Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Classics > Musical: 220 Films to Rent
- Student Prince, The (1954)
- Dir. Richard Thorpe
Feat. Ann Blyth, Edmund Purdom, John Ericson…
- Taken from the operetta by Sigmund Romberg, and the third filmed version of the tale of a young Prince breaking out into the real world by falling in…
- There's No Business Like Show Business (1954)
- Dir. Walter Lang
Feat. Ethel Merman, Donald O'Connor, Marilyn Monroe…
- Gaudy musical about Show Business. Stars Marilyn and some great Irving Berlin songs.
- White Christmas (1954)
- Dir. Michael Curtiz
Feat. Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye
- Timeless Irving Berlin musical, whose stocking full of great tunes – 'Sisters', 'Blue Skies' and of course the title–track – redeem…
- Affairs of Dobie Gillis, The (1953)
- Dir. Don Weis
Feat. Debbie Reynolds, Bobby Van, Bob Fosse…
- Lighthearted MGM college musical set on a Midwestern university campus, where two freshmen spend their time cutting class and courting two coeds.…
- Band Wagon, The (1953)
- Dir. Vincente Minnelli
Feat. Fred Astaire, Jack Buchanan, Cyd Charisse
- In the top echelon of screen–musicals, this follows the fortunes of toe–tapping movie actor Fred Astaire, revue style, as he attempts a…
- Beggar's Opera, The (1953)
- Dir. Peter Brook
Feat. Laurence Olivier
- Initially a commercial failure, this energetic romp through John Gay's 18th century ribald opera has since been critically acclaimed. In his first…
- By the Light of the Silvery Moon (1953)
- Dir. David Butler
Feat. Doris Day, Gordon MacRae
- Quaint sequel to ON MOONLIGHT BAY finds Gordon MacRae returning from WWI where fiancĂ©e Doris Day waits impatiently to begin married life together.…
- Calamity Jane (1953)
- Dir. David Butler
Feat. Doris Day, Howard Keel
- Big, rousing musical western, featuring Doris Day as the tomboy heroine, who falls for easygoing Wild Bill Hickok (Howard Keel).
- Call Me Madam (1953)
- Dir. Walter Lang
Feat. Ethel Merman, Donald O'Connor, Vera-Ellen…
- Delightful musical starring Ethel Merman as a Washington hostess who becomes a Truman–era US ambassador to a European grand duchy. Songs by…
- Dangerous When Wet (1953)
- Dir. Charles Walters
Feat. Esther Williams
- Musical starlet Esther Williams gets to do what she does best as an athlete who attempts to swim the English channel. Highlight is a subterranean…