Subgenre Sampler
Classics > Musical: 224 Films to Buy & Rent
- Silk Stockings (1957)
- Dir. Rouben Mamoulian
Feat. Fred Astaire, Cyd Charisse, Peter Lorre
- Handsome musical version of Garbo's NINOTCHKA, with Cyd Charisse's million dollar legs the star attraction.
- Carousel (1956)
- Dir. Henry King
Feat. Gordon MacRae, Shirley Jones, Cameron Mitchell
- Rodgers and Hammerstein carnival musical has some of their best songs. A darker than usual storyline – possibly partly why it wasn't such a…
- Don't Knock the Rock (1956)
- Dir. Fred F. Sears
- Small town Mellonville becomes a makeshift Woodstock in this swinging companion piece to dir. Sears' ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK. Quaint fashion, bad…
- Funny Face (1956)
- Dir. Stanley Donen
Feat. Fred Astaire, Audrey Hepburn
- Hip musical boasts the unrestrained ebullience of Fred Astaire and Audrey Hepburn as a fashion photographer and book–clerk who becomes his…
- Girl Can't Help It, The (1956)
- Dir. Frank Tashlin
Feat. Tom Ewell, Jayne Mansfield, Julie London
- This ebullient comedy is not only the best showcase for what one Jayne Mansfield had to offer, but also for many of the rock 'n' roll talent of the…
- High Society (1956)
- Dir. Charles Walters
Feat. Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly, Frank Sinatra…
- On the button remake of THE PHILADELPHIA STORY, giving the skewed love–triangle tale a musical treatment. Score by Cole Porter.
- King and I, The (1956)
- Dir. Walter Lang
Feat. Yul Brynner, Deborah Kerr, Rita Moreno…
- Lush screen adaptation of Rodgers and Hammerstein's broadway show, Anna and the King of Siam. Yul Brynner is unforgettable in the title role.
- Rock Around the Clock (1956)
- Dir. Fred F. Sears
- This upbeat, toe–tapping 'advertorial' for rock & roll was intially brushed off as a show–reel for live performance, yet remains a lively…
- Daddy Long Legs (1955)
- Dir. Jean Negulesco
Feat. Fred Astaire, Leslie Caron, Terry Moore…
- An orphaned French teenager (Caron) endears herself to a playboy sophisticate (Astaire), who secretly sponsors her in an American private education.…
- Guys and Dolls (1955)
- Dir. Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Feat. Marlon Brando, Frank Sinatra, Vivien Leigh
- Snappy popular musical in spite of its length. Marlon Brando appears in an atypically upbeat performance.