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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Zouzou
1934, in 1 top list Check -
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You and Me
1938, in 3 top lists Check -
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Top Hat
1935, in 14 top lists Check -
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Swing Time
1936, in 13 top lists Check -
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A Star Is Born
1954, in 13 top lists Check -
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Singin' in the Rain
1952, in 37 top lists Check -
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Silk Stockings
1957, in 4 top lists Check -
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Shree 420
1955 — a.k.a. Mr. 420, in 4 top lists Check -
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Pyaasa
1957, in 10 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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Les parapluies de Cherbourg
1964 — a.k.a. The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, in 18 top lists Check -
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Pakeezah
1972 — a.k.a. Pure Heart, in 6 top lists Check -
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The Pajama Game
1957, in 3 top lists Check -
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On the Town
1949, in 10 top lists Check -
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One Hour with You
1932, in 6 top lists Check -
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One from the Heart
1981, in 2 top lists Check -
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Oklahoma!
1955, in 5 top lists Check -
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The Music Man
1962, in 6 top lists Check -
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Moulin Rouge!
2001, in 17 top lists Check -
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The Merry Widow
1934, in 4 top lists Check -
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The Love Parade
1929, in 5 top lists Check -
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Love Me Tonight
1932, in 11 top lists Check -
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Kiss Me Kate
1953, in 2 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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Guys and Dolls
1955, in 7 top lists Check -
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Grease
1978, in 12 top lists Check -
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Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
1953, in 11 top lists Check -
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The Gay Divorcee
1934, in 6 top lists Check -
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Funny Face
1957, in 6 top lists Check -
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42nd Street
1933, in 12 top lists Check -
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Footloose
1984, in 2 top lists Check -
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Footlight Parade
1933, in 5 top lists Check -
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Flying Down to Rio
1933, in 2 top lists Check -
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Evergreen
1934, in 2 top lists Check -
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Easter Parade
1948, in 1 top list Check -
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Dil Se..
1998, in 3 top lists Check -
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Cover Girl
1944, in 3 top lists Check -
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Cavalcade
1933, in 4 top lists Check -
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Carmen Jones
1954, in 7 top lists Check -
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Car Wash
1976, in 2 top lists Check -
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Cabaret
1972, in 24 top lists Check -
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The Band Wagon
1953, in 14 top lists Check -
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An American in Paris
1951, in 18 top lists Check
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