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| 1 |  | Wizard of Oz, The (1939) |  3.8475 140 reviews | G | Adventure, Fantasy, Musical, Family |
$18.89
| Dorothy and her dog are mysteriously transported through a tornado to the magical and strange land ...more about Wizard of Oz starring Judy Garland and Frank Morgan |
| 2 |  | Top Hat (1935) |  3.5523 27 reviews | NA | Musical, Romance, Comedy |
$12.71
| Showman Jerry Travers is working for producer Horace Hardwick in London. Jerry demonstrates his new ...more about Top Hat starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers |
| 3 |  | Blue Angel, The (1930) |  3.2353 8 reviews | NA | Drama, Musical |
$28.73
| The Blue Angel deals with the humiliation and breakdown an inhibited, overbearing, ...more about Blue Angel starring Emil Jannings and Marlene Dietrich |
| 4 |  | 42nd Street (1933) | 3.1822 38 reviews | NA | Drama, Musical, Romance |
$12.71
| Broadway director Julian Marsh insists on one last huge production before his death. We follow the ...more about 42nd Street starring Warner Baxter and Bebe Daniels |
| 5 |  | Show Boat (1936) | 3.1479 13 reviews | NA | Drama, Musical | N/A | Adaptation of the Broadway musical. Magnolia Hawks is the lovely but protected, and thus very ...more about Show Boat starring Irene Dunne and Allan Jones |
| 6 |  | Duck Soup (1933) | 3.0957 54 reviews | NA | Musical, Comedy |
$44.28
| To rescue the small country of Freedonia from bankruptcy, Mrs. Teasdale agrees to donate 20 million ...more about Duck Soup starring Raquel Torres |
| 7 |  | Merry Widow, The (1934) | 3.0455 9 reviews | Not Rated | Musical, Romance, Comedy, , Romance, Adaptation | N/A | The small kingdom of Marshovia has a little problem. The main tax-payer, the wealthy widow Sonia ...more about Merry Widow starring Maurice Chevalier and Jeanette MacDonald |
| 8 |  | Swing Time (1936) | 3.0398 22 reviews | NA | Musical, Romance, Comedy |
$8.68
| Lucky is tricked into missing his wedding to Margaret by the other members of Pop's magic and dance ...more about Swing Time starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers |
| 9 |  | In Old Chicago (1937) | 3.0291 21 reviews | NA | Action, Drama, Western, Musical |
$4.86
| The O'Leary brothers live very different lifestyles. When their mother's cow tips over a lantern ...more about In Old Chicago starring Francis Ford and Tyrone Power |
| 10 |  | Footlight Parade (1933) | 3.0086 17 reviews | NA | Musical, Romance, Comedy |
$41.37
| Chester Kent produces Musical Comedies on the stage. With the beginning of the talkies aera he ...more about Footlight Parade starring James Cagney and Joan Blondell |
| 11 |  | Kid from Spain, The (1932) | 2.9935 5 reviews | NA | Musical | N/A | Eddie and his Mexican friend Ricardo are expelled from college after Ricardo put Eddie in the ...more about Kid from Spain starring Eddie Cantor and Lyda Roberti |
| 12 |  | Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) | 2.9844 32 reviews | G | Drama, Fantasy, Musical, Family, Animation, Disney | N/A | The first, and by far most memorable full-length animated feature from the Disney Studios, "Snow ...more about Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs |
| 13 |  | Carefree (1938) | 2.8606 9 reviews | NA | Musical, Romance, Comedy |
$11.99
| Dr. Tony Flagg's friend, Steven, has problems in the relationship with his fiancee, Amanda, so he ...more about Carefree starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers |
| 14 |  | Love Me Tonight (1932) | 2.8446 13 reviews | NA | Musical, Comedy |
$20.95
| Maurice Courtelin, a Parisian tailor (Maurice Chevalier), is owed a great sum of money by a ...more about Love Me Tonight starring Maurice Chevalier and Jeanette MacDonald |
| 15 |  | Follow the Fleet (1936) | 2.8405 17 reviews | NA | Musical, Romance, Comedy |
$12.71
| When the fleet puts in at San Francisco, sailor Bake Baker tries to rekindle the flame with his old ...more about Follow the Fleet starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers |
| 16 |  | Gold Diggers of 1935 (1935) | 2.8348 8 reviews | NA | Musical |
$41.37
| In a luxury hotel stage director Nicoleff stages a show to get the money to pay his bills. Mrs. ...more about Gold Diggers of 1935 starring Dick Powell and Adolphe Menjou |
| 17 |  | Babes in Arms (1939) | 2.8254 7 reviews | NA | Musical | N/A | Mickey Moran, son of an old vaudeville-team puts on his own show to avoid being sent with other ...more about Babes in Arms starring Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland |
| 18 |  | Big Broadcast of 1938, The (1938) | 2.7807 8 reviews | NA | Musical, Romance, Comedy |
$9.18
| New ocean liner S.S. Gigantic is about to race its rival, the Colossal. Gigantic owner T.F. Bellows ...more about Big Broadcast of 1938 starring W.C. Fields and Martha Raye |
| 19 |  | Everybody Sing (1938) | 2.7624 2 reviews | NA | Musical, Comedy | N/A | A quirky theatrical family and their equally eccentric hired help are the subject of this MGM ...more about Everybody Sing starring Allan Jones and Judy Garland |
| 20 |  | Maytime (1937) | 2.7510 7 reviews | NA | Drama, Musical, Romance |
$28.14
| An elderly Miss Morrison recounts her life as the once young and beautiful opera singer Marcia ...more about Maytime starring Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy |
| 21 |  | Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933) |  2.7487 20 reviews | NA | Musical |
$41.37
| Barneny Hopkins is producing a new show on Broadway, but the day before it opens, the set and ...more about Gold Diggers of 1933 starring Warren William and Joan Blondell |
| 22 |  | Listen, Darling (1938) | 2.7259 2 reviews | NA | Drama, Musical, Romance, Comedy | N/A | To stop Pinkie's mother Dottie from marrying a man they know she does not love, Pinkie and her ...more about Listen starring Judy Garland and Freddie Bartholomew |
| 23 |  | Broadway Melody of 1936 (1935) | 2.7259 10 reviews | NA | Musical | N/A | Bob Gordon is staging a new Broadway Show, but he is short of money. He gets an offer of money by ...more about Broadway Melody of 1936 starring Jack Benny and Eleanor Powell |
| 24 |  | At the Circus (1939) | 2.7226 18 reviews | NA | Musical, Comedy, Family |
$8.63
| Jeff Wilson, the owner of a small circus, owes his partner Carter $10000. Before Jeff can pay, ...more about At the Circus |
| 25 |  | Great Ziegfeld, The (1936) | 2.7041 22 reviews | NA | Biography, Musical, Romance, Comedy |
$7.99
| At the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, sideshow barker Flo Ziegfeld turns the tables on his more ...more about Great Ziegfeld starring William Powell and Myrna Loy |
| 26 |  | Pigskin Parade (1936) | 2.6848 6 reviews | NA | Musical, Sports | N/A | Married coaches Slug and Bessie find hillbilly football tosser Amos and the team gets invited to ...more about Pigskin Parade starring Stuart Erwin and Patsy Kelly |
| 27 |  | Curly Top (1935) | 2.6830 8 reviews | NA | Musical, Family | N/A | Wealthy Edward Morgan becomes charmed with a curly-haired orphan and her pretty older sister Mary ...more about Curly Top starring Shirley Temple and John Boles |
| 28 |  | Cowboy from Brooklyn (1938) | 2.6757 1 reviews | NA | Musical, Comedy | N/A | An actor can only get a radio job if he can prove that he's an authentic cowboy. ...more about Cowboy from Brooklyn starring Dick Powell and Pat O'Brien |
| 29 |  | San Francisco (1936) | 2.6726 6 reviews | NA | Drama, Musical, Romance |
$12.41
| Mary Blake arrives at Blackie Norton's Paradise gambling hall and beer garden looking for work as a ...more about San Francisco starring Clark Gable and Jeanette MacDonald |
| 30 |  | Cat and the Fiddle, The (1934) | 2.6574 1 reviews | NA | Drama, Musical, Romance, Comedy | N/A | Jeanette MacDonald plays an American music student in Europe whose success threatens her ...more about Cat and the Fiddle starring Ramon Novarro and Jeanette MacDonald |
| 31 | | Twenty Million Sweethearts (1934) | 2.6391 1 reviews | NA | Musical, Comedy | N/A | Unscrupulous agent Pat O'Brien makes singing waiter Dick Powell a big radio star while Ginger ...more about Twenty Million Sweethearts starring Pat O'Brien and Dick Powell |
| 32 |  | Little Miss Broadway (1938) | 2.6391 1 reviews | NA | Musical |
$8.56
| An orphan (Temple) is provisionally adopted by the manager (Ellis) of a hotel populated by show ...more about Little Miss Broadway starring Shirley Temple and Jimmy Durante |
| 33 |  | Shipmates Forever (1935) | 2.6026 1 reviews | NA | Musical | N/A | Dick is watching the fleet come in when he sees June. Dick has no intention of joining the Navy, ...more about Shipmates Forever starring Dick Powell and Ruby Keeler |
| 34 | | Sweethearts (1938) | 2.6026 1 reviews | NA | Musical | N/A | A musical comedy duo in their 6th year on Broadway receive an offer to perform in Hollywood making ...more about Sweethearts starring Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy |
| 35 |  | Dimples (1936) | 2.5734 6 reviews | NA | Musical |
$9.99
| Shirley Temple lives with the pick-pocket grandfather in 19th century New York City. She entertains ...more about Dimples starring Shirley Temple and Robert Kent |
| 36 | | Smiling Lieutenant, The (1931) | 2.5615 6 reviews | NA | Musical, Romance, Comedy | N/A | Lieutenant Niki of the Austrian royal guard has a new girlfriend, Franzi. He's crazy about her, and ...more about Smiling Lieutenant starring Maurice Chevalier and Claudette Colbert |
| 37 |  | Three Smart Girls (1936) | 2.5592 7 reviews | NA | Musical, Comedy |
$16.37
| The three Craig sisters, in Switzerland with their ten-years-divorced mother, run away to New York ...more about Three Smart Girls starring Binnie Barnes and Charles Winninger |
| 38 |  | Just Around the Corner (1938) | 2.5570 1 reviews | NA | Musical, Comedy |
$9.99
| Once rich architect (Farrell) ruined by the Depression and working as a janitor has a daughter ...more about Just Around the Corner starring Shirley Temple and Joan Davis |
| 39 |  | Born to Dance (1936) | 2.5227 6 reviews | NA | Musical, Comedy | N/A | Sailor Ted meets at the Lonely Hearts Club of his friend Gunny's wife, Jenny, a girl, Nora Paige, ...more about Born to Dance starring Eleanor Powell and James Stewart |
| 40 |  | I Dream Too Much (1935) | 2.5204 1 reviews | NA | Musical, Romance, Comedy | N/A | Jonathan Street is a struggling composer when he meets and marries Annette. The problem is that ...more about I Dream Too Much starring Lily Pons and Henry Fonda |
| 41 |  | 3groschenoper, Die (1931) | 2.5113 7 reviews | NA | Musical | N/A | In London at the turn of the century, the bandit Mack the Knife marries Polly without the knowledge ...more about 3groschenoper starring Rudolf Forster and Reinhold Schünzel |
| 42 |  | Stand Up and Cheer! (1934) | 2.4930 1 reviews | NA | Musical, Comedy |
$6.88
| President Franklin Roosevelt appoints a theatrical producer as the new Secretary of Amusement in ...more about Stand Up and Cheer! starring Warner Baxter and Madge Evans |
| 43 | | Varsity Show (1937) | 2.4930 1 reviews | NA | Musical | N/A | Winfield College students who are trying to put together the annual varsity show come into conflict ...more about Varsity Show starring Roy Atwell and Dick Powell |
| 44 |  | Damsel in Distress, A (1937) | 2.4839 5 reviews | NA | Musical, Romance, Comedy | N/A | Lady Alyce Marshmorton must marry soon, and the staff of Tottney Castle have laid bets on who ...more about Damsel in Distress starring Fred Astaire and George Burns |
| 45 | | One Hour with You (1932) | 2.4816 6 reviews | NA | Musical, Comedy | N/A | Andre and Colette Bertier are happily married. When Colette introduces her husband to her ...more about One Hour with You starring Maurice Chevalier and Jeanette MacDonald |
| 46 |  | Dames (1934) | 2.4550 8 reviews | NA | Musical, Comedy |
$41.37
| Multi millinaire Ezra Ounce wants to start a campain against 'filthy' forms of entertainment, like ...more about Dames starring Joan Blondell and Dick Powell |
| 47 | | Just Imagine (1930) | 2.4510 8 reviews | NA | Sci-Fi, Musical | N/A | New York, 1980: airplanes have replaced cars, numbers have replaced names, pills have replaced ...more about Just Imagine starring Hobart Bosworth and El Brendel |
| 48 |  | Flying Down to Rio (1933) | 2.4382 6 reviews | NA | Musical, Romance, Comedy |
$12.71
| Aviator and band leader Roger Bond is forever getting his group fired for flirting with the lady ...more about Flying Down to Rio starring Gene Raymond and Raul Roulien |
| 49 | | One in a Million (1936) | 2.4261 3 reviews | NA | Musical, Romance, Comedy | N/A | ...more about One in a Million starring Sonja Henie and Adolphe Menjou |
| 50 | | Mr. Dodd Takes the Air (1937) | 2.4245 2 reviews | NA | Musical, Comedy | N/A | In the small town of Pewamo, Claude Dodd, an electrician singing baritone in the local Strawberry ...more about Mr. Dodd Takes the Air starring Alice Brady and Gertrude Michael |
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