Subgenre Sampler
Classics > Musical: 224 Films to Buy & Rent
- Keep Fit (1937)
- Dir. Anthony Kimmins
Feat. Kay Walsh, Guy Middleton, George Formby
- Snappy–yet–slight musical–comedy sees Formby play a skinny wimp who faces off against a stocky Middleton in a 'keep fit' contest in…
- On the Avenue (1937)
- Dir. Roy Del Ruth
Feat. Dick Powell, Madeleine Carroll, Alice Faye
- The songs of Irving Berlin feature prominently in this infectious Broadway–set musical, with Dick Powell, Alice Faye and the Ritz Brothers (as…
- Shall We Dance (1937)
- Dir. Mark Sandrich
Feat. Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers
- Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers pretend to be married in this last notable musical of their partnership. Features the classic roller–skate…
- Dimples (1936)
- Feat. Shirley Temple, Frank Morgan, Robert Kent
- Shirley Temple musical set in the New York Bowery, where the young lass helps her pickpocket grandfather., Soon however her musical talents come to…
- Follow the Fleet (1936)
- Dir. Mark Sandrich
Feat. Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers
- Astaire & Rogers musical that marked a career peak for the pair after TOP HAT. Irving Berlin scores.
- Gay Desperado, The (1936)
- Dir. Rouben Mamoulian
Feat. Ida Lupino, Leo Carrillo, Nino Martini…
- A light comedy with operatic tenor Nino Martini playing a singer who works as a live entertainer in a movie theatre, and is kidnapped by a trigger…
- Keep Your Seats, Please (1936)
- Dir. Monty Banks
Feat. George Formby, Florence Desmond, Gus McNaughton
- An endearing Formby is at his gormless best in this musical comedy, where he must find his aunt's inheritance sewn up in 12 chairs that have…
- Pennies from Heaven (1936)
- Dir. Norman Z. McLeod
Feat. Bing Crosby
- Bing Crosby vehicle sees the showman protecting a little girl from the big bad school system.
- Rose Marie (1936)
- Dir. W.S. Van Dyke
Feat. Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy
- Jeanette MacDonald/Nelson Eddy musical vehicle set in the Canadian Rockies.
- Show Boat (1936)
- Dir. James Whale
Feat. Irene Dunne, Allan Jones, Charles Winninger…
- A faithful adaptation of Oscar Hammerstein's 1920's stage musical covering four decades as an aspiring actor goes from working a Mississippi…