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Subgenre Sampler
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.
You Were Never Lovelier (1942)- Dir. William A Seiter
Feat. Fred Astaire, Rita Hayworth - Gently funny musical with Fred Astaire pursuing Rita Hayworth.
Hellzapoppin' (1941)
- Dir. H.C. Potter
Feat. Ole Olsen, Chic Johnson - Batty and rambunctious comedy classic runs a gamut of slight gags and inspired slapstick lunacy, with wild pair Olsen and Johnson guiding the…
- Moon Over Miami (1941)
- Dir. Walter Lang
Feat. Betty Grable, Don Ameche, Robert Cummings - One of Betty Grable's better musical outings, it's a bright and breezy story of two sisters who attempt to ensnare a pair of Miami millionaires when…
Sun Valley Serenade (1941)- Dir. H. Bruce Humberstone
Feat. Sonja Henie, John Payne, Milton Berle… - Winter wonderland musical sets the stage for the Glenn Miller Orchestra and skating star Sonja Henie, here playing a Norwegian refugee turned…
You'll Never Get Rich (1941)- Dir. Sidney Lanfield
Feat. Fred Astaire, Rita Hayworth, John Hubbard… - Generally amusing showbiz comedy has Fred Astaire play a star Broadway dancer who helps his boss (Benchley) out of trouble with his wife over a…
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…
Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940)- Dir. Norman Taurog
Feat. Fred Astaire, Eleanor Powell, George Murphy… - The final of the loosely connected BROADWAY MELODY quartet is unusually plot–heavy, but still features glittery dance numbers and a lovely Cole…
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