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Rental > Musical: 65 Films to Rent on VHS
Dangerous When Wet (1953)
- Dir. Charles Walters
Feat. Esther Williams
- Musical starlet Esther Williams gets to do what she does best as an athlete who attempts to swim the English channel. Highlight is a subterranean…
Lili (1952)
- Dir. Charles Walters
Feat. Leslie Caron, Mel Ferrer
- Fairytale–like story of Leslie Caron's amorous adventures in a carnival is swimming in charm, whimsical songs and 'circus–type'…
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.
Ladies of the Chorus (1949)
- Dir. Phil Karlson
Feat. Marilyn Monroe
- Modest musical burlesque has the distinction of giving Marilyn Monroe her first sizeable role.
Rhapsody in Blue (1945)
- Dir. Irving Rapper
Feat. Robert Alda, Joan Leslie, Alexis Smith…
- George Gershwin's life and work is given a good glossing over from Hollywood, but the magical music keeps things sprightly for over two hours.
Three Caballeros, The (1945)
- Dir. Norman Ferguson
- Donald Duck and compadres Carioca and Panchito mardi–gras their way around Mexico, Brazil and the world in this early Disney feature.…
Tonight and Every Night (1945)
- Dir. Victor Saville
Feat. Rita Hayworth
- Rita Hayworth starring musical about a London nightclub during the war which despite bombings and blitzes, never skips a beat.
Wonder Man (1945)
- Dir. Bruce Humberstone
Feat. Danny Kaye, Virginia Mayo, Vera-Ellen…
- A typically zany fairy–tale for Danny Kaye, as a mild–mannered student persuaded by the ghost of his dead twin to seek out his murderer.…
Cover Girl (1944)
- Dir. Charles Vidor
Feat. Rita Hayworth, Gene Kelly, Phil Silvers…
- Sheer energy and razzamatazz compensate for the rampant cliches of this Rita Hayworth/Gene Kelly dance–musical, set in the world of magazine…
Lulu Belle (1943)
- Dir. Leslie Fenton
Feat. Dorothy Lamour, George Montgomery, Albert Dekker
- Montgomery leaves his fiancee to take up with disreputable night club singer Lulu Belle. Almost forgotten musical is mostly of interest for it's…