BFI's 100 Film Musicals
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"From the coming of sound to the 1960s, the musical was central to Hollywood production. Exhibiting – often in spectacular fashion – the remarkable resources of the Hollywood studios, musicals came to epitomise the very idea of 'light entertainment'. Films like Top Hat and 42nd Street, Meet Me in St. Louis and On the Town, Singin' in the Rain and Oklahoma!, West Side Story and The Sound of Music were hugely popular, yet were commonly regarded by cultural commentators as trivial and escapist. It was the 1970s before serious study of the Hollywood musical began to change critical attitudes and foster an interest in musical films produced in other cultures. Hollywood musicals have become less common, but the genre persists and both academic interest in and fond nostalgia for the musical shows no signs of abating.
100 Film Musicals provides a stimulating overview of the genre's development, its major themes and the critical debates it has provoked. While centred on the dominant Hollywood tradition, 100 Film Musicals includes films from countries that often tried to emulate the Hollywood style, like Britain and Germany, as well as from very different cultures like India, Egypt and Japan. Jim Hillier and Douglas Pye also discuss post-1960s films from many different sources which adapt and reflect on the conventions of the genre, including recent examples such as Moulin Rouge! and High School Musical, demonstrating that the genre is still very much alive."
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Ansiedad
1953 — a.k.a. Anxiety, in 1 top list Check -
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Afritah Hanem
1949 — a.k.a. Little Miss Devil, in 1 top list Check -
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Dil Se..
1998, in 3 top lists Check -
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Janken musume
1955 — a.k.a. So Young, So Bright, in 1 top list Check -
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One Hundred Men and a Girl
1937, in 3 top lists Check -
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Opera Jawa
2006 — a.k.a. Requiem from Java, in 4 top lists Check -
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Summer Holiday
1948, in 1 top list Check -
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Volga - Volga
1938, in 2 top lists Check -
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Come on George!
1939, in 1 top list Check -
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Der Kongreß tanzt
1931 — a.k.a. Congress Dances, in 5 top lists Check -
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Shree 420
1955 — a.k.a. Mr. 420, in 4 top lists Check -
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Sing As We Go!
1934, in 3 top lists Check -
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Evergreen
1934, in 2 top lists Check -
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Golden Eighties
1986, in 1 top list Check -
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The Littlest Rebel
1935, in 1 top list Check -
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Original Cast Album: Company
1970, in 3 top lists Check -
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Pakeezah
1972 — a.k.a. Pure Heart, in 6 top lists Check -
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Pas sur la bouche
2003 — a.k.a. Not on the Lips, in 2 top lists Check -
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Viktor und Viktoria
1933 — a.k.a. Victor and Victoria, in 2 top lists Check -
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Zouzou
1934, in 1 top list Check -
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Applause
1929, in 4 top lists Check -
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Cabin in the Sky
1943, in 3 top lists Check -
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Car Wash
1976, in 2 top lists Check -
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Naughty Marietta
1935, in 3 top lists Check -
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Stormy Weather
1943, in 4 top lists Check -
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Silk Stockings
1957, in 4 top lists Check -
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You and Me
1938, in 3 top lists Check -
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Hallelujah
1929, in 4 top lists Check -
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One from the Heart
1981, in 2 top lists Check -
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True Stories
1986, in 3 top lists Check -
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Cavalcade
1933, in 4 top lists Check -
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Love Me or Leave Me
1955, in 2 top lists Check -
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Pyaasa
1957, in 10 top lists Check -
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It's Always Fair Weather
1955, in 3 top lists Check -
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Kiss Me Kate
1953, in 2 top lists Check -
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The Merry Widow
1934, in 4 top lists Check -
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The Pirate
1948, in 3 top lists Check -
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Show Boat
1936, in 8 top lists Check -
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Flying Down to Rio
1933, in 2 top lists Check -
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The Girl Can't Help It
1956, in 7 top lists Check -
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Sholay
1975 — a.k.a. Embers, in 11 top lists Check -
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Ziegfeld Follies
1945, in 1 top list Check -
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Die 3 Groschen-Oper
1931 — a.k.a. The 3 Penny Opera, in 8 top lists Check -
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Jailhouse Rock
1957, in 4 top lists Check -
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Le million
1931 — a.k.a. Le Million, in 8 top lists Check -
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The Pajama Game
1957, in 3 top lists Check -
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Carmen Jones
1954, in 7 top lists Check -
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Carousel
1956, in 1 top list Check -
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High School Musical
2006, in 1 top list Check -
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The Harder They Come
1972, in 7 top lists Check
Last updated on Dec 30, 2011; source