History of Screen Musicals

History of Film Musicals by John Kenrick (Copyright 1996, Revised 2004)	While big screen musicals were filmed in many countries, these essays concentrate on films produced in the United States.

Screen 1927-1930 Hollywood Learns To Sing Sound = Panic! Screen 1930s I: "Hip, Hooray and Ballyhoo" II: Busby Berkeley III: Astaire & Rogers IV: Major Studio Studios V: More MGM Gems Screen 1940s I: Warners, Paramount II: Universal, Columbia & Fox II: MGM Reigns Supreme Screen 1950s I: OK Efforts and Lesser Gems II: MGM's Last Roar III: Three Classics	Screen 1960s A Spoonful of Sugar Broadway Melodies Screen 1970s Hopelessly Devoted Screen 1980s Crazy World Screen 1990s A Whole New World Screen 2000s Film's Second Century
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