Subgenre Sampler
Musical: 529 Films to Buy & Rent
Jack and the Beanstalk (1967)
- Dir. Gene Kelly
Feat. Gene Kelly
- Gene Kelly and his live–action cast interact with animated characters and backgrounds for this musical version of the fairytale favourite.…
Young Girls of Rochefort, The (Les Demoiselles de Rochefort) (1967)
- Dir. Jacques Demy
Feat. Catherine Deneuve, Francois Dorleac, Gene Kelly
- The carrot of love is dangled in Jacques Demy's positively radiant follow–up to UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG: an unbridled, colour–saturated…
Frankie and Johnny (1966)
- Dir. Frederick de Cordova
Feat. Elvis Presley, Donna Douglas, Harry Morgan…
- The King and Donna 'Elly May' Douglas (of The Beverly Hillbillies) hitch up in Mississippi, only for a wily seductress (Kovack) to crach their party.…
Funny Thing Happened On the Way to the Forum, A (1966)
- Dir. Richard Lester
Feat. Zero Mostel, Buster Keaton, Jack Gilford…
- Wild spoof–musical set in Roman times, is somewhat spotty but still generates plenty of comic gas courtesy of some old pros. Mostel plays a…
Paradise, Hawaiian Style (1966)
- Dir. Michael D. Moore
Feat. Elvis Presley, James Shigeta, Suzanna Leigh…
- A touristy musical that sticks to the Elvis Presley formula of songs and romance with the added bonus of lush tropical scenery.
Spinout (1966)
- Dir. Norman Taurog
Feat. Elvis Presley, Shelley Fabares
- Musical comedy starring Elvis as a race car driver and singer in a band, whose carefree single life is threatened by the romantic advances of three…
Beach Blanket Bingo (1965)
- Dir. William Asher
Feat. Paul Lynde, Frankie Avalon, Annette Funicello…
- Most successful and best known of the ‘Beach Party’ movies, though it shows signs of being fifth in a series by straying quite a way from the…
Girl Happy (1965)
- Dir. Boris Sagal
Feat. Elvis Presley, Shelley Fabares, Harold J. Stone
- Elvis escorts the daughter of a mobster to a Florida beachside resort for a holiday. Enjoyably kitsch Presley musical.
Harum Scarum (1965)
- Dir. Gene Nelson
Feat. Elvis Presley, Mary Ann Mobley, Fran Jeffries
- A journey to the deserts and casbahs of the Middle East gives this Elvis vehicle a bit of life, with Presley playing a screen–idol on holiday…
Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed Up Zombies (1965)
- Dir. Ray Dennis Steckler
Feat. Ray Dennis Steckler, Brett O'Hara
- Classic curiosity combines weird monsters, exceedingly bad acting and a musical into one laughable stew.