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Subgenre Sampler

 
On The RivieraOn The Riviera (1951)
Dir. Walter Lang
Feat. Danny Kaye, Gene Tierney, Corinne Calvet
Talented Broadway veteran Danny Kaye stars in this musical comedy, playing an American entertainer who develops a skit impersonating a wealthy…
Show BoatShow Boat (1951)
Dir. George Sidney
Feat. Kathryn Grayson, Ava Gardner, Howard Keel
Lavish technicolor adaptation of the 1920 Hammerstein stage musical in which an aspiring actor goes from working a Mississippi river–boat to…
Tales of Hoffmann, TheTales of Hoffmann, The (1951) Recommended
Dir. Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Feat. Moira Shearer, Pamela Brown, Sir Robert Helpmann
Boldly visual imagining of Offenbach's 1880 opera which takes three tales of magic and deception by E.T. Hoffmann and weaves them into a disquieting…
Annie Get Your GunAnnie Get Your Gun (1950)
Dir. George Sidney
Feat. Betty Hutton, Howard Keel
The much–filmed story of Annie Oakley, star of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, is the subject of this Irving Berlin musical, with Betty Hutton…
My Blue HeavenMy Blue Heaven (1950)
Dir. Henry Koster
Feat. Dan Dailey, Betty Grable, David Wayne
Treacly musical concerns a variety show couple enduring all manner of misfortune as they try to create a family of their own. Unusually bright…
Petty Girl, The (1950)
Dir. Nat Perrin
Feat. Constance Cummings
Robert Cummings stars in this comedy–musical as an artist who causes a scandal through his choice of model.
Summer StockSummer Stock (1950)
Dir. Charles Walters
Feat. Judy Garland, Gene Kelly, Eddie Bracken
This technicolor musical was Judy Garland's final film for MGM as she struggled with many personal problems during filming. Garland plays a farm…
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's CourtA Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1949)
Dir. Tay Garnett
Feat. Bing Crosby, Rhonda Fleming, William Bendix
Mark Twain's comedy given a light musical spin with Bing Crosby.
In the Good Old SummertimeIn the Good Old Summertime (1949)
Dir. Robert Z. Leonard
Feat. Judy Garland, Van Johnson, S.Z. Sakall
Judy Garland and Van Johnson star in this musical adaptation of the 1940 film, The Shop Around the Corner, with the locale changed from 1930s…
Ladies of the ChorusLadies of the Chorus (1949)
Dir. Phil Karlson
Feat. Marilyn Monroe
Modest musical burlesque has the distinction of giving Marilyn Monroe her first sizeable role.

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