141. The Jazz Singer
Year of Release: 1927
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Musical/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Alan Crosland
Actors: Al Jolson, Eugenie Besserer, Warner Oland, May McAvoy, Robert Gordon, Otto Lederer
Plot: A run away Jewish man who goes against his family heritage is given the opportunity to be become a jazz singer. He tries to balance his relationships but must make choices that many may or may not like to make. The first talking movie.
142. Perhaps Love ( Ru guo · Ai )
Year of Release: 2005
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Mandarin
Genre: Drama/Musical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Peter Chan
Actors: Takeshi Kaneshiro, Xun Zhou, Jacky Cheung, Jin-hee Ji, Eric Tsang, Sandra Ng Kwan Yue
Plot: This musical-within-a-musical amassed several 2006 Hong Kong Film Awards, and rightfully so. A sumptuous production involving a love triangle (one vertex of which is the great Takeshi Kaneshiro, of House of Flying Daggers fame) on- and off-camera. It’s best described as part Busby Berkeley and part Barnum & Bailey--with a touch of amnesia mixed in for good measure.
143. Honolulu
Year of Release: 1939
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Musical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Edward Buzzell
Actors: Eleanor Powell, Robert Young, George Burns, Gracie Allen, Rita Johnson, Clarence Kolb
144. Sita Sings the Blues
Year of Release: 2008
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Musical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Nina Paley
Actors: Annette Hanshaw, Aseem Chhabra, Sanjiv Jhaveri, Pooja Kumar, Debargo Sanyal, Reena Shah
145. There's No Business Like Show Business
Year of Release: 1954
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Musical/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Walter Lang
Actors: Ethel Merman, Donald O'Connor, Marilyn Monroe, Dan Dailey, Johnnie Ray, Rhys Williams
Plot: Molly and Terry Donahue, plus their three children, are The Five Donahues.
Son Tim meets hat-check girl Vicky and the family act begins to fall
apart.
146. The Saddest Music in the World
Year of Release: 2004
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Musical
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Guy Maddin
Actors: Mark McKinney, Isabella Rossellini, Maria de Medeiros, David Fox, Ross McMillan, Louis Negin
Plot: During the height of the Great Depression, a paraplegic beer baroness in Winnipeg decides to hold a contest to discover the saddest music in the world, and boost her sales in the process.
147. Cannibal! The Musical ( Alferd Packer: The Musical )
Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Musical/Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Trey Parker
Actors: Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Toddy Walters, Dian Bachar, Jason McHugh, Andrew Kemler
Plot: Chronicles the tale of Alferd Packer the only American ever found guilty
of cannibalism. With Packer at the helm, a party of gold prospectors gets
stranded in the midst of a savage Rocky Mountain winter, and next thing
you know, ribs and liver are on the menu.
148. Movie Movie
Year of Release: 1978
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Musical
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Stanley Donen
Actors: George C. Scott, Trish Van Devere, Red Buttons, Eli Wallach, Harry Hamlin, Ann Reinking
149. Stowaway
Year of Release: 1936
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Musical/Adventure
MPAA Rating: G
Director: William A. Seiter
Actors: Shirley Temple, Robert Young, Alice Faye, Eugene Pallette, Helen Westley, Arthur Treacher
150. Brigadoon
Year of Release: 1954
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Fantasy/Musical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Vincente Minnelli
Actors: Gene Kelly, Van Johnson, Cyd Charisse, Barry Jones, Elaine Stewart, Hugh Laing
Plot: Gene Kelly stumbles across the enchanted town of Brigadoon, which appears from the Scottish mists only one day each century. In the course of this magical day, Kelly falls for a woman and must decide whether to leave the real world behind and take up permanent residence in Brigadoon.
