The Rough Guide to Film Musicals's "The Canon: 50 Essential Film Musicals"

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50 essential film musicals from the book "the Rough Guide to Film Musicals":http://www.allconsuming.net/item/asin/1843536501.

Alphabetical by title, except for the first 10, which are ranked as The Top Ten in the book (p. 76).

  1. 1.
    Singin' in the Rain (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Gene Kelly

  2. 2.
    Top Hat
    by Mark Sandrich

  3. 3.
    Love Me Tonight
    by Rouben Mamoulian

  4. 4.
    Meet Me In St. Louis (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Roy Mack

  5. 5.
    Cabaret
    by Bob Fosse

  6. 6.
    The Wizard of Oz (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by George Cukor

  7. 7.
    Gold Diggers of 1933

  8. 8.
    My Fair Lady (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by George Cukor

  9. 9.
    A Star Is Born

  10. 10.
    Nashville
    by Robert Altman

  11. 11.
    An American in Paris

  12. 12.
    Annie Get Your Gun
    by George Sidney

  13. 13.
    The Band Wagon (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Richard Schickel

  14. 14.
    Carousel (50th Anniversary Edition)
    by Henry King

  15. 15.
    Chicago (Widescreen Edition)

  16. 16.
    Easter Parade (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Charles Walters

  17. 17.
    Evita

  18. 18.
    42nd Street (Keep Case Packaging)
    by Lloyd Bacon

  19. 19.
    Footlight Parade

  20. 20.

  21. 21.
    Gigi

  22. 22.
    Grease (Full Screen Edition)

  23. 23.
    Guys and Dolls

  24. 24.
    Hallelujah
    by King Vidor

  25. 25.
    High Society
    by Charles Walters

  26. 26.
    ?
    High, Wide, and Handsome

  27. 28.
    The King and I (50th Anniversary Edition)
    by Walter Lang

  28. 29.
    Kiss Me Kate
    by George Sidney

  29. 30.
    The Lion King (Two-Disc Platinum Edition)
    by Rob Minkoff

  30. 31.
    The Love Parade (1929)
    by Ernst Lubitsch

  31. 32.
    Mary Poppins (40th Anniversary Edition)
    by Dave Bossert

  32. 33.
    The Merry Widow (1934)
    by Ernst Lubitsch

  33. 34.
    Oklahoma! (50th Anniversary Edition)
    by Fred Zinnemann

  34. 35.
    On the Town
    by Gene Kelly

  35. 36.
    The Pajama Game
    by Stanley Donen

  36. 37.
    The Pirate (1948)
    by Vincente Minnelli

  37. 38.
    The Rocky Horror Picture Show (Widescreen Edition)
    by Jim Sharman

  38. 39.
    Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Stanley Donen

  39. 40.
    Shall We Dance

  40. 41.
    Show Boat
    by George Sidney

  41. 42.
    Silk Stockings
    by Rouben Mamoulian

  42. 43.

  43. 45.
    South Pacific (Collector's Edition)
    by Joshua Logan

  44. 46.
    Summer Holiday
    by Rouben Mamoulian

  45. 47.
    Swing Time

  46. 48.

  47. 49.
    Yankee Doodle Dandy (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Michael Curtiz

  48. 50.
    Yolanda and the Thief (1945)
    by Vincente Minnelli

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Created by Terpsikore on Nov 27, 2007.
 

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Untitled — 1 year ago

Changed Summer Holiday to the correct version.




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