171. Ziegfeld Follies
Year of Release: 1946
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Musical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Lemuel Ayers, Roy Del Ruth, Robert Lewis, Vincente Minnelli, George Sidney, Merrill Pye, Charles Walters
Actors: Fred Astaire, Lucille Ball, Judy Garland, Lena Horne, Gene Kelly, Red Skelton
Plot: From Heaven above, the great Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. looks down and wishes he could create one more magical revue as he did with his first production in 1907. As he imagines his great production, several luminaries - including the likes of Fred Astaire, Esther Williams, Judy Garland, Gene Kelly and Red Skelton - show up to help, along with a bevy of beautiful women.
172. Dangerous When Wet
Year of Release: 1953
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Musical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Charles Walters
Actors: Esther Williams, Fernando Lamas, Jack Carson, Charlotte Greenwood, Denise Darcel, William Demarest
Plot: A young woman enters a contest to be the first to swim the English
Channel.
173. Mother Wore Tights
Year of Release: 1947
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Musical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Walter Lang
Actors: Betty Grable, Dan Dailey, Mona Freeman, Connie Marshall, Vanessa Brown, Robert Arthur
174. Kiss Me Kate
Year of Release: 1953
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Musical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: George Sidney
Actors: Kathryn Grayson, Howard Keel, Ann Miller, Bobby Van, Bob Fosse, Ron Randell
Plot: Fred and Lily are divorced actors, brought together by Cole Porter for a musical version of "Taming of the Shrew". It's no surprise the actors are more in tune with the characters than anyone would have thought. A heated argument almost brings production to a halt, while a pair of goons for the local mob boss eye Fred for a debt.
175. One Hour With You
Year of Release: 1932
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Musical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
Actors: Maurice Chevalier, Jeanette MacDonald, Genevieve Tobin, Charles Ruggles, Roland Young, Josephine Dunn
176. The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
Year of Release: 1939
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Musical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: H.C. Potter
Actors: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Edna May Oliver, Walter Brennan, Lew Fields, Etienne Girardot
177. Curly Top
Year of Release: 1935
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Family/Musical
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Irving Cummings
Actors: Shirley Temple, John Boles, Rochelle Hudson, Jane Darwell, Rafaela Ottiano, Esther Dale
178. The Devil's Carnival
Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Musical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Darren Lynn Bousman
Actors: Jessica Lowndes, Sean Patrick Flanery, Tillman Norsworthy, Paul Sorvino, Briana Evigan, Bill Moseley
Plot: A group of lost souls finds themselves in hell - specifically the devil's carnival, where the choices they make reflect a set of Aesop's Fables, with deadly consequences. Musical.
179. 1st Night ( First Night )
Year of Release: 2011
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Musical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Christopher Menaul
Actors: Richard E. Grant, Sarah Brightman, Mía Maestro, Nigel Lindsay, Susannah Fielding, Oliver Dimsdale
Plot: A rich industrialist wants more than his shallow life brings him. In order to prove his is not just a capitalist - the budding opera singer plans a lavish country production in order to prove to his friends he has talent... while also pursuing a female conductor he has hired for the show.
180. Alexander's Ragtime Band
Year of Release: 1938
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Musical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Henry King
Actors: Tyrone Power, Alice Faye, Don Ameche, Ethel Merman, Jack Haley, Jean Hersholt
