Foreword -- Introduction -- All That Jazz -- American Hot Wax -- An American in Paris -- Animated musicals -- Babes in Arms -- The Band Wagon -- Beach Blanket Bingo -- Beauty and the Beast -- Belle of the Nineties -- Born to Dance -- Broadway Melody -- Cabaret -- Cabin in the Sky -- Calamity Jane -- Carmen Jones -- Chicago -- College Swing -- The Court Jester -- Damn Yankees -- A Damsel in Distress -- Dangerous When Wet -- Dumbo -- Easter Parade -- 42nd Street -- Funny Face -- Funny Girl -- The Gang's All Here -- Gentlemen Prefer Blondes -- Gigi -- Girl Crazy -- Gold Diggers of 1933 -- B musicals -- Good News -- Goodbye Mr. Chips -- Grease -- The Great Caruso -- The Great Waltz -- The Great Ziegfield -- Hallelujah! -- A Hard Day's Night -- Behind the scenes -- The Harvey Girls -- Hedwig and the Angry Inch -- High School Musical 3 -- Hollywood Hotel -- The Jazz Singer -- The King and I -- King of Jazz -- Kiss Me Kate -- T & A: the women -- Lady Sings the Blues -- L'il Abner -- Living It Up -- Love Me or Leave Me -- Love Me Tonight -- A salute to the chorus girl -- Mad About Music -- Mary Poppins -- Singing cowboys -- Meet Me in St. Louis -- The Merry Widow -- Moulin Rouge! -- The Muppet Movie -- The Music Man -- My Fair Lady -- Foreign musicals -- Nashville -- A Night at the Opera -- The Nightmare Before Christmas -- Oklahoma! -- Oliver! -- On the Town -- One Hour With You -- The Pajama Game -- Big band musicals -- Pinocchio -- Poor Little Rich Girl -- Road to Morocco -- The Rocky Horror Picture Show -- The Rose -- Rose-Marie -- Saturday Night Fever -- Scrooge -- Seven Brides for Seven Brothers -- Great numbers from musicals -- Show Boat -- Singin' in the Rain -- Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs -- Sons of the Pioneers -- The Sound of Music -- The worst movie musicals -- A Star is Born -- Star Spangled Rhythm -- State Fair -- Stormy Weather -- Black musicals -- Summer Stock -- Sun Valley Serenade -- Sunny Side Up -- Swing Time -- T & A: the men -- This is Spinal Tap -- Tin Pan Alley -- Top Hat -- Jewish musicals -- Viva Las Vegas -- We're Not Dressing -- West Side Story -- Country musicals -- White Christmas -- Whoopee! -- Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory -- The Wizard of Oz -- Yankee Doodle Dandy -- You Were Never Lovelier -- Chronology of the 101 greatest Broadway musicals.
Summary:
Offers an alphabetical survey of the most popular film musicals in history, with commentaries, synopses, behind-the-scenes information, and lists of songs and cast members for each film.
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