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Rock-a-Bye Baby (1958 film)
Rock-a-Bye Baby is a 1958 Paramount comedy directed by Frank Tashlin, produced by and starring Jerry Lewis as a TV repairman babysitting a movie star's triplets; loosely remade from Preston Sturges's The Miracle of Morgan's Creek.
Rose Marie (1954 film)
Rose Marie (1954) is Mervyn LeRoy's CinemaScope musical for MGM, the third film version of the 1924 Friml-Harbach-Hammerstein operetta, starring Ann Blyth, Howard Keel, and Fernando Lamas, filmed in the Canadian Rockies and a box-office loss.
Royal Wedding
Royal Wedding (1951) is an MGM musical, Stanley Donen's first solo film, starring Fred Astaire and Jane Powell as a sibling dance act in London during Princess Elizabeth's wedding, famous for Astaire's rotating-room ceiling dance and the Oscar-nominated song "Too Late Now."
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (TV special)
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964) is a Rankin/Bass stop-motion Christmas TV special, first aired on NBC December 6, 1964, narrated by Burl Ives, and the longest continuously running U.S. Christmas special.
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers is a 1954 MGM musical directed by Stanley Donen, starring Jane Powell and Howard Keel, based on Stephen Vincent Benét's "The Sobbin' Women", with songs by Gene de Paul and Johnny Mercer and Michael Kidd's barn-raising choreography; it won the Oscar for Best Scoring of a Musical Picture.
Shall We Dance
Shall We Dance (1937) is an RKO musical comedy, the seventh Fred Astaire-Ginger Rogers pairing and their only film with a George and Ira Gershwin score, famous for the roller-skate "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off" number and the Oscar-nominated "They Can't Take That Away from Me."
Silk Stockings
Silk Stockings (1957) is an MGM musical comedy directed by Rouben Mamoulian, starring Fred Astaire and Cyd Charisse, adapted from Cole Porter's 1955 Broadway musical and the 1939 film Ninotchka; Astaire's last MGM film and Mamoulian's final movie.
Sing a Song of Sex (日本春歌考)
Sing a Song of Sex (日本春歌考, Nihon shunka-ko) is Nagisa Oshima's 1967 Japanese film, also called A Treatise on Japanese Bawdy Songs: four exam-bound students follow a bawdy-song-singing teacher, using folk songs to attack national myth.
Singin' in the Rain
Singin' in the Rain (1952) is an MGM musical comedy co-directed by Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen about Hollywood's silent-to-sound transition, starring Kelly, Donald O'Connor, Debbie Reynolds, and Jean Hagen, later ranked the greatest movie musical.
Street Angel (马路天使) (1937 film)
Street Angel (马路天使, Malu tianshi, 1937) is a Mingxing Film Company drama written and directed by Yuan Muzhi, starring Zhao Dan and Zhou Xuan, about Shanghai underclass sisters; famous for He Luting's songs and ranked 11th among 100 best Chinese films.
Strike Up the Band
Strike Up the Band (1940 MGM musical, distinct from the Gershwin Broadway show) stars Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland raising funds to reach Paul Whiteman's Chicago band contest; Busby Berkeley directs, Oscar for Best Sound.
Summer Stock
Summer Stock (1950) is an MGM musical directed by Charles Walters, starring Judy Garland and Gene Kelly in their third and final pairing, known for "Get Happy" and Kelly's newspaper dance.
Swing Time (film)
Swing Time (1936) is a George Stevens RKO musical, the sixth of ten Fred Astaire-Ginger Rogers films, with a Kern-Fields score including Oscar winner "The Way You Look Tonight" and the blackface "Bojangles of Harlem" number.
Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949 film)
Take Me Out to the Ball Game is a 1949 MGM Technicolor musical comedy directed by Busby Berkeley, starring Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, and Esther Williams.
The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T
The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T (1953) is Columbia's live-action Seuss musical, directed by Roy Rowland, produced by Stanley Kramer, about Bart Collins dreaming of Dr. Terwilliker's giant piano; a flop that became a cult film.
The Band Wagon
The Band Wagon is a 1953 MGM musical directed by Vincente Minnelli, starring Fred Astaire as fading star Tony Hunter opposite Cyd Charisse, with songs by Dietz and Schwartz including "That's Entertainment." Not to be confused with the 1931 Broadway revue it adapts.
The Big T.N.T. Show
The Big T.N.T. Show (Tune 'n' Talent) is a 1966 American concert film directed by Larry Peerce, produced by Phil Spector, and filmed November 1965 at Hollywood's Moulin Rouge; the sequel to The T.A.M.I. Show features Ray Charles, Joan Baez, The Byrds, and Ike and Tina Turner.
The Boys from Syracuse
The Boys from Syracuse: 1940 Universal Pictures musical comedy film, also a 1938 Rodgers & Hart Broadway show. Twin Antipholus and Dromio farce from Shakespeare's Comedy of Errors; two Oscar nominations.
The Broadway Melody
The Broadway Melody (1929) is MGM's first all-talking musical, directed by Harry Beaumont, starring Bessie Love, Anita Page, and Charles King; it won the second Best Picture Oscar and spawned the Broadway Melody series.
The Court Jester
The Court Jester (1955) is a Danny Kaye musical comedy directed by Norman Panama and Melvin Frank for Dena Enterprises and Paramount, shot in VistaVision, famous for the 'vessel with the pestle' tongue-twister.
The Gay Divorcee
The Gay Divorcee (1934) is an RKO musical romantic comedy directed by Mark Sandrich, the second Astaire-Rogers film and their first with top billing, adapted from Cole Porter's Gay Divorce and winner of the first Best Song Oscar for "The Continental."
The Girl Can't Help It
The Girl Can't Help It is Frank Tashlin's 1956 20th Century-Fox CinemaScope musical comedy starring Tom Ewell, Jayne Mansfield, and Edmond O'Brien, with Little Richard, Fats Domino, and other rock pioneers, satirizing Hollywood star-making.
The Happiest Millionaire
The Happiest Millionaire, 1967 Walt Disney live-action musical comedy directed by Norman Tokar, starring Fred MacMurray, Tommy Steele, and Greer Garson; the last film personally overseen by Walt Disney, with twelve Sherman Brothers songs.
The Night They Raided Minsky's
The Night They Raided Minsky's is a 1968 William Friedkin musical comedy produced by Norman Lear from Rowland Barber's 1960 novel, starring Jason Robards, Britt Ekland, and Bert Lahr, about an Amish girl who accidentally invents striptease during a 1925 burlesque raid.
The Opposite Sex
The Opposite Sex (1956) is MGM's Technicolor musical remake of The Women (1939), from Clare Boothe Luce's play, directed by David Miller, starring June Allyson, Joan Collins, and Leslie Nielsen, notable for adding men, music, and color.
The Pajama Game (1957 film)
The Pajama Game (1957 film): Warner Bros. musical comedy directed by George Abbott and Stanley Donen, starring Doris Day and John Raitt, adapted from the 1954 Broadway hit based on Bissell's novel 7½ Cents, with Adler and Ross songs and Fosse choreography.
The Show of Shows
The Show of Shows (1929) is a Warner Bros. pre-Code all-star musical revue directed by John G. Adolfi, hosted by Frank Fay with 70+ stars including John Barrymore and Rin-Tin-Tin, shot with Vitaphone sound-on-disc and two-strip Technicolor.
The White-Haired Girl (白毛女)
The White-Haired Girl (白毛女, Bai mao nü): Chinese story of Xi'er, based on the White-Haired Fairy legend; 1945 Yan'an opera by He Jingzhi and Ding Yi, 1950 Northeast Film Studio film, 1958 Peking opera, and 1964 Shanghai ballet, a model work.
The Young Girls of Rochefort
Les Demoiselles de Rochefort (The Young Girls of Rochefort) is Jacques Demy's 1967 French musical, music by Michel Legrand, starring Catherine Deneuve and Françoise Dorléac as twin sisters seeking love in Rochefort; released 8 March 1967, Oscar-nominated score.
There's No Business Like Show Business
There's No Business Like Show Business is a 1954 Twentieth Century-Fox CinemaScope musical directed by Walter Lang, starring Ethel Merman, Dan Dailey, Donald O'Connor, Mitzi Gaynor, Johnnie Ray, and Marilyn Monroe, with an Irving Berlin score including "Heat Wave" and three Oscar nominations.