Musicals
As soon as sound was introduced to the movies, the movie musical was born. The musical was one of the most popular movie entertainments from the 1930s through to the 50s, before falling out of favour at the end of the 60s for audiences now being weened on Vietnam, race riots, political assassinations, flower power and psychedelia. The musical still continued onwards, albeit in a different form, with various efforts such as "Cabaret", "The Rocky Horror Picture Show", "Grease", "Hair", "All That Jazz" and "The Blues Brothers" appearing over the next decade. More recently, "Moulin Rouge" and particularly "Chicago" hark back to the glory days of the musical.
Right: Liza Minnelli does "Cabaret"
Love Me or Leave Me (1955)
7.2/10
Director: Charles Vidor
Starring: Doris Day, James Cagney, Cameron Mitchell, Robert Keith, Tom Tully
An engrossing musical bio of Jazz Age singing sensation Ruth Etting (Doris Day), whose life and career were dominated by a gangster called 'The Gimp'... Read more
Love Me Tender (1956)
6.2/10
Director: Robert D Webb
Starring: Richard Egan, Debra Paget, Elvis Presley, Robert Middleton, William Campbell, Ne...
Elvis Presley's film debut is a story set in the civil war about conflicting politics among sons in a Southern family. Read more
Love Me Tonight (1932)
7.7/10
Director: Rouben Mamoulian
Starring: Maurice Chevalier, Jeanette MacDonald, Charlie Ruggles, Myrna Loy
An inventive musical romance with Maurice Chevalier as a charming Parisian tailor whose efforts to help shady nobleman Charlie Ruggles out of a jam ma... Read more
Loving You (1957)
6.5/10
Director: Hal Kanter
Starring: Dolores Hart, Elvis Presley, Lizabeth Scott, Wendell Corey
This better than average Elvis Presley vehicle features him as a small town boy who makes good when his singing ability is discovered. Read more
Lucky Me (1954)
6.1/10
Director: Jack Donohue
Starring: Doris Day, Robert Cummings, Phil Silvers, Eddie Foy Jr, Nancy Walker, Martha Hye...
Sticking to a tried-and-true formula, this Doris Day musical comedy has her and her theatre buddies facing the potential ends of their careers, as the... Read more
Mame (1974)
6/10
Director: Gene Saks
Starring: Lucille Ball, Bea Arthur, Robert Preston
Lucille Ball coaxes the blues right out of the horn in this brassy, big-screen musical extravaganza. She stars as an eccentric woman who becomes guard... Read more
Mamma Mia! (2008)
6.4/10
Director: Phyllida Lloyd
Starring: Amanda Seyfried, Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth, Stellan Skarsgard, J...
Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan and Colin Firth may not be the first names that spring to mind for an Abba musical, but whoever thought of throwing them... Read more
Mamma Mia! ( Blu-ray ) (2008)
6.4/10
Director: Phyllida Lloyd
Starring: Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth, Stellan Skarsgard, Julie Walters, Dom...
Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan and Colin Firth may not be the first names that spring to mind for an Abba musical, but whoever thought of throwing them... Read more
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (2018)
7.2/10
Director: Ol Parker
Starring: Andy Garcia, Celia Imrie, Cher , Christine Baranski, Julie Walters, Meryl Streep...
In 1979 young Donna, Tanya and Rosie graduate from Oxford University -- leaving Donna free to embark on a series of adventures throughout Europe. On h... Read more
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (Blu-Ray) (2018)
7.2/10
Director: Ol Parker
Starring: Andy Garcia, Celia Imrie, Cher , Christine Baranski, Julie Walters, Meryl Streep...
In 1979 young Donna, Tanya and Rosie graduate from Oxford University -- leaving Donna free to embark on a series of adventures throughout Europe. On h... Read more