Subgenre Sampler
Musical: 529 Films to Buy & Rent
Cocoanuts, The (1929)
- Dir. Robert Florey, Joseph Santley
Feat. Groucho Marx, Zeppo Marx, Chico Marx…
- The first feature–length Marx Brothers is probably one for completists only, with much of the film's running time devoted to mediocre musical…
Jazz Singer, The (1927)
- Dir. Alan Crosland
Feat. Al Jolson, May McAvoy
- Historically important as the first–ever 'talkie' (ie. sound–film), featuring synchronised singing in several numbers. Al Jolson plays…
Blind Husbands / The Great Gabbo (1919-1929)
- Dir. Erich von Stroheim, James Cruze
Feat. Erich von Stroheim, Gibson Gowland, Sam De Grasse…
- Two feature films on one disc featuring visionary Austrian–American silent filmmaker and actor Erich von Stroheim.
Blind Husbands (directed…
Busby Berkeley Disc, The
- Dir. Busby Berkeley
- A unique collection of twenty one complete musical numbers that established the choreographic genius of Busby Berkeley.
Cox and Box
- Feat. Russell Smythe
- First comic opera from Gilbert and Sullivan, here with Russell Smythe and the London Symphony Orchestra.
Gilbert & Sullivan Box Set
- This extensive collection contains twelve of Gilbert and Sullivan's best loved operas specially filmed for home entertainment. A cast of top…
Peter and the Wolf
- Sting narrates Prokofiev's fantasy – animated by members of the Theatre de Complicite, the puppets of Spitting Image and Claudio Abbado…
Sorceror, The
- Comic opera from Gilbert and Sullivan, performed by Clive Revill and the London Symphony Orchestra.
Trial by Jury
- Comic opera from Gilbert and Sullivan, performed by Frankie Howard, Kate Flowers and the London Symphony Orchestra.