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1776 (film)
1776 (film): 1972 Columbia Pictures movie adaptation of the 1969 Broadway musical by Sherman Edwards and Peter Stone, directed by Peter H. Hunt, starring William Daniels as John Adams; cut under Nixon pressure, later restored on laserdisc and Blu-ray.
42nd Street (film)
42nd Street (1933) is a Warner Bros. backstage musical directed by Lloyd Bacon, choreographed by Busby Berkeley, with songs by Harry Warren and Al Dubin, starring Warner Baxter, Ruby Keeler, and Ginger Rogers; it revived the Hollywood musical and earned Best Picture and Best Sound Oscar nominations.
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966 film)
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966) is Richard Lester's film of the Sondheim-Shevelove-Gelbart Broadway farce, starring Zero Mostel as slave Pseudolus, with Phil Silvers, Buster Keaton, and Michael Crawford, released by United Artists in October 1966.
A Hard Day's Night (film)
A Hard Day's Night (1964) is the Beatles' first feature film, a Richard Lester musical comedy written by Alun Owen, shot March–April 1964, premiered 6 July 1964, and influential on the music video.
An American in Paris (film)
An American in Paris (1951) is an MGM Technicolor musical directed by Vincente Minnelli, starring Gene Kelly and Leslie Caron, built on Gershwin songs and the 1928 tone poem; it won six Oscars including Best Picture.
Anchors Aweigh (film)
Anchors Aweigh, 1945 MGM Technicolor musical directed by George Sidney, starring Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, and Kathryn Grayson; famous for Kelly's Jerry Mouse dance and its Best Scoring Oscar.
Annie Get Your Gun (1950 film)
Annie Get Your Gun (1950) is MGM's Technicolor musical, directed by George Sidney, starring Betty Hutton and Howard Keel, adapted from Irving Berlin's 1946 Broadway hit after Judy Garland was fired from the lead.
April Love
April Love is a 1957 Twentieth Century-Fox musical romance directed by Henry Levin, starring Pat Boone and Shirley Jones, a remake of Home in Indiana; its Sammy Fain-Paul Francis Webster title song hit No. 1 and was Oscar-nominated.
Artists and Models
Artists and Models (1955) is a Paramount musical comedy directed by Frank Tashlin, starring Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis with Shirley MacLaine, about a sleep-talking roommate whose dreams fuel a hit comic book and attract spies.
Babes in Arms
Babes in Arms: 1937 Rodgers and Hart Broadway musical (289 performances) and its 1939 MGM film adaptation directed by Busby Berkeley, starring Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland, origin of the let's-put-on-a-show film trope.
Babes on Broadway
Babes on Broadway is a 1941 MGM musical, the third Garland-Rooney "backyard musical," directed by Busby Berkeley, produced by Arthur Freed, with songs by Burton Lane including the Oscar-nominated "How About You."
Bells Are Ringing
Bells Are Ringing is a 1956 Broadway musical comedy by Comden, Green, and Styne about answering-service operator Ella Peterson, running 924 performances, and a 1960 MGM film directed by Vincente Minnelli starring Judy Holliday and Dean Martin, Holliday's final film.
Blue Hawaii
Blue Hawaii (1961) is an Elvis Presley Paramount musical directed by Norman Taurog, his eighth film, shot in Hawaii; its soundtrack, with "Can't Help Falling in Love", spent 20 weeks at number one.
By the Light of the Silvery Moon
By the Light of the Silvery Moon is a 1953 Warner Bros. Technicolor musical comedy directed by David Butler, starring Doris Day and Gordon MacRae as post-World War I Indiana sweethearts; sequel to On Moonlight Bay, distinct from the 1909 Gus Edwards song and the 2012 Tricia Goyer Titanic novel of the same title.
Calamity Jane (1953 film)
Calamity Jane (1953) is a Warner Bros. musical western directed by David Butler, starring Doris Day and Howard Keel, with the Oscar-winning song "Secret Love"; a response to Annie Get Your Gun, distinct from the 2024 film of the same name.
Call Me Madam (1953 film)
Call Me Madam (1953) is a Twentieth Century-Fox Technicolor musical comedy directed by Walter Lang, starring Ethel Merman as ambassador Sally Adams, adapted from Irving Berlin's 1950 Broadway hit, retaining nearly the whole stage score.
Carefree
Carefree (1938) is an RKO screwball-flavored musical comedy directed by Mark Sandrich, starring Fred Astaire as psychiatrist Tony Flagg and Ginger Rogers as hypnotized Amanda Cooper, with an Irving Berlin score; it earned $1,731,000 yet lost RKO $68,000.
Change of Habit
Change of Habit (1969) is a Universal drama, Elvis Presley's final narrative film, directed by William Graham, co-starring Mary Tyler Moore as an undercover nun, loosely based on Sister Mary Olivia Gibson.
Cover Girl
Cover Girl (1944) is a Columbia Pictures Technicolor musical directed by Charles Vidor, starring Rita Hayworth and Gene Kelly, with a Jerome Kern-Ira Gershwin score, Kelly's first film choreography with Stanley Donen, and the famous Alter Ego dance.
Daddy Long Legs (1955 film)
Daddy Long Legs (1955) is a Twentieth Century-Fox CinemaScope musical directed by Jean Negulesco, starring Fred Astaire as millionaire Jervis Pendleton III and Leslie Caron as French orphan Julie Andre, with songs by Johnny Mercer including the Oscar-nominated Something's Got to Give.
Dames
Dames (1934) is a Warner Bros. musical comedy directed by Ray Enright with Busby Berkeley numbers, starring Joan Blondell, Dick Powell, and Ruby Keeler; its score introduced "I Only Have Eyes for You."
Damn Yankees (1958 film)
Damn Yankees (1958) is a Warner Bros. musical comedy directed by George Abbott and Stanley Donen, adapting the 1955 Broadway Faust-style baseball hit, with Tab Hunter, Gwen Verdon, Ray Walston, and Bob Fosse choreography.
Doctor Dolittle (1967 film)
Doctor Dolittle (1967) is a Richard Fleischer musical starring Rex Harrison, adapted from Hugh Lofting's books. It cost about $18 million, earned nine Oscar nominations, won two, and was a box-office failure.
Dos Tipos de Cuidado
Dos tipos de cuidado: 1952 Mexican comedia ranchera by Ismael Rodríguez, starring Jorge Negrete and Pedro Infante as rival friends Jorge Bueno and Pedro Malo; premiered 5 November 1953, their only shared film.
Easter Parade (film)
Easter Parade (1948) is an MGM Technicolor musical directed by Charles Walters, starring Judy Garland and Fred Astaire in their only screen pairing, with 17 Irving Berlin songs and an Oscar-winning score; Astaire replaced the injured Gene Kelly.
Finian's Rainbow
Finian's Rainbow: 1947 Broadway musical by Burton Lane, Yip Harburg, and Fred Saidy about a stolen leprechaun's gold in Missitucky; filmed in 1968 by Francis Ford Coppola with Fred Astaire in his last screen musical.
Follow the Fleet
Follow the Fleet is a 1936 RKO musical comedy directed by Mark Sandrich, the fourth or fifth Astaire-Rogers film, with Irving Berlin songs including Let's Face the Music and Dance, set on Navy shore leave in San Francisco.
Footlight Parade
Footlight Parade (1933) is a Warner Bros. pre-Code musical comedy directed by Lloyd Bacon, starring James Cagney, Joan Blondell, Ruby Keeler, and Dick Powell, with Busby Berkeley numbers including By a Waterfall and Shanghai Lil; third of the 1933 backstage musicals, National Film Registry 1992.
French Cancan
French Cancan is a 1955 French-Italian musical comedy by Jean Renoir, starring Jean Gabin as impresario Danglard, who revives the cancan dance and launches it at the Moulin Rouge in 1880s-1890s Paris, Renoir's first French film after exile.
Funny Face
Funny Face (1957) is a Stanley Donen Paramount musical starring Fred Astaire, Audrey Hepburn, and Kay Thompson, using Gershwin songs from the 1927 stage show, based on Leonard Gershe's unproduced play Wedding Day inspired by photographer Richard Avedon, with four Oscar nominations.