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Subgenre Sampler
Gang's All Here, The (1943)
- Dir. Busby Berkeley
Feat. Alice Faye, Carmen Miranda - Exhibitionist Fox musical combines some sensational talent (Miranda, in particular) with wildly innovative visuals from the great Busby Berkeley. The…
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…
Heat's On, The (Tropicana) (1943)- Dir. Gregory Ratoff
Feat. Mae West - Famous Mae West flop, with the screen vamp playing a Broadway star torn between rival producers. Once the talk of the town, she wouldn't make another…
Hello, Frisco, Hello (1943)- Dir. Bruce Humberstone
Feat. Alice Faye, John Payne, Jack Oakie… - Classic technicolor musical set in Frisco's lively vaudeville scene in 1915.
- Lulu Belle (1943)
- Dir. Leslie Fenton
Feat. Dorothy Lamour, George Montgomery, Albert Dekker - Montgomery leaves his fiancee to take up with disreputable night club singer Lulu Belle. Almost forgotten musical is mostly of interest for it's…
Phantom of the Opera (1943)- Dir. Arthur Lubin
Feat. Claude Rains, Nelson Eddy, Susanna Foster - Technicolour version of the old tale with Claude Rains warbling it up behind the mask. The emphasis here is more on singing than chills, it could be…
Presenting Lily Mars (1943)- Dir. Norman Taurog
Feat. Judy Garland, Van Heflin, Fay Bainter… - MGM Musical comedy starring Judy Garland in an early grown–up role as the titular small–town girl who heads to Broadway but struggles to…
Stormy Weather (1943)- Dir. Andrew L. Stone
Feat. Lena Horne, Bill Robinson, Cab Calloway… - An on–off romance between a dancer and a popular songstress provides a suitable excuse for a fantastic retrospective of the great…
For Me and My Gal (1942)- Dir. Busby Berkeley
Feat. Judy Garland, Gene Kelly, George Murphy - A Busby Berkeley–directed musical that provided the first real "adult" role for a nineteen–year–old Judy Garland. Gene Kelly…
Holiday Inn (1942)- Dir. Mark Sandrich
Feat. Fred Astaire, Bing Crosby - Love–triangle musical scored by Irving Berlin has Astaire dancing without Rogers and Bing Crosby unleashing 'White Christmas'.
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