The Movie Musical:
Relative of the Stage Musical
A relative of the stage musical is the movie musical. A musical on Broadway might be made into a movie musical. While it is the same musical, it is a different experience. The movie performer does get immediate feedback from the audience when they perform. The performer will get audience feedback if they also attend the movie, but the connection between performance connection is one-way.
Stage and movie musicals differ in a variety of ways. In the movies, the performance can be made many times, but only needs to be right once; on the stage, the performer gets one opportunity with each audience and the it needs to be performed correctly every time. In the movies, the singing is normally recorded separately and then lip synched on screen; the stage performer is singing, dancing, all at once.
Below is a little of great movie musicals. Some musicals, such as Show Boat, have been done more than once. Rather than pit the same music against itself, each show is listed only once.
1776
The Broadway musical brought to film about the John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and the struggles of the Continental Congress to pass the Declaration of Independence. The film stars William Daniels, Howard Da Silva, Ken Howard, David Ford, Roy Poole, and Andy Albin .
DVD - Wide Screen
42nd Street
This 1933 musical was one of the first choreographed by Busby Berkeley. It is the original small town girl saves the Broadway musical. Songs include “Forty-second Street,” “Young and Healthy,” and “Shuffle Off to Buffalo.” The movie stars Warner Baxter, Bebe Daniels, George Brent, Ruby Keeler, Una Merkel, Ginger Rogers, and Guy Kibbee
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A Chorus Line
The legendary stage musical did not transfer to the screen, partly because the film tried to use stars and partly because of adding plot, but the film is still fun. Starring Michael Douglas, Terrence Mann, Alyson Reed, Cameron English, Vicki Frederick, Audrey Landers, DVD - Wide Screen, MGM
A Star is Born
A Star Is Born: George Cukor, Judy Garland, James Mason,
DVD Blu-Ray
All That Jazz
Roy Scheider, Jessica Lange, Ann Reinking,
DVD - Wide Screen DVD - Special Edition / Wide Screen
An American In Paris
Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron, Oscar Levant
DVD - Pan & Scan DVD - 2-Disc Special Edition Full Frame
Blu-ray Blu-ray Full Frame
Anchors Aweigh
Frank Sinatra, Kathryn Grayson, Gene Kelly
DVD - Full Frame
Annie
Annie Get Your Gun
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Bye Bye Birdie
Janet Leigh, Dick Van Dyke, Ann-Margret, Maureen Stapleton, Bobby Rydell, Paul Lynde
DVD - Wide Screen DVD Original Soundtrack CD
Brigadoon
Gene Kelly, Van Johnson, Cyd Charisse,
DVD - Wide Screen
Cabaret
Original Sound Track CD Vocal Selections from the Movie
Camelot
Original Soundtrack
Carousel
Gordon MacRae, Shirley Jones, Henry King, Cameron Mitchell, Barbara Ruick, Claramae Turner, Gene Lockhart
DVD - Anniversary Edition Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Chicago
Rob Marshall, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Renée Zellweger, Richard Gere, Queen Latifah, John C. Reilly, Christine Baranski
DVD - Wide Screen DVD - Wide Screen Blu-ray - Wide Screen
Daddy Long Legs
Fred Astaire, Leslie Caron
DVD - Wide Screen
Easter Parade
Charles Walters, Judy Garland, Fred Astaire, Peter Lawford, Ann Miller, Jules Munshin, Clinton Sundberg
DVD DVD - Special Edition
Evita
Madonna, Antonio Banderas, Jonathan Pryce, Jimmy Nail, ,Walt Disney Video
Blu-ray CD Movie Musical Songbook
Fiddler on the Roof
Norman Jewison, Topol, Norma Crane,Leonard Frey, Molly Picon, Paul Mann, Rosalind Harris
DVD - Wide Screen
Finian’s Rainbow
Francis Ford Coppola, Fred Astaire, Petula Clark, Tommy Steele, Don Francks, Keenan Wynn, Barbara Hancock
DVD - Wide Screen
Flower Drum Song
DVD - Special Edition / Wide Screen Soundtrack [Bonus Track]
Funny Face
Audrey Hepburn, Fred Astaire, Kay Thompson, Michel Auclair, Robert Flemyng, Virginia Gibson, Stanley Donen
DVD - Wide Screen
Funny Girl
Barbra Streisand, Omar Sharif, Kay Medford, Anne Francis, Walter Pidgeon, Lee Allen
DVD - Wide Screen Original Soundtrack CD
Gigi
Leslie Caron, Maurice Chevalier, Louis Jourdan, Hermione Gingold, Eva Gabor, Isabel Jeans
DVD - Anniversary Edition DVD - Repackaged
Blu-ray Blu-ray - Remastered
Godspell
DVD - Wide Screen
Grease
Olivia Newton-John, John Travolta, Stockard Channing, Jeff Conaway, Didi Conn, Eve Arden
DVD - Special Edition-Wide Screen Rockin' Rydell Sweater Edition-Wide Screen
Jacket Edition-Wide Screen Blu-ray - Wide Screen Soundtrack CD
Soundtrack- Bonus CD Special Edition Vocal Selections
Grease 2
Maxwell Caulfield, Michelle Pfeiffer, Adrian Zmed, Christopher McDonald, Peter Frechette, Leif Green
DVD - Wide Screen Original Soundtrack CD
Guys and Dolls
Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons, Frank Sinatra, Vivian Blaine, Robert Keith, Stubby Kaye
DVD - Wide Screen
Gypsy
Rosalind Russell, Natalie Wood, Karl Malden, Paul Wallace, Betty Bruce, Ann Jillian,
DVD
Hair
Milos Forman, John Savage, Treat Williams, Beverly D'Angelo, Nicholas Ray, Annie Golden, MGM
DVD - Wide Screen & Pan & Scan Blu-ray - Wide Screen
Hairspray
John Travolta, Michelle Pfeiffer, Christopher Walken, Amanda Bynes, James Marsden, Queen Latifah
DVD Blu-ray 2007 Soundtrack CD
Collector's Edition Soundtrack CD The Companion Book
Hello, Dolly
Barbra Streisand, Walter Matthau, Michael Crawford, Louis Armstrong, Marianne McAndrew, E.J. Peaker
DVD - Wide Screen Original Soundtrack CD DVD - Wide Screen
High Society
Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Celeste Holm, John Lund, Louis Armstrong
DVD
Hollywood Canteen
How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Jesus Christ Superstar
Ted Neeley, Carl Anderson, Yvonne Elliman, Barry Dennen, Bob Bingham, Josh Mostel
DVD - Special Edition-Wide Screen Original Movie Soundtrack 25th Anniv. CD
Kiss Me, Kate
Patricia Morison, Alfred Drake, Julie Wilson, Bill Hayes, Harvey Lembeck, Jack Klugman
DVD
Mamma Mia!
Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan, Amanda Seyfried, Colin Firth, Stellan Skarsgård, Julie Walters
2008 Deluxe Edition CD/DVD DVD - 2-Disc Special Edition
Gift Set: DVD - Wide Screen / Bonus CD / Includes book / Mixed Media Set
Blu-ray - Wide Screen Movie Soundtrack Piano/Vocal/Guitar
Mame
Gene Saks, Lucille Ball, Robert Preston, Bea Arthur, Kirby Furlong, Bruce Davison, George Chiang
DVD - Wide Screen
Mary Poppins
Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke, David Tomlinson, Glynis Johns, Hermione Baddeley, Ed Wynn, Walt Disney Video
45th Anniversary DVD Special Edition CD / DVD Easy Piano
Meet Me In St. Louis
Vincente Minnelli, Judy Garland, Margaret O'Brien, Mary Astor, Lucille Bremer, Tom Drake, Marjorie Main
DVD - Special Edition
My Fair Lady
Audrey Hepburn, Rex Harrison, Stanley Holloway, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Gladys Cooper, Jeremy Brett
DVD - Wide Screen Blu-ray Original Soundtrack CD
Oklahoma
Gordon MacRae, Shirley Jones, Gene Nelson, Charlotte Greenwood, Gloria Grahame, Rod Steiger
DVD - Anniversary Edition Original Movie Soundtrack CD
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
Original Soundtrack CD
On the Town
Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Ann Miller, Vera Ellen, Betty Garrett, Jules Munshin
DVD - Full Frame
Once Upon a Mattress
Carol Burnett, Tracey Ullman, Denis O'Hare, Zooey Deschanel, Michael Boatman, Edward Hibbert
DVD - Wide Screen
Pal Joey
Rita Hayworth, Frank Sinatra, Kim Novak, Barbara Nichols, Bobby Sherwood, Elizabeth Patterson
DVD - Wide Screen & Pan & Scan
The Pajama Game
Doris Day, John Raitt, Carol Haney, Eddie Foy Jr.
DVD Original Soundtrack CD
Pirates of Penzance
Kevin Kline, Linda Ronstadt, George Rose, Rex Smith, Angela Lansbury, Peter Allen
DVD - Wide Screen
Porgy and Bess
Trevor Nunn
DVD
Rent
Anthony Rapp, Adam Pascal, Rosario Dawson, Jesse L. Martin, Wilson Jermaine Heredia, Idina Menzel
DVD - Wide Screen Original Soundtrack CD Vocal Selections
Easy Piano Full Libretto
Royal Wedding
Fred Astaire, Jane Powell, Peter Lawford
DVD
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Howard Keel, Jeff Richards, Russ Tamblyn, Tommy Rall, Marc Platt, Jane Powell
DVD - Pan & Scan DVD - Special Edition - Wide Screen
Original Soundtrack CD Piano/Vocal/Chords
Show Boat
Kathryn Grayson, Howard Keel, Ava Gardner, Joe E. Brown, Marge Champion, Gower Champion
DVD
Silk Stalkings
Singing in the Rain
Original Soundtrack - CD 50th Anniversary Piano/Vocal/Chords
South Pacific
Rossano Brazzi, Mitzi Gaynor, John Kerr, Ray Walston, Juanita Hall, France Nuyen
DVD - Collector's Edition Original Soundtrack Blu-ray - Wide Screen
Glenn Close, Harry Connick Jr., DVD Pan & Scan/DTS, Walt Disney Video
Stage Door Canteen
State Fair
Jeanne Crain, Dana Andrews, Dick Haymes, Vivian Blaine
DVD - Special Edition- Wide Screen
Strike Up the Band
Summer Stock
Judy Garland, Gene Kelly, Eddie Bracken, Gloria de Haven, Marjorie Main, Phil Silvers
DVD
Sweeney Todd
Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Alan Rickman, Timothy Spall, Sacha Baron Cohen, Jamie Campbell Bower
DVD
Sweet Charity
Shirley MacLaine, John McMartin, Ricardo Montalban, Sammy Davis Jr., Chita Rivera, Paula Kelly
DVD - Wide Screen Movie Soundtrack CD
Swing Time
Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Victor Moore, Helen Broderick, Eric Blore, Betty Furness
DVD - B&W / Full Frame
Take Me Out to the Ball Game
Frank Sinatra, Esther Williams, Gene Kelly, Betty Garrett, Edward Arnold, Jules Munshin
DVD - Full Frame
The Band Wagon
Fred Astaire, Cyd Charisse, Oscar Levant, Nanette Fabray, Jack Buchanan, James Mitchell
DVD - Special Edition / Full Frame
The Music Man
Robert Preston, Shirley Jones, Buddy Hackett, Pert Kelton, Ronny Howard, Hermione Gingold
DVD - Color/Wide Screen Blu-Ray Matthew Broderick, DVD
The Pirate
Gene Kelly, Judy Garland
DVD - Full Frame
The King and I
Deborah Kerr, Yul Brynner, Rita Moreno, Martin Benson, Terry Saunders, Rex Thompson
Anniversary - Wide Screen DVD DVD - Wide Screen Original Movie Soundtrack CD
The Phantom of the Operation
Gerard Butler, Emmy Rossum, Patrick Wilson, Miranda Richardson, Minnie Driver, Simon Callow
DVD - Special Edition DVD - Wide Screen Blu-ray - Wide Screen
CD Super Audio CD - SACD Hybrid
Vocal Selections from the Movie Easy Piano
The Producers
Nathan Lane, Matthew Broderick, Uma Thurman, Will Ferrell, Gary Beach, Roger Bart
DVD - Wide Screen DVD - Pan & Scan 2005 Soundtrack CD
The Road to Bali
Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Dorothy Lamour
DVD
The Road to Morocco
Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, Anthony Quinn
DVD - Black & White
The Road to Singapore
Bing Crosby, Dorothy Lamour, Bob Hope, Anthony Quinn
DVD - Black & White
The Road to Utopia
Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, Robert Benchley
DVD - Black & White
The Road to Zanzibar
Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, Una Merkel
DVD - Black & White
The Sound of Music
Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, Eleanor Parker, Richard Haydn, Peggy Wood, Charmian Carr
45th Anniversary Blu-ray-Wide Screen Blu-ray - Wide Screen / Includes DVD
45th Anniversary Edition CD Family Scrapbook
The Wizard of Oz
Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr, Jack Haley, Gus Wayne
DVD - 2-Disc Special Edition DVD - Wide Screen
Blu-ray Blu-ray - Special Edition
Top Hat
Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Edward Everett Horton, Erik Rhodes, Helen Broderick, Eric Blore
DVD - B&W / Full Frame
Thoroughly Modern Millie
Julie Andrews, James Fox, Mary Tyler Moore, Carol Channing, John Gavin, Beatrice Lillie
DVD - Wide Screen 1967 Original Soundtrack CD
West Side Story
Robert Wise, Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblyn, Rita Moreno, George Chakiris, Simon Oakland
Music on Film Series Anniversary Edition Blu-ray Expanded Original Soundtrack CD
White Christmas
Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney, Vera-Ellen, Dean Jagger, Mary Wickes
DVD - Wide Screen / Mixed Media Set DVD - Anniversary Edition / Wide Screen
Blu-ray - Anniversary Edition
Xanadu
Olivia Newton-John, Gene Kelly, Michael Beck
DVD - Wide Screen
Yankee Doodle Dandy
DVD - Black & White
You Were Never Lovelier
Fred Astaire, Rita Hayworth, Adolphe Menjou
DVD - Black & White
You’ll Never Get Rich
Fred Astaire, Rita Hayworth, Robert Benchley
DVD - Black & White
Ziegfeld Follies
Fred Astaire, Lucille Ball, Lucille Bremer
DVD - Remastered / Full Frame
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