Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Classics > Musical: 197 Films to Rent on DVD
- 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…
- 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…
- Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)
- Dir. Stanley Donen
Feat. Jane Powell, Howard Keel, Jeff Richards…
- Rollicking musical set in backwoods Oregon, with brothers all looking for brides–to–be.
- There's No Business Like Show Business (1954)
- Dir. Walter Lang
Feat. Ethel Merman, Donald O'Connor, Marilyn Monroe…
- Gaudy musical about Show Business. Stars Marilyn and some great Irving Berlin songs.
- White Christmas (1954)
- Dir. Michael Curtiz
Feat. Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye
- Timeless Irving Berlin musical, whose stocking full of great tunes – 'Sisters', 'Blue Skies' and of course the title–track – redeem…
- Affairs of Dobie Gillis, The (1953)
- Dir. Don Weis
Feat. Debbie Reynolds, Bobby Van, Bob Fosse…
- Lighthearted MGM college musical set on a Midwestern university campus, where two freshmen spend their time cutting class and courting two coeds.…
- Band Wagon, The (1953)
- Dir. Vincente Minnelli
Feat. Fred Astaire, Jack Buchanan, Cyd Charisse
- In the top echelon of screen–musicals, this follows the fortunes of toe–tapping movie actor Fred Astaire, revue style, as he attempts a…
- Beggar's Opera, The (1953)
- Dir. Peter Brook
Feat. Laurence Olivier
- Initially a commercial failure, this energetic romp through John Gay's 18th century ribald opera has since been critically acclaimed. In his first…
- By the Light of the Silvery Moon (1953)
- Dir. David Butler
Feat. Doris Day, Gordon MacRae
- Quaint sequel to ON MOONLIGHT BAY finds Gordon MacRae returning from WWI where fiancĂ©e Doris Day waits impatiently to begin married life together.…