Mix-and-match from
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Subgenre Sampler
Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)- Dir. Mervyn LeRoy
Feat. Warren William, Joan Blondell, Aline MacMahon… - Busby Berkeley brings his snappy camerawork and choreography magic to the production numbers of this pre–'Hays code' musical, in which Dick…
Hallelujah, I'm a Bum (1933)- Dir. Lewis Milestone
Feat. Al Jolson, Madge Evans, Frank Morgan… - Freewheeling musical comedy set (and made) during the Great Depression, with Al Jolson playing a hobo in New York who falls in love with the mayor's…
Blonde Venus (1932)- Dir. Josef von Sternberg
Feat. Marlene Dietrich, Cary Grant, Herbert Marshall… - Director Josef von Sternberg reunites with muse Marlene Dietrich in this sweeping melodrama about a German chanteuse turned struggling housewife who…
Love Me Tonight (1932)
- Dir. Rouben Mamoulian
Feat. Maurice Chevalier, Jeanette MacDonald, Myrna Loy… - Charismatic tailor Maurice Chevalier makes beautiful music with princess Jeanette MacDonald in this splendiferous romance, one of the great musicals…
Le Million (1931)
- Dir. Rene Clair
Feat. Annabella, Rene Lefevre, Louis Allibert - An early French musical, so delightful it was to inspire the likes of the Marx Brothers and Charlie Chaplin and even the American Musical as a…
Madam Satan (1930)- Dir. Cecil B. DeMille
Feat. Kay Johnson, Reginald Denny, Roland Young - A genuine oddity (and second talkie) from Cecil B. DeMille, this typically extravagant pre–Code musical comedy stars Kay Johnson as a jealous…
Applause (1929)- Dir. Rouben Mamoulian
Feat. Helen Morgan, Jack Cameron, Joan Peers… - Early sound musicial about a fading burlesque queen who sends her daughter to a convent in an attempt to remove her from the sleazy theatre world she…
Broadway Melody of 1929 (1929)- Dir. Harry Beaumont
Feat. Charles King, Anita Page, Bessie Love… - "100% All Talking! 100% All Singing! 100% All Dancing!" – this creaky MGM tale of two sisters bringing their act to Broadway was tremendously…
Cocoanuts, The (1929)- Dir. Robert Florey, Joseph Santley
Feat. Groucho Marx, Zeppo Marx, Chico Marx… - The first feature–length Marx Brothers is probably one for completists only, with much of the film's running time devoted to mediocre musical…
Jazz Singer, The (1927)- Dir. Alan Crosland
Feat. Al Jolson, May McAvoy - Historically important as the first–ever 'talkie' (ie. sound–film), featuring synchronised singing in several numbers. Al Jolson plays…
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