Subgenre Sampler
Classics > Musical: 224 Films to Buy & Rent
- A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1949)
- Dir. Tay Garnett
Feat. Bing Crosby, Rhonda Fleming, William Bendix…
- Mark Twain's comedy given a light musical spin with Bing Crosby.
- In the Good Old Summertime (1949)
- Dir. Robert Z. Leonard
Feat. Judy Garland, Van Johnson, S.Z. Sakall
- Judy Garland and Van Johnson star in this musical adaptation of the 1940 film, The Shop Around the Corner, with the locale changed from 1930s…
- Ladies of the Chorus (1949)
- Dir. Phil Karlson
Feat. Marilyn Monroe
- Modest musical burlesque has the distinction of giving Marilyn Monroe her first sizeable role.
- On the Town (1949)
- Dir. Gene Kelly, Stanley Donen
Feat. Frank Sinatra, Gene Kelly
- Exuberant musical about three sailors enjoying a day's leave in New York is about as good as this stuff gets. The cast almost bounce off the screen.
- Take Me Out To The Ball Game (Everybody's Cheering) (1949)
- Dir. Busby Berkeley
Feat. Frank Sinatra, Esther Williams, Gene Kelly
- An excellent warm–up for ON THE TOWN with Sinatra and Kelly playing vaudeville buddies in the early–1900s who yuck it up in variety…
- 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…
- Easter Parade (1948)
- Dir. Charles Walters
Feat. Fred Astaire, Amy Miller, Judy Garland
- Big–scale musical treat by Irving Berlin, has Fred Astaire swapping dance–partner Amy Miller for celebrity plus Judy Garland, in a role…
- Pirate, The (1948)
- Dir. Vincente Minnelli
Feat. Judy Garland, Vincente Minnelli, Gene Kelly
- Real–life partnership Judy Garland and Vincente Minelli reteam for a fine musical that also boasts Gene Kelly's footwork and Cole Porter's…
- 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…
- Down To Earth (1947)
- Dir. Alexander Hall
Feat. Rita Hayworth, Larry Parks, James Gleason…
- Musical comedy sequel to HERE COMES MR. JORDAN starring Rita Hayworth as Greek Goddess Terpsichore who comes down to Earth to join a Broadway…