My Fair Lady
In My Fair Lady, pompous phonetics professor Henry Higgins transforms Eliza Doolittle, a Cockney working-class girl into a cultured member of high society. But what then?
Sweet Rosie O’Grady
Sweet Rosie O’Grady (1943) starring Betty Grable, Robert Young, Adolphe Menjou, Reginald Gardiner
Synopsis of Sweet Rosie O’Grady
In Sweet Rosie O’Grady, a snobby star feuds with a reporter who exposed her burlesque past.
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The Pirate
The Pirate (1948) starring Judy Garland, Gene Kelly, Walter Slezak
The Pirate is a fun-filled and musical case of mistaken identity when lonely Judy Garland mistakes traveling clown Gene Kelly for a famed Caribbean pirate. But what happens when the real pirate rears his head?
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Babes in Arms
Babes in Arms (1939) starring Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland, directed by Busby Berkeley
In Babes in Arms, Mickey Moran, son of an old vaudeville-team puts on his own show to avoid being sent with other vaudevillians’ children to a work farm, but that isn’t that easy.
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42nd Street
42nd Street (1933) starring Ruby Keeler, Dick Powell, Warner Baxter
42nd Street is the classic musical, starring Ruby Keeler, Dick Powell, Ginger Rogers. “You’re going out there a nobody, but coming back as a star!”
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The Music Man
The Music Man (1962) starring Robert Preston, Shirley Jones, Buddy Hackett, Ron Howard
Synopsis
Let 76 trombones lead the big parade! It’s The Music Man, the screen version of one of Broadway’s all-time blockbusters. Starring Robert Preston as the slick salesman and Shirley Jones as the not-quite-gullible librarian.
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Top Hat
Top Hat (1935) starring Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Edward Everett Horton, Helen Broderick, Eric Blore
Synopsis of Top Hat
The story of Top Hat centers on wealthy Dale Tremont (Ginger Rogers), on holiday in London and Venice. She assumes that American entertainer Jerry Travers (Fred Astaire) is the husband of her friend Madge (Helen Broderick) — who’s actually the wife of Jerry’s business manager Horace Hardwick (Edward Everett Horton)
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The Gay Divorcee
The Gay Divorcee (1934), starring Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Edward Everett Horton, Alice Brady, Eric Blore
Synopsis
In The Gay Divorcee, Mimi Glossop (Ginger Rogers) is looking for a way out of her unhappy marriage. So, her busybody aunt (Alice Brady) hires a professional correspondent to pose as her niece’s lover. When Mimi meets American dancer Guy Holden (Fred Astaire), she thinks he’s the faux beau, and she confuses his genuine interest for part of the act.
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In Person
In Person (1935) starring Ginger Rogers, George Brent
Synopsis
In Person is the story of Miss Carol Corliss, a beautiful movie star so insecure about her fame, that she goes around in disguise. She later meets a rugged outdoors man who is unaffected by her star status. And pursued by her frequent co-star, who likes her. But doesn’t respect her acting ability.
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An American in Paris
An American in Paris (1951), starring Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron, Oscar Levant, directed by Vincente Minelli
Synopsis of An American in Paris
Gene Kelly and Leslie Caron sing and dance to the music of George and Ira Gershwin in An American in Paris. When ex-GI Jerry Mulligan (Kelly) remains in Paris to pursue life as an artist, he is discovered by a wealthy patroness interested in more than his art. But Mulligan falls in love with a French shop girl (Caron). And she is engaged to his friend.
