Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Classics > Musical: 220 Films to Rent
- 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'.
- 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…
- Road to Morocco (1942)
- Dir. David Butler
Feat. Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Dorothy Lamour
- Bob Hope, Bing Crosby and Dorothy Lamour do their bit for the war effort by enchanting the public with mad–cap (rom)antics on the North African…
- Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
- Dir. Michael Curtiz
Feat. James Cagney, Joan Leslie, Walter Huston
- An energy–filled and well–loved musical biography of Show–Biz King George Cohan, played by James Cagney.