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American cinema: Musical
42nd Street (1933)
Lloyd Bacon
In 1932, with America in the Satanic grip of the Great Depression, work for singers and dancers is hard to come by. So, when Broadway producers Jones and Barry announce that they are putting on a new show entitled Pretty Lady, there is a virtual stampede to the auditions...
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Lloyd Bacon
A Damsel in Distress (1937)
George Stevens
Everyone at Tottleigh Castle knows that Lady Alyce Marshmorton is about to get married, but no one knows for certain who the lucky man will be...
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George Stevens
A Night at the Opera (1935)
Sam Wood
By donating money to Otis B. Driftwood, an opera promoter of dubious repute, wealthy widow Mrs Claypool hopes to buy her way into high society...
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Sam Wood
A Star Is Born (1954)
George Cukor
One-time matinee idol Norman Maine has lost both his public and the confidence of the studio bosses who employ him, and he hastens his decline by drowning his sorrows in alcohol...
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George Cukor
An American in Paris (1951)
Vincente Minnelli
After WWII, ex-serviceman Jerry Mulligan decides to stay on in Paris and pursue a career as an artist, seeking inspiration from the city he has fallen in love with...
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Vincente Minnelli
Anchors Aweigh (1945)
George Sidney
Returning home to a hero's welcome after WWII, navy personnel Clarence Doolittle and Joe Brady can hardly wait to get ashore and extract every last morsel of pleasure from their leave... [More...]
George Sidney
Returning home to a hero's welcome after WWII, navy personnel Clarence Doolittle and Joe Brady can hardly wait to get ashore and extract every last morsel of pleasure from their leave... [More...]
Animal Crackers (1930)
Victor Heerman
Society dowager Mrs Rittenhouse is hosting an extravagant party at her Long Island mansion. The purpose of the party is to welcome back the famous explorer, Captain Spaulding, after his expedition to Africa, but the hostess cannot resist using the occasion to show off a priceless Beaugard painting, which has been given to her by her most fervent admirer, Roscoe W... [More...]
Victor Heerman
Society dowager Mrs Rittenhouse is hosting an extravagant party at her Long Island mansion. The purpose of the party is to welcome back the famous explorer, Captain Spaulding, after his expedition to Africa, but the hostess cannot resist using the occasion to show off a priceless Beaugard painting, which has been given to her by her most fervent admirer, Roscoe W... [More...]
Babes in Toyland (1934)
Gus Meins
Stannie Dum and Ollie Dee are a pair of happy-go-lucky apprentice toy-makers in Toyland. They live in a giant shoe with kind Mother Peep and her daughter Bo, who is forever mislaying her sheep... [More...]
Gus Meins
Stannie Dum and Ollie Dee are a pair of happy-go-lucky apprentice toy-makers in Toyland. They live in a giant shoe with kind Mother Peep and her daughter Bo, who is forever mislaying her sheep... [More...]
Cabaret (1972)
Bob Fosse
Berlin, 1931. Sally Bowles is a feisty young American who performs a popular cabaret act at the Kit Kat Club, one of the city's hottest nightspots, although she dreams of one day becoming a successful film actress... [More...]
Bob Fosse
Berlin, 1931. Sally Bowles is a feisty young American who performs a popular cabaret act at the Kit Kat Club, one of the city's hottest nightspots, although she dreams of one day becoming a successful film actress... [More...]
Call Me Madam (1953)
Walter Lang
The United States needs to appoint a new ambassador to the European country of Lichtenburg and who better than the oil tycoon and society queen Sally Adams... [More...]
Walter Lang
The United States needs to appoint a new ambassador to the European country of Lichtenburg and who better than the oil tycoon and society queen Sally Adams... [More...]
Carefree (1938)
Mark Sandrich
In a desperate attempt to get his fiancée Amanda to agree to marry him, Stephen Arden asks his psychiatrist friend, Dr Tony Flagg, to analyse her... [More...]
Mark Sandrich
In a desperate attempt to get his fiancée Amanda to agree to marry him, Stephen Arden asks his psychiatrist friend, Dr Tony Flagg, to analyse her... [More...]
Carousel (1956)
Henry King
In a New England fishing village, Billy Bigelow is a fairground barker who has a tendency to be distracted by attractive young ladies... [More...]
Henry King
In a New England fishing village, Billy Bigelow is a fairground barker who has a tendency to be distracted by attractive young ladies... [More...]
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
Tim Burton
Charlie Bucket lives with his parents and four grandparents in a rundown old house, the family barely surviving on the small amount Charlie's father earns at the toothpaste factory... [More...]
Tim Burton
Charlie Bucket lives with his parents and four grandparents in a rundown old house, the family barely surviving on the small amount Charlie's father earns at the toothpaste factory... [More...]
Chicago (2002)
Rob Marshall
Chicago, in the mid-1920s. Roxie Hart has ambitions to be a vaudeville star and believes her lover, Fred Casely, when he says he can find her an opening... [More...]
Rob Marshall
Chicago, in the mid-1920s. Roxie Hart has ambitions to be a vaudeville star and believes her lover, Fred Casely, when he says he can find her an opening... [More...]
The Cocoanuts (1929)
Robert Florey
Mr Hammer is the owner of a Florida beach hotel who, thanks to the housing slump, is having difficulty attracting customers... [More...]
Robert Florey
Mr Hammer is the owner of a Florida beach hotel who, thanks to the housing slump, is having difficulty attracting customers... [More...]
Duck Soup (1933)
Leo McCarey
With Freedonia facing bankruptcy, the wealthy widow Mrs Teasdale agrees to lend 20 million dollars to the exchequer, on condition that her favourite, Rufus T... [More...]
Leo McCarey
With Freedonia facing bankruptcy, the wealthy widow Mrs Teasdale agrees to lend 20 million dollars to the exchequer, on condition that her favourite, Rufus T... [More...]
Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
Norman Jewison
Ukraine, 1905. Tevye is a Jewish milkman who lives in Anatevka, a village in Tsarist Russia. His five daughters are a constant cause of anxiety to him, but one day his burden is eased slightly when the butcher Lazar Wolf, a comparatively wealthy man, offers to marry his eldest, Tzeitel... [More...]
Norman Jewison
Ukraine, 1905. Tevye is a Jewish milkman who lives in Anatevka, a village in Tsarist Russia. His five daughters are a constant cause of anxiety to him, but one day his burden is eased slightly when the butcher Lazar Wolf, a comparatively wealthy man, offers to marry his eldest, Tzeitel... [More...]
Finian's Rainbow (1968)
Francis Ford Coppola
Finian McLonergan absconds from his native Ireland with a stolen crock of gold, accompanied by his daughter Sharon. He arrives in Rainbow Valley, USA, believing that if he buries the crock near to Fort Knox he will become a wealthy man... [More...]
Francis Ford Coppola
Finian McLonergan absconds from his native Ireland with a stolen crock of gold, accompanied by his daughter Sharon. He arrives in Rainbow Valley, USA, believing that if he buries the crock near to Fort Knox he will become a wealthy man... [More...]
Follow the Fleet (1936)
Mark Sandrich
When his dancing partner, Sherry Martin, declines to marry him, Bake Baker decides to join the navy. Bake soon grows disillusioned with the life of a sailor and, as soon as his ship docks at San Francisco, he heads straight for the nearest nightclub... [More...]
Mark Sandrich
When his dancing partner, Sherry Martin, declines to marry him, Bake Baker decides to join the navy. Bake soon grows disillusioned with the life of a sailor and, as soon as his ship docks at San Francisco, he heads straight for the nearest nightclub... [More...]
For Me and My Gal (1942)
Busby Berkeley
In 1916, Jo Hayden and Jimmy Metcalf scrape a living, touring American towns with their second rate vaudeville act. Jo earns just enough to support her brother Danny as he studies to be a doctor... [More...]
Busby Berkeley
In 1916, Jo Hayden and Jimmy Metcalf scrape a living, touring American towns with their second rate vaudeville act. Jo earns just enough to support her brother Danny as he studies to be a doctor... [More...]
Funny Face (1957)
Stanley Donen
Fashion magazine editor Maggie Prescott is convinced that the next glamour look will combine beauty with intellect. Dissatisfied with her leading model, she arranges a photo-shoot in a Greenwich Village bookshop with her faithful photographer Dick Avery... [More...]
Stanley Donen
Fashion magazine editor Maggie Prescott is convinced that the next glamour look will combine beauty with intellect. Dissatisfied with her leading model, she arranges a photo-shoot in a Greenwich Village bookshop with her faithful photographer Dick Avery... [More...]
Funny Girl (1968)
William Wyler
New York City, circa 1910. Fanny Brice, a girl from the slums, has ambitions to be a star of vaudeville, and it is her wild enthusiasm that lands her her first stage job with a theatre company... [More...]
William Wyler
New York City, circa 1910. Fanny Brice, a girl from the slums, has ambitions to be a star of vaudeville, and it is her wild enthusiasm that lands her her first stage job with a theatre company... [More...]
The Gay Divorcee (1934)
Mark Sandrich
After a brief stay in Paris, the celebrated American dancer Guy Holden travels to England with his friend, Egbert Fitzgerald, a lawyer who has agreed to temporarily take the reins at his father's London law firm... [More...]
Mark Sandrich
After a brief stay in Paris, the celebrated American dancer Guy Holden travels to England with his friend, Egbert Fitzgerald, a lawyer who has agreed to temporarily take the reins at his father's London law firm... [More...]
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)
Howard Hawks
Lorelei Lee and Dorothy Shaw are showgirls who think of nothing but catching the man of their dreams. Lorelei believes she has already landed her man, a wealthy heir named Gus Esmond who can't help showering her with expensive presents... [More...]
Howard Hawks
Lorelei Lee and Dorothy Shaw are showgirls who think of nothing but catching the man of their dreams. Lorelei believes she has already landed her man, a wealthy heir named Gus Esmond who can't help showering her with expensive presents... [More...]
Gigi (1958)
Vincente Minnelli
Paris, 1900. The wealthy man of leisure, Gaston Lachaille, is bored with society women - unlike his ageing uncle Honoré, who has lost none of his enthusiasm for playing the field... [More...]
Vincente Minnelli
Paris, 1900. The wealthy man of leisure, Gaston Lachaille, is bored with society women - unlike his ageing uncle Honoré, who has lost none of his enthusiasm for playing the field... [More...]
Give a Girl a Break (1953)
Stanley Donen
Broadway producer Felix Jordan has a crisis on his hands when his temperamental lead actress walks out of his latest show Give a Girl a Break... [More...]
Stanley Donen
Broadway producer Felix Jordan has a crisis on his hands when his temperamental lead actress walks out of his latest show Give a Girl a Break... [More...]
Going My Way (1944)
Leo McCarey
Father Fitzgibbon is the ageing pastor of St Dominic's parish, a disadvantaged area of New York where stray boys roam the streets in gangs whilst financier Ted Haines threatens his tenants with eviction unless they pay their rent... [More...]
Leo McCarey
Father Fitzgibbon is the ageing pastor of St Dominic's parish, a disadvantaged area of New York where stray boys roam the streets in gangs whilst financier Ted Haines threatens his tenants with eviction unless they pay their rent... [More...]
Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)
Mervyn LeRoy
America, during the Great Depression. Life is hard for chorus girls Polly, Carol and Trixie, who find themselves out of a job when the show they had been rehearsing is cancelled... [More...]
Mervyn LeRoy
America, during the Great Depression. Life is hard for chorus girls Polly, Carol and Trixie, who find themselves out of a job when the show they had been rehearsing is cancelled... [More...]
Gold Diggers of 1935 (1935)
Busby Berkeley
The staff at the Wentworth Plaza, a high class hotel at Lake Waxapahachie, are used to handsome tips from their well-heeled clients... [More...]
Busby Berkeley
The staff at the Wentworth Plaza, a high class hotel at Lake Waxapahachie, are used to handsome tips from their well-heeled clients... [More...]
Guys and Dolls (1955)
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
New Yorker Nathan Detroit is struggling to make a dishonest living organising crap games for his gambling-addicted buddies... [More...]
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
New Yorker Nathan Detroit is struggling to make a dishonest living organising crap games for his gambling-addicted buddies... [More...]