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| 1 |  | Red Shoes, The (1948) |  3.6614 19 reviews | NA | Drama, Romance, Music |
$24.29
| Victoria Page (Moira Shearer) is a ballerina who must choose between her love of dancing and a new ...more about Red Shoes starring Anton Walbrook and Marius Goring |
| 2 |  | Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) |  3.0031 22 reviews | NA | Drama, Biography, Music |
$15.52
| A musical portrait of composer/singer/dancer George M. Cohan. From his early days as a child-star ...more about Yankee Doodle Dandy starring James Cagney and Joan Leslie |
| 3 |  | Phantom of the Opera (1943) | 2.8769 42 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Horror, Music |
$12.87
| Pit violinist Claudin hopelessly loves rising operatic soprano Christine Dubois (as do baritone ...more about Phantom of the Opera starring Nelson Eddy and Susanna Foster |
| 4 |  | Jolson Story, The (1946) |  2.6346 9 reviews | NA | Drama, Biography, Music |
$11.99
| This movie shows the idealized career of the singer Al Jolson. A little Jewish boy comes up against ...more about Jolson Story starring Larry Parks and Evelyn Keyes |
| 5 |  | Birth of the Blues (1941) | 2.5022 5 reviews | NA | Music |
$9.99
| Jeff grows up near Basin Street in New Orleans, playing his clarinet with the dock workers. He puts ...more about Birth of the Blues starring Bing Crosby and Mary Martin |
| 6 |  | Night and Day (1946) | 2.4611 6 reviews | NA | Drama, Biography, Musical, Music |
$12.71
| The fictionalized biography of composer Cole Porter from his days at Yale in the 1910s through the ...more about Night and Day starring Cary Grant and Alexis Smith |
| 7 |  | Words and Music (1948) | 2.4154 5 reviews | NA | Biography, Comedy, Music |
$12.71
| ...more about Words and Music starring June Allyson and Perry Como |
| 8 |  | Lady of Burlesque (1943) | 2.3579 8 reviews | NA | Horror, Mystery, Comedy, Music |
$6.99
| Sassy Dixie Daisy is the hot new attraction at a former opera house that's been turned into a ...more about Lady of Burlesque starring Barbara Stanwyck and Eddie Gordon |
| 9 |  | Song to Remember, A (1945) | 2.3287 5 reviews | NA | Drama, Biography, Music | N/A | ...more about Song to Remember starring Merle Oberon and Cornel Wilde |
| 10 | | Music for Millions (1944) |  2.2465 1 reviews | NA | Comedy, Music | N/A | "Mike" goes to live with her pregnant older sister, Babs, who plays string bass in Iturbi's ...more about Music for Millions starring Margaret O'Brien and José Iturbi |
| 11 |  | Carnegie Hall (1947) | 1.9839 6 reviews | NA | Drama, Music |
$22.90
| A mother (Marsha Hunt) wants her son (William Prince) to grow up to be a pianist good enough to ...more about Carnegie Hall starring Marsha Hunt and William Prince |
| 12 |  | Jolson Sings Again (1949) | 1.9756 4 reviews | NA | Biography, Music |
$11.99
| In this sequel to The Jolson Story, we pick up the singer's career just as he has returned to the ...more about Jolson Sings Again starring Larry Parks and Barbara Hale |
| 13 |  | New Orleans (1947) | 1.8629 4 reviews | NA | Music |
$22.46
| ...more about New Orleans starring Dorothy Patrick and Marjorie Lord |
| 14 |  | Song of Love (1947) |  1.5068 2 reviews | NA | Drama, Romance, Music | N/A | Composer Robert Schumann struggles to compose his symphonies while his loving wife Clara offers her ...more about Song of Love starring Katharine Hepburn and Paul Henreid |
| 15 |  | Willie the Operatic Whale (1946) |  1.1415 1 reviews | NA | Drama, Fantasy, Family, Animation, Short, Music, Disney | N/A | The Metropolitan Opera is looking for the sea monster reported in newspaper headlines, because this ...more about Willie the Operatic Whale starring Nelson Eddy |
| 16 | | University of Southern California Band and Glee Club (1941) |  No Score 0 reviews | NA | Short, Music | N/A | ...more about University of Southern California Band and Glee Club |
| 17 | | Skinnay Ennis and Orchestra (1949) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Short, Music | N/A | This "Name Band Musical" from Universal, is not the same short as the Warner-Vitaphone 1941 release ...more about Skinnay Ennis and Orchestra starring Skinnay Ennis |
| 18 | | Heap Hep Injuns (1949) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Animation, Short, Music | N/A | ...more about Heap Hep Injuns |
| 19 | | Here Come the Navy Bands (1945) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Short, Music | N/A | This Vitaphone "Melody Masters" short opens in a Naval hospital in San Diego, California where a ...more about Here Come the Navy Bands |
| 20 |  | Beautiful Mermaid (1944) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Short, Music | N/A | ...more about Beautiful Mermaid starring David (XIII) Brooks |
| 21 |  | Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys (1944) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Western, Documentary, Short, Music | N/A | ...more about Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys starring Bob Wills |
| 22 | | Take Me Back to Tulsa (1944) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Short, Music | N/A | ...more about Take Me Back to Tulsa starring Tex Williams and Spade Cooley |
| 23 | | Musical Merry-Go-Round (1948/I) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Short, Music | N/A | This short is presented as a mock radio show. Well-known radio personality 'Martin Block' (qv) ...more about Musical Merry-Go-Round starring Martin Block and Buddy Clark |
| 24 | | Thrills of Music: Ted Weems and Orchestra (1948) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Short, Music | N/A | This 1948 musical short, reissued on September 9, 1954, has no connection to a 1949 U-I short also ...more about Thrills of Music: Ted Weems and Orchestra starring Ted Weems and Shirley Richards |
| 25 | | Rudy Vallee and His Coast Guard Band (1944) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Short, Music | N/A | ...more about Rudy Vallee and His Coast Guard Band starring Rudy Vallee |
| 26 | | Tom Turkey and His Harmonica Humdingers (1940) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Comedy, Animation, Short, Music | N/A | Tom and three of his friends play harmonicas continuously, and vigorously so vigorously that they ...more about Tom Turkey and His Harmonica Humdingers |
| 27 | | Gems of Song (1949) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Short, Music | N/A | ...more about Gems of Song starring Deanna Durbin |
| 28 | | Trouble with Me, The (1945) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Short, Music | N/A | ...more about Trouble with Me starring Spade Cooley and Tex Williams |
| 29 | | Sing or Swim (1948) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Animation, Short, Music | N/A | ...more about Sing or Swim |
| 30 | | Pinky Tomlin and His Orchestra (1940) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Short, Music | N/A | ...more about Pinky Tomlin and His Orchestra starring Pinky Tomlin |
| 31 | | Hula Rumba (1947) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Short, Music | N/A | ...more about Hula Rumba starring Bernie Kaai |
| 32 | | Strolling Thru the Park (1949) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Animation, Short, Music | N/A | ...more about Strolling Thru the Park |
| 33 | | Swingonometry (1943) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Short, Music | N/A | ...more about Swingonometry |
| 34 | | Milt Britton and Band (1945) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Short, Music | N/A | ...more about Milt Britton and Band starring Milt Britton |
| 35 | | Ina Ray Hutton and Her Orchestra (1943) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Short, Music | N/A | ...more about Ina Ray Hutton and Her Orchestra starring Ina Ray Hutton |
| 36 | | Moon of Mona Koora, The (1945) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Comedy, Short, Music | N/A | ...more about Moon of Mona Koora starring Betty Bradley and Aggie Auld |
| 37 | | Jack Fina and His Orchestra (1949) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Short, Music | N/A | This Universal "Name Band Musical" leads off with Jack Fina and his Orchestra playing the 1949 ...more about Jack Fina and His Orchestra starring Jack Fina |
| 38 | | Musical Merry-Go-Round (1948/II) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Short, Music | N/A | In this series entry, singer 'Virginia O'Brien' (qv) visits radio personality 'Martin Block' (qv) ...more about Musical Merry-Go-Round starring Virginia O'Brien and Martin Block |
| 39 | | TI-Yi-Yippee-Aye (1944) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Short, Music | N/A | ...more about TI-Yi-Yippee-Aye starring Cindy Walker and Red River Dave |
| 40 | | Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra (1942) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Short, Music | N/A | ...more about Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra starring Glen Gray |
| 41 | | Community Sing: Cowboy Hit Tunes (1945) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Short, Music | N/A | Another of the endless "bouncing-ball" sing-alongs from Columbia and Ben K. Blake with an organ ...more about Community Sing: Cowboy Hit Tunes starring Dick Leibert |
| 42 | | Community Sing: You Belong to My Heart (1945) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Short, Music | N/A | Don Baker pumps on the Organ while the Song Spinners sing and the audience is invited to "follow ...more about Community Sing: You Belong to My Heart starring Don (IX) Baker and Don Baker |
| 43 | | Princess Papaya (1945) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Short, Music | N/A | ...more about Princess Papaya starring Sylvia Opert |
| 44 | | Matty Malneck and His Orchestra (1940) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Short, Music | N/A | ...more about Matty Malneck and His Orchestra starring Matty Malneck's Orchestra |
| 45 | | If I Forget You (1940) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Short, Music | N/A | ...more about If I Forget You starring Judy Garland |
| 46 | | Musical Mexico (1945) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Short, Music | N/A | ...more about Musical Mexico |
| 47 | | Mystery In Swing (1940) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Mystery, Music | N/A | ...more about Mystery In Swing starring Monte Hawley and Marguerite Whitten |
| 48 | | From the Indies to the Andes (in his Undies) (1942) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Short, Music | N/A | ...more about From the Indies to the Andes starring The Hoosier Hotshots and Frank Kettering |
| 49 | | Tommy Tucker and His Orchestra (1947) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Short, Music | N/A | This "Name Band" musical short features the band of Tommy Tucker, which opens with "Colonel from ...more about Tommy Tucker and His Orchestra starring Tommy Tucker and Marilyn Hare |
| 50 |  | New Romance of Celluloid: We Must Have Music, A (1942) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Short, Music |
$17.95
| This short opens with 'Judy Garland (I)' (qv) singing, and dancing to, the title song. A short ...more about New Romance of Celluloid: We Must Have Music starring Judy Garland and Risë Stevens |
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