Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Classics > Musical: 220 Films to Rent
- 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…
- Night and Day (1946)
- Dir. Michael Curtiz
Feat. Cary Grant, Alexis Smith, Jane Wyman
- Somewhat unreliable biography of Cole Porter that gets by on it's soundtrack and Cary Grant's amiable performance.
- Anchors Aweigh (1945)
- Dir. George Sidney
Feat. Frank Sinatra, Kathryn Grayson, Gene Kelly
- Wartime tale of two sailors on leave in Hollywood. A milestone due to the combination of gene Kelly's live–action choreography coupled with…
- Dolly Sisters, The (1945)
- Dir. Irving Cummings
Feat. Betty Grable, John Payne, June Haver
- Flash, energetic musical biopic on Hungarian–born sisters Jennie and Rosie Dolly, who conquered Broadway in the early 1900s. Ravishing…
- Glenn Miller Story, The (1945)
- Dir. Anthony Mann
Feat. James Stewart, June Allyson, Louis Armstrong…
- A creditable star–biography of the big–band leader and trombonist, which, verging on the overly sentimental, is saved by its reverance to…
- Harvey Girls, The (1945)
- Dir. George Sidney
Feat. Judy Garland, John Hodiak, Ray Bolger…
- A much–loved, if rather formless musical about the heyday of the railroad in the Old West and the Harvey House restaurants which sprang up…
- Rhapsody in Blue (1945)
- Dir. Irving Rapper
Feat. Robert Alda, Joan Leslie, Alexis Smith…
- George Gershwin's life and work is given a good glossing over from Hollywood, but the magical music keeps things sprightly for over two hours.
- State Fair (1945)
- Dir. Walter Lang
Feat. Jeanne Crain, Dana Andrews, Dick Haymes…
- Cheerful Rodgers & Hammerstein musical about Iowa family visiting a colossal fairground.
- Tonight and Every Night (1945)
- Dir. Victor Saville
Feat. Rita Hayworth
- Rita Hayworth starring musical about a London nightclub during the war which despite bombings and blitzes, never skips a beat.
- Wonder Man (1945)
- Dir. Bruce Humberstone
Feat. Danny Kaye, Virginia Mayo, Vera-Ellen…
- A typically zany fairy–tale for Danny Kaye, as a mild–mannered student persuaded by the ghost of his dead twin to seek out his murderer.…