Mix-and-match from
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Subgenre Sampler
Expresso Bongo (1960)- Dir. Val Guest
Feat. Cliff Richard, Laurence Harvey - Brash and colourfully classic 'beat' musical with Cliff Richard as a struggling bongo–playing nightclub act who is snatched from obscurity by a…
Give a Girl a Break (1953)- Dir. Stanley Donen
Feat. Debbie Reynolds, Marge Champion, Gower Champion… - Musical comedy about three unknown actresses who are all competing for Broadway stardom after a temperamental performer walks off the set of a major…
Story of Gilbert and Sullivan, The (1953)
- Dir. Sidney Gilliat
Feat. Robert Morley, Maurice Evans, Eileen Herlie - Spirited biopic of the careers of W.S. Gilbert, a barrister turned–comic–writer, and Arthur Sullivan, a classic composer (converted…
Young Man With a Horn (Young Man of Music) (1949)- Dir. Michael Curtiz
Feat. Kirk Douglas, Doris Day, Lauren Bacall… - Sharp biopic based on legendary jazz trumpeteer Bix Beiderbecke (played here by Kirk Douglas), who rose from obscurity to possess one of the most…
Red Shoes, The (1948)
- Dir. Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Feat. Anton Walbrook, Moira Shearer, Marius Goring… - Beloved dance classic is a strikingly realised story of a young ballerina who, in an echo of the Hans Christian Andersen story, becomes torn between…
Man I Love, The (1946)- Dir. Raoul Walsh
Feat. Ida Lupino, Robert Alda, Bruce Bennett… - Romantic drama about a New York lounge singer who becomes homesick and decides to visit her siblings on the West Coast, where she unexpectedly falls…
Hard Way, The (1943)- Dir. Vincent Sherman
Feat. Ida Lupino, Dennis Morgan, Joan Leslie - Musical drama based on a story by Irwin Shaw, which was reportedly inspired by Ginger Rogers' first marriage to Jack Pepper. Joan Leslie plays a…
Orchestra Wives (1942)- Dir. Archie Mayo
Feat. Ann Rutherford, George Montgomery, Lynn Bari… - Swing–era musical featuring the Glenn Miller orchestra, with Miller himself playing the leader of a band. When the trumpet player…
Ziegfeld Girl (1941)- Dir. Robert Z. Leonard
Feat. James Stewart, Judy Garland, Hedy Lamarr… - A star–sudded MGM musical melodrama featuring musical numbers staged by Busby Berkeley, highlighted by "You Stepped Out of a Dream". Set in the…
Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938)- Dir. Henry King
Feat. Tyrone Power, Alice Faye, Don Ameche… - Irving Berlin contributes over two dozen songs as well as the screenplay for this rousing story of the history of (white) jazz music from ragtime to…
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