Subgenre Sampler
Cover Girl (1944)- Dir. Charles Vidor
Feat. Rita Hayworth, Gene Kelly, Phil Silvers… - Sheer energy and razzamatazz compensate for the rampant cliches of this Rita Hayworth/Gene Kelly dance–musical, set in the world of magazine…
Going My Way (1944)- Dir. Leo McCarey
Feat. Bing Crosby - Oscar–sweeping musical favourite stars Bing Crosby as the singing priest, Father O'Malley, whose casual unorthodoxy casts an influential spell.
Meet Me in St Louis (1944)
- Dir. Vincente Minnelli
Feat. Judy Garland, Margaret O'Brien, Mary Astor… - In the year before the 1904 St Louis World's Fair, the four Smith daughters learn lessons of life and love, even as they prepare for a reluctant move…
Pin Up Girl (1944)- Dir. H. Bruce Humberstone
Feat. Betty Grable, John Harvey, Martha Raye… - Betty Grable, America's #1 pin–up during WWII, strikes a pose as a canteen girl who pretends to be broadway star in order to stay close to her…
Cabin in the Sky (1943)- Dir. Vincente Minnelli
Feat. Lena Horne, Ethel Waters, " Eddie ""Rochester""" Anderson… - Landmark musical presents a 'faux–negro' folk story accompanied by the sophisticated musicianship of Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong and…
Gang's All Here, The (1943)- Dir. Busby Berkeley
Feat. Alice Faye, Carmen Miranda - Exhibitionist Fox musical combines some sensational talent (Miranda, in particular) with wildly innovative visuals from the great Busby Berkeley. The…
Hard Way, The (1943)- Dir. Vincent Sherman
Feat. Ida Lupino, Dennis Morgan, Joan Leslie - Musical drama based on a story by Irwin Shaw, which was reportedly inspired by Ginger Rogers' first marriage to Jack Pepper. Joan Leslie plays a…
Heat's On, The (Tropicana) (1943)- Dir. Gregory Ratoff
Feat. Mae West - Famous Mae West flop, with the screen vamp playing a Broadway star torn between rival producers. Once the talk of the town, she wouldn't make another…
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…
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