Film Musicals and Such

In an essay entitled “Entertainment and Utopia,” Richard Dyer discussed the musical as an exemplary instance of entertainment.

Well, it IS entertaining! Some songs will even bury itself in your head, making you sing even hours after seeing the film.

• Broadway Melody (1929)
• Love Me Tonight (1932)
• 42^nd Street (1933)
• Top Hat (1935)
• Showboat (1936)
• The Gang’s All Here (1943)
• Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
• An American in Paris (1951)
• Singin’ in the Rain (1952)
• The Band Wagon (1953)
• The Sound of Music (1965)
• Cabaret (1972)
• Saturday Night Fever)
• Grease (1978)
• All That Jazz (1979)
• Pennies From Heaven (1981)
• Dirty Dancing (1987)
• Everyone Says I Love You (1996)
• Moulin Rouge (2001)
• Chicago (2002)
• The Producers (2005)
• Hairspray (2007)

Reference:

Belton, John. American Cinema / American Culture. New York: McGraw-Hill Companies Inc., 2005.