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Anything GoesAnything Goes (1936)
Dir. Lewis Milestone
Feat. Bing Crosby, Ethel Merman, Charles Ruggles
The first film adaptation of the famous Cole Porter musical.
DimplesDimples (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 FleetFollow the Fleet (1936) Recommended
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, TheGay 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, PleaseKeep 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.
Poor Little Rich GirlPoor Little Rich Girl (1936)
Dir. Irving Cummings
Feat. Shirley Temple, Alice Faye, Gloria Stuart
One of the great Shirley Temple musicals, with the wee dynamo playing a runaway who is successfully recruited into a travelling vaudeville show, of…
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 BoatShow Boat (1936) Recommended
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…
Swing TimeSwing Time (1936) Recommended
Dir. George Stevens
Feat. Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers
A fine example of Fred and Ginger's magical screen partnership, their sixth together, weaving the music of Jerome Kern and Dorothy Fields, into…

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