Subgenre Sampler
Musical: 527 Films to Buy & Rent
Love Me or Leave Me (1955)
- Dir. Charles Vidor
Feat. Doris Day, James Cagney
- Multiple Oscar–nominated biopic of singer Ruth Etting, played here by Doris Day in a more substantial role than usual. Story chiefly concerns…
Lucky Me (1955)
- Dir. Jack Donohue
Feat. Doris Day, Robert Cummings, Phil Silvers
- Showbiz musical comedy with Doris Day paired once again with CALAMITY JANE tune smiths Sammy Fain and Paul Francis Webster.
My Sister Eileen (1955)
- Dir. Richard Quine
Feat. Jack Lemmon, Janet Leigh
- Charming if not modest retread of the "brains vs. beauty" dilemma sees on–screen sisters Janet Leigh and Betty Garrett jostle for the affection…
Oklahoma! (1955)
- Dir. Fred Zinnemann
Feat. Gordon MacRae, Gloria Grahame, Gene Nelson…
- Ground–breaking Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, includes many classic numbers.
Pete Kelly's Blues (1955)
- Dir. Jack Webb
Feat. Jack Webb, Janet Leigh, Edmond O'Brien…
- Musical set in 1920's Kansas which blends jazz, gangsters and political corruption.
Directed by and starring Jack Webb as a cornet player who is…
A Star Is Born (1954)
- Dir. George Cukor
Feat. Judy Garland, James Mason
- All–time great musical melodrama, with actress Judy Garland's star eclipsing hubby James Mason's.
Brigadoon (1954)
- Dir. Vincente Minnelli
Feat. Gene Kelly, Cyd Charisse
- Overlooked Gene Kelly musical, with Kelly discovering a magical Scottish village.
Carmen Jones (1954)
- Dir. Otto Preminger
Feat. Dorothy Dandridge, Harry Belafonte
- Blazing screen version of George Bizet's "Carmen" classic opera uniquely staged in the Deep South with an all–black cast and new lyrics by…
Glenn Miller Story, The (1954)
- Dir. Anthony Mann
Feat. James Stewart, June Allyson, Louis Armstrong…
- A creditable star–biography of the big–band leader and trombonist, which, verging on the overly sentimental, is saved by its reverance to…
Living It Up (1954)
- Dir. Norman Taurog
Feat. Jerry Lewis, Dean Martin, Janet Leigh…
- One of the funnier Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis comedies of the 17 they made together. Jerry Lewis plays a stationmaster from provincial New Mexico…