Subgenre Sampler
Musical: 527 Films to Buy & Rent
Frankie and Johnny (1966)
- Dir. Frederick de Cordova
Feat. Elvis Presley, Donna Douglas, Harry Morgan…
- The King and Donna 'Elly May' Douglas (of The Beverly Hillbillies) hitch up in Mississippi, only for a wily seductress (Kovack) to crach their party.…
Funny Thing Happened On the Way to the Forum, A (1966)
- Dir. Richard Lester
Feat. Zero Mostel, Buster Keaton, Jack Gilford…
- Wild spoof–musical set in Roman times, is somewhat spotty but still generates plenty of comic gas courtesy of some old pros. Mostel plays a…
Paradise, Hawaiian Style (1966)
- Dir. Michael D. Moore
Feat. Elvis Presley, James Shigeta, Suzanna Leigh…
- A touristy musical that sticks to the Elvis Presley formula of songs and romance with the added bonus of lush tropical scenery.
Spinout (1966)
- Dir. Norman Taurog
Feat. Elvis Presley, Shelley Fabares
- Musical comedy starring Elvis as a race car driver and singer in a band, whose carefree single life is threatened by the romantic advances of three…
Beach Blanket Bingo (1965)
- Dir. William Asher
Feat. Paul Lynde, Frankie Avalon, Annette Funicello…
- Most successful and best known of the ‘Beach Party’ movies, though it shows signs of being fifth in a series by straying quite a way from the…
Girl Happy (1965)
- Dir. Boris Sagal
Feat. Elvis Presley, Shelley Fabares, Harold J. Stone
- Elvis escorts the daughter of a mobster to a Florida beachside resort for a holiday. Enjoyably kitsch Presley musical.
Harum Scarum (1965)
- Dir. Gene Nelson
Feat. Elvis Presley, Mary Ann Mobley, Fran Jeffries
- A journey to the deserts and casbahs of the Middle East gives this Elvis vehicle a bit of life, with Presley playing a screen–idol on holiday…
Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed Up Zombies (1965)
- Dir. Ray Dennis Steckler
Feat. Ray Dennis Steckler, Brett O'Hara
- Classic curiosity combines weird monsters, exceedingly bad acting and a musical into one laughable stew.
Sound of Music, The (1965)
- Dir. Robert Wise
Feat. Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, Eleanor Parker…
- Enduring Rogers and Hammerstein musical based on the real–life Von Trapp family, who deserted their homeland to escape the Nazis.…
Christmas Television Classics (Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Frosty the Snowman, Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town) (1964-1970)
- Feat. Fred Astaire
- Three festive features garanteed to bring nostalgic cheer to any child of the sixties.