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Classics > Musical: 225 Films to Buy & Rent

 
March of the Wooden SoldiersMarch of the Wooden Soldiers (Babes In Toyland) (1934) Recommended
Dir. Gus Meins, Charles R. Rogers
Feat. Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy
Imaginative musical fantasia also makes the most of Laurel and Hardy's comic genius – as dim–witted toymakers whose mistaken order for…
Merry Widow, TheMerry Widow, The (1934) Recommended
Dir. Ernst Lubitsch
Feat. Maurice Chevalier, Jeanette MacDonald
Out of cold–blooded patriotism to his homeland Marshovia, gadabout Maurice Chevalier attempts to seduce millionairess Jeanette MacDonald into…
42nd Street42nd Street (1933) Recommended
Dir. Lloyd Bacon
Feat. Warner Baxter, Bebe Daniels, George Brent
The definitive backstage musical, centered around a chorus girl's shot at stardom when the leading lady twists her ankle. Busby Berkeley wrote the…
Footlight ParadeFootlight Parade (1933)
Dir. Lloyd Bacon, Busby Berkeley
Feat. James Cagney, Joan Blondell, Ruby Keeler…
James Cagney stars as an indefatigable Broadway producer, working show–biz miracles to keep his company afloat through the Depression. Most…
Gold Diggers of 1933Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)
Dir. Mervyn LeRoy
Feat. Warren William, Joan Blondell, Aline MacMahon…
Busby Berkeley brings his snappy camerawork and choreography magic to the production numbers of this pre–'Hays code' musical, in which Dick…
Hallelujah, I'm a BumHallelujah, I'm a Bum (1933)
Dir. Lewis Milestone
Feat. Al Jolson, Madge Evans, Frank Morgan…
Freewheeling musical comedy set (and made) during the Great Depression, with Al Jolson playing a hobo in New York who falls in love with the mayor's…
Blonde VenusBlonde Venus (1932)
Dir. Josef von Sternberg
Feat. Marlene Dietrich, Cary Grant, Herbert Marshall…
Director Josef von Sternberg reunites with muse Marlene Dietrich in this sweeping melodrama about a German chanteuse turned struggling housewife who…
Love Me TonightLove Me Tonight (1932) Recommended
Dir. Rouben Mamoulian
Feat. Maurice Chevalier, Jeanette MacDonald, Myrna Loy…
Charismatic tailor Maurice Chevalier makes beautiful music with princess Jeanette MacDonald in this splendiferous romance, one of the great musicals…
Madam SatanMadam Satan (1930)
Dir. Cecil B. DeMille
Feat. Kay Johnson, Reginald Denny, Roland Young
A genuine oddity (and second talkie) from Cecil B. DeMille, this typically extravagant pre–Code musical comedy stars Kay Johnson as a jealous…
Broadway Melody of 1929Broadway Melody of 1929 (1929)
Dir. Harry Beaumont
Feat. Charles King, Anita Page, Bessie Love…
"100% All Talking! 100% All Singing! 100% All Dancing!" – this creaky MGM tale of two sisters bringing their act to Broadway was tremendously…
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