Musical Film Index

Musical Film Index: R

**** - Exceptional
*** - Very good entertainment
** - Mediocre
* - Just plain bad
NO STARS - Beyond bad

Radio City Revels (1938)
Radio Stars on Parade (1945)
Raggedy Ann and Andy (1977) NO STARS - Terrible animated musical, based on a Broadway flop.
Rainbow Island (1944) ** - Sailors marooned on a tropical island. Where's Gilligan when you need him?
Rainbow Man (1929)
Rainbow On the River (1936)
Rainbow Round My Shoulder (1952)
Rascals (1938)
Ready, Willing and Able (1937)
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1938)
Reckless (1935)
Reckless Age (1944)
Red Garters (1954)
Red, Hot and Blue (1949) - No relation to Broadway hit of the same name.
Redhead From Manhattan (1943)
Redheads on Parade (1935)
Rent (2005) * - Embarassing attempt to recapture the excitement of 1996. The material seems as time worn as the cast.
Rescuers, The (1977)
Reveille with Beverly (1943) *** - Ann Miller is a radio disc jockey out to entertain the troops in this popular, low budget wartime charmer
Rhapsody (1954)
Rhapsody in Blue (1945) *** - Robert Alda stars in a highly fictionalized bio of George Gershwin. Great songs help, as do turns by Al Jolson and Oscar Levant.
Rhythm In the Clouds (1937)
Rhythm Inn (1951)
Rhythm Of the Islands (1943)
Rhythm On the Range (1936)
Rhythm on the River (1940) *** - Bing Crosby and Mary Martin have a blast as songwriters who've been ghostwriting for someone else and now want to break out on their own..
Rhythm Parade (1942)
Rich, Young and Pretty (1951) ** - Jane Powell frolics in Paris.
Ride 'Em Cowboy (1942)
Riding High (1943)
Riding High (1950)
Rio Rita (1929) * - Ziegfeld's stage hit becames a lame comedy
Rio Rita (1942) * - Pathetic remake of Ziegfeld's old stage hit, this time with Abbott & Costello outwitting Nazis in the Mexican desert.
Rise and Shine (1941)
Road Show (1941)
Road to Bali (1953)
Road to Hong Kong, The (1962) ** - Hope & Crosby closed their Road series with this uninspired, star-studded entry.
Road to Morocco (1942)
Road to Rio (1948) ** - Hope & Crosby on another journey.
Road to Singapore (1940) ** - Bing Crosby and Bob Hope's first "Road" picture is only okay -- the formula became more enjoyable along the way.
Road to Utopia (1946) *** - Hope & Crosby's Road series at its best.
Road to Zanzibar (1941)
Roadhouse Nights (1930)
Roberta (1935) **** - Jerome Kern's score is the highlight of this stage hit about romance in a Parisian fashion house. Astaire and Rogers steal it all in supporting roles.
Robin and the 7 Hoods (1964) *** - Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin are gangsters battling for dominance in 1920s Chicago, with an assist from unscrupulous do-gooder Bing Crosby. Great score and wry comedy make this an underrated pleasure.
Robin Hood (1973) **** - An often underrated delight. Animated animals enact the classic tale, with a charming score by Roger Miller and a multi-starred cast of voices.
Rock Around the Clock (1956) * - Bill Haley's band seeks fame in New York – preserves some vintage rock performances, but otherwise dull.
Rock Baby, Rock It (1957) * - Real Texas rockers give some period interest to a lousy film.
Rock, Rock, Rock (1956) * - Chuck Berry and other early rock stars sing in this cheap teen flick.
Rockabilly Baby (1957)
Rock-A-Bye-Baby (not seen)
Rockin' in the Rockies (1945) * - The Three Stooges run a ranch. Strictly for fans.
Rocky Horror Picture Show, The (1975) **** - No other film can match the "off the wall" fun in this cult classic.
Rogue Song, The (1930)
Roman Scandals (1933) *** - Slave Eddie Cantor capers merrily about ancient Rome.
Romance In The Dark (1938)
Romance on the High Seas (1948)
Rookies On Parade (1941)
Rosalie (1937) *** - West Point cadet Nelson Eddy sings and princess Eleanor Powell dances up a storm. Lavish, mindless fun.
Rose Marie (1954) ** - Bert Lahr steals this otherwise blah remake of the classic Friml operetta about a Canadian Mountie finding love in the wilderness.
Rose of the Rancho (1936)
Rose of Washington Square (1939) *** - Alice Faye stars in this tear jerker obviously based on Fanny Brice's infamous marriage to Nick Arnstein. Al Jolson is wasted in a supporting role.
Rose, The (1979) *** - Bette Midler is brilliant in this tale of a tortured Janis Joplin-esque rock star.
Rose-Marie (1936) *** - Opera star Jeanette MacDonald falls for Canadian Mountie Nelson Eddy. Campy fun includes "Indian Love Call" ("When I'm calling you-oo-oo-oo") and the classic final scene.
Roustabout (1964)
Royal Wedding (1951) **** - Great fun, with Fred Astaire and Jane Powell as a brother-sister theatre stage team finding love in London. Super numbers include Astaire's dance on the ceiling, and his ingenious pas de deux with a hat rack.
Rumba (1935)