Subgenre Sampler
Classics > Musical: 224 Films to Buy & Rent
- Blue Hawaii (1961)
- Dir. Norman Taurog
Feat. Elvis Presley
- Lush setting for this Elvis vehicle is easy on the eye. The King's least Rock'n'Roll effort.
- Flower Drum Song (1961)
- Dir. Henry Koster
Feat. Nancy Kwan, James Shigeta
- Amiable if overlong musical comedy telling the story of a Chinese girl who smuggles herself into San Francisco as a "picture bride" to marry a young…
- West Side Story (1961)
- Dir. Robert Wise
Feat. Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblyn…
- Oscar–sweeping, hugely influential film version of Bernstein and Sondheim's landmark Broadway musical, updating Romeo and Juliet to dockland…
- Wild in the Country (1961)
- Dir. Phillip Dunne
Feat. Elvis Presley, Hope Lange, Tuesday Weld…
- Unusual Elvis Presley vehicle, playing a country hothead with a literary bent.
- Young Ones, The / Summer Holiday (1961-1962)
- Dir. Sidney J. Furie, Peter Yates
Feat. Cliff Richard, Robert Morley, The Shadows
- A pairing of delightfully dated musical vehicles for Brit pop sensation of the day, Cliff Richard. THE YOUNG ONES has Cliff organising a fundraising…
- Bells are Ringing (1960)
- Dir. Vincente Minnelli
Feat. Judy Holliday, Dean Martin, Fred Clark…
- Winning musical rom–com from Vincente Minnelli (MEET ME IN ST LOUIS), with Judy Holliday playing a fictionalised version of real–life…
- Can-Can (1960)
- Dir. Walter Lang
Feat. Frank Sinatra, Shirley Maclaine, Maurice Chevalier…
- Agreeable Cole Porter musical by way of Old Blue Eyes' Rat Pack croon. Sinatra teams up with Shirley Maclaine, here the proprietor of Parisian cafe…
- G.I. Blues (1960)
- Dir. Norman Taurog
Feat. Elvis Presley
- A fond Elvis vehicle in which his guitar–playing G.I. meddles with things a young cadet shouldn't while stationed in Germany. Presley sings…
- Let's Make Love (1960)
- Dir. George Cukor
Feat. Marilyn Monroe, Yves Montand
- An under–rated Marilyn Monroe comedy with Yves Montand as a millionaire who joins her theatre company, then hires a host of real–life…
- Black Orpheus (1959)
- Dir. Marcel Camus
Feat. Breno Mello, Marpessa Dawn, Lourdes De Oliveira
- Get caught up in the rhythms and colour of Rio De Janiero at Carnival time for an exotic, utterly unique spin on the Greek legend of doomed lovers…