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You'll Never Get Rich (1941)- Dir. Sidney Lanfield
Feat. Fred Astaire, Rita Hayworth, John Hubbard… - Generally amusing showbiz comedy has Fred Astaire play a star Broadway dancer who helps his boss (Benchley) out of trouble with his wife over a…
Road to Singapore (1940)- Dir. Victor Schertzinger
Feat. Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour - The first of half a dozen 'Road to' films has Bing Crosby and Bob Hope as clowning, crooning rivals vying for the affections of Dorothy Lamour.
Broadway Melody of 1938 (1938)- Dir. Roy Del Ruth
Feat. Judy Garland, Robert Taylor, Eleanor Powell - Splendidly lavish "Show Musical", where a flimsy storyline is but an excuse to launch the brilliant dancing talents of Eleanor Powell. Also included…
Great Waltz, The (The Life of Johann Strauss) (1938)- Dir. Julien Duvivier
Feat. Fernand Gravey, Luise Rainer, Lionel Atwill - The lIfe story of Johann Strauss is given a rich if somewhat corny treatment in this otherwise well–mounted musical biopic.
Dimples (1936)- Feat. Shirley Temple, Frank Morgan, Robert Kent
- Shirley Temple musical set in the New York Bowery, where the young lass helps her pickpocket grandfather., Soon however her musical talents come to…
- Pennies from Heaven (1936)
- Dir. Norman Z. McLeod
Feat. Bing Crosby - Bing Crosby vehicle sees the showman protecting a little girl from the big bad school system.
Swing Time (1936)
- Dir. George Stevens
Feat. Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers - A fine example of Fred and Ginger's magical screen partnership, their sixth together, weaving the music of Jerome Kern and Dorothy Fields, into…
- Naughty Marietta (1935)
- Dir. W.S. Van Dyke
Feat. Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy - The first vehicle for onscreen singing duo Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy – both hugely popular in their day – is a rehash of an…
Merry Widow, The (1934)- Dir. Ernst Lubitsch
Feat. Maurice Chevalier, Jeanette MacDonald - Out of cold–blooded patriotism to his homeland Marshovia, gadabout Maurice Chevalier attempts to seduce millionairess Jeanette MacDonald into…
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…
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