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

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. Singin' in the Rain (Two-Disc Special Edition)
by Donen, Stanley
  
2. Top Hat
by Mark Sandrich
  
3. Love Me Tonight
by Rouben Mamoulian
  
4. Meet Me In St. Louis (Two-Disc Special Edition)
by Vincente Minnelli
  
5. Cabaret
by Bob Fosse
  
6. The Wizard of Oz (Two-Disc Special Edition)
by Victor Fleming
  
7.
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 Gold Diggers of 1933
by Mervyn LeRoy
  
8. My Fair Lady (Two-Disc Special Edition)
by George Cukor
  
9. A Star Is Born
by George Cukor
  
10. Nashville
by Robert Altman
  
11. An American in Paris
by Vincente Minnelli
  
12. Annie Get Your Gun  
13. The Band Wagon (Two-Disc Special Edition) with Slipcover
by Vincente Minnelli
  
14. Carousel (50th Anniversary Edition)
by Henry King
  
15. Chicago (Widescreen Edition)  
16. Easter Parade (Two-Disc Special Edition)
by Charles Walters
  
17. Evita
by Alan Parker
  
18. 42nd Street (Keep Case)
by Lloyd Bacon
  
19.
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 Footlight Parade
by Lloyd Bacon
  
20. Funny Face (50th Anniversary Edition)
by Stanley Donen
  
21. Gigi
by Charles Walters
  
22. Grease
by Randal Kleiser
  
23. Guys and Dolls
by Joseph L. Mankiewicz
  
24. Hallelujah
by King Vidor
  
25. High Society
by Charles Walters
  
26.
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 High, Wide and Handsome  
27. The Jazz Singer (DVD) 1927 - Al Jolson
by Alan Crosland
  
28. The King and I (50th Anniversary Edition)
by Walter Lang
  
29. Kiss Me Kate
by George Sidney (II)
  
30. The Lion King (Disney Special Platinum Edition)
by Rob Minkoff
  
31.
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 The Love Parade (1929)
by Ernst Lubitsch
  
32. Mary Poppins (40th Anniversary Edition)
by Robert Stevenson
  
33. The Merry Widow (1934)
by Ernst Lubitsch
  
34. Oklahoma! (50th Anniversary Edition)
by Fred Zinnemann
  
35. On the Town
by Gene Kelly
  
36. The Pajama Game
by Stanley Donen
  
37.
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 The Pirate (1948)
by Vincente Minnelli
  
38. The Rocky Horror Picture Show (Single Disc Edition)
by Jim Sharman
  
39. Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (Two-Disc Special Edition)
by Stanley Donen
  
40. Shall We Dance
by Mark Sandrich
  
41. Show Boat
by George Sidney (II)
  
42. Silk Stockings
by Rouben Mamoulian
  
43. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Disney Special Platinum Edition)  
44. The Sound of Music (Two-Disc 40th Anniversary Special Edition)
by Robert Wise
  
45. South Pacific (Collector's Edition)
by Joshua Logan
  
46. Summer Holiday
by Peter Yates
  
47. Swing Time
by George Stevens
  
48. West Side Story (Full Screen Edition)
by Jerome Robbins
  
49. Yankee Doodle Dandy (Two-Disc Special Edition)
by Michael Curtiz
  
50.
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 Yolanda and the Thief (1945)
by Vincente Minnelli
  
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Created by Terpsikore on Nov 27, 2007.