that established forever the geniu... Read more