Movie Classics: Musicals

Set in early 1900's, Tyrone Power is a San Francisco aristocrat who starts a band with a whole new sound - swing!

American GI Gene Kelly woos Leslie Caron, in her film debut. Wonderful dance numbers, and Paris.

Tony Hunter, a famous singer/dancer movie star, is feeling washed up and old hat (old top hat, tie and tails to be exact). The reporters are out for Ava Gardner, not him. But his old friends Lily and Les Martin have an idea for a funny little Broadway show and he agrees to do it. But things begin to get out of hand, when bigshot "artistic" director/producer/star Jeffrey Cordova joins the production, proclaims it's a modernistic Faust and insists on hiring a prima ballerina, Gabrielle Gerard, to star opposite Tony, and it's hate at first sight. And her jealous choreographer isn't helping to ease the tension. The show is doomed by pretentiousness. But romance, a "let's put on a show" epiphany, and a triumphant opening are waiting in the wings. After all, this is a musical comedy!

A Cockney waif is transformed by a linguistics professor into an elegant lady.

Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in their final film pairing. This story supposedly mirrors real-life creative tensions the two stars shared. Josh wants to dance, his wife Dinah longs to play in dramas. They part, and Josh tries to woo her back.

Cole Porter, based on the play by Abe Burrows.

Simone Pistache, owner of a nightclub in Paris where the illegal can-can dance is performed, plays up to lovestruck judge, hoping that her commitment-phobic boyfriend will get jealous and marry her.

Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers.

When the fleet puts in at San Francisco, sailor Bake Baker tries to rekindle the flame with his old dancing partner, Sherry Martin, while Bake's buddy Bilge Smith romances Sherry's sister Connie. But it's not all smooth sailing: Bake has a habit of losing Sherry's jobs for her; and despite Connie's dreams, Bilge is not ready to settle down.

From Rodgers and Hammerstein's musical play based on "Anna and the King of Siam" by Margaret Landon.

An English governess is hired to teach the King of Siam's children, but ruins the country's traditions during her work.

A young St. Louis girl and her family are troubled to discover that Father has accepted a transfer to New York City which will cause them to miss the St. Louis World's Fair.

In the Oklahoma territory at the turn of the twentieth century, two young cowboys vie with an evil ranch hand and a traveling peddler for the hearts of the women they love.