Music Movies

Too Late Blues (1961)

Too Late Blues (1961)

Too Late Blues (1961)
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103

Ghost is an ideological musician and leader of a jazz band who would rather play his blues in the park to the birds than compromise himself. His peripatetic performances lead…

Genre: Drama, Music
Paris Blues (1961)

Paris Blues (1961)

Paris Blues (1961)
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98

During the 1960s, two American jazz musicians living in Paris meet and fall in love with two American tourist girls and must decide between music and love.

Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Gidget Goes Hawaiian (1961)

Gidget Goes Hawaiian (1961)

Gidget Goes Hawaiian (1961)
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101

Francis is desperate: her parents want to force her to come with them on vacation to Hawaii – just during the two weeks when her beloved “Moondoggy” is home from…

Genre: Comedy, Music, Romance
Dondi (1961)

Dondi (1961)

Dondi (1961)
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99

World War II GIs adopt an Italian war orphan.

The Fantasy of Deer Warrior (1961)

The Fantasy of Deer Warrior (1961)

The Fantasy of Deer Warrior (1961)
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87

The happy lives of animals in the forest are stirred by the sudden attack of a pack of wolves. Uncle Deer comes to the rescue, and asks Birdy to notify…

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Genre: Family, Fantasy, Music
Pepe (1960)

Pepe (1960)

Pepe (1960)
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180

Mario “Cantinflas” Moreno is a hired hand, Pepe, employed on a ranch. A boozing Hollywood director buys a white stallion that belongs to Pepe’s boss. Pepe, determined to get the…

Genre: Comedy, Music
Cinderfella (1960)

Cinderfella (1960)

Cinderfella (1960)
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91

When his father dies, poor Fella is left at the mercy of his snobbish stepmother and her two no-good sons Maximilian and Rupert. As he slaves away for his nasty…

Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Music
Peter Pan (1960)

Peter Pan (1960)

Peter Pan (1960)
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101

In this magical tale about the boy who refuses to grow up, Peter Pan and his mischievous fairy sidekick Tinkerbell visit the nursery of Wendy, Michael and John Darling. With…

The 3 Worlds of Gulliver (1960)

The 3 Worlds of Gulliver (1960)

The 3 Worlds of Gulliver (1960)
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100

Doctor Gulliver is poor, so nothing – not even his charming fiancée Elisabeth – keeps him in the town he lives. He signs on to a ship to India, but…

G.I. Blues (1960)

G.I. Blues (1960)

G.I. Blues (1960)
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104

Stationed in West Germany, soldier Tulsa McLean hopes to open up a nightclub when he gets out of the army. Tulsa may lack the capital for such a venture, but…

Genre: Comedy, Music, Romance
Jazz on a Summer’s Day (1960)

Jazz on a Summer’s Day (1960)

Jazz on a Summer’s Day (1960)
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82

Set at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival, this documentary mixes images of water and the town with performers and audience. The film progresses from day to night and from improvisational…

Can-Can (1960)

Can-Can (1960)

Can-Can (1960)
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142

Parisian nightclub owner Simone Pistache is known for her performances of the can-can, which attracts the ire of the self-righteous Judge Philipe Forrestier. He hatches a plot to photograph her…

Genre: Comedy, Music, Romance
Tommy the Toreador (1959)

Tommy the Toreador (1959)

Tommy the Toreador (1959)
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90

Tommy is a happy sailor, travelling the world, singing his favourite songs. When he visits Spain, he gets mistaken for a famous bullfighter. Tommy finishes up in the bull-ring facing…

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Genre: Comedy, Music
Li’l Abner (1959)

Li’l Abner (1959)

Li’l Abner (1959)
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113

A comedy musical based on the comic strip charcters created by Al Capp. When residents of Dogpatch, USA are notified by the government that they must evacuate because of atomic…

Genre: Comedy, Family, Music
Expresso Bongo (1959)

Expresso Bongo (1959)

Expresso Bongo (1959)
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111

A seedy London promoter turns a naive, working-class teenager into a pop singing sensation.

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Genre: Comedy, Music
Porgy and Bess (1959)

Porgy and Bess (1959)

Porgy and Bess (1959)
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138

In the early 1900s, the fictional Catfish Row section of Charleston, South Carolina serves as home to a black fishing community. Crippled beggar Porgy, who travels about in a goat-drawn…

Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Say One for Me (1959)

Say One for Me (1959)

Say One for Me (1959)
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120

Father Conroy has a parish which serves the acting and performance community. When one of his parishioners gets too sick to work, his daughter Holly finds a job working for…

Genre: Comedy, Music, Romance
The Five Pennies (1959)

The Five Pennies (1959)

The Five Pennies (1959)
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117

Dixieland cornetist Red Nichols runs into opposition to his sound, but breaks through to success. He marries a warm, patient woman and even finds time to raise a family. Then…

Genre: Drama, Music
Go Johnny Go! (1959)

Go Johnny Go! (1959)

Go Johnny Go! (1959)
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75

Rock-n-roll promoter Alan Freed holds a talent search to develop a new rock star, then must find the elusive, mystery contestant (Jimmy Clanton) who doesn’t know he has won.

Genre: Music
The Lady is a Square (1959)

The Lady is a Square (1959)

The Lady is a Square (1959)
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99

Neagle stars as Frances Baring, a socialite widow attempting to keep her late husband’s symphony orchestra going. Reluctantly she enlists the help of a young pop singer (Frankie Vaughan) who…

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Genre: Comedy, Music, Romance
Anari (1959)

Anari (1959)

Anari (1959)
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156

Raj Kumar is an honest, handsome and intelligent young man. Working as a painter, he is unable to earn a living. One day Raj finds a wallet containing money and…

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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Tom Thumb (1958)

Tom Thumb (1958)

Tom Thumb (1958)
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98

A boy, no bigger than a thumb, manages to outwit two thieves determined to make a fortune from him.

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The Music Room (1958)

The Music Room (1958)

The Music Room (1958)
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100

An aging, decadent landlord’s passion for music becomes the undoing of his legacy as he sacrifices his wealth in order to compete with the opulent music room of his younger,…

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Genre: Drama, Music
Jazz Boy (1958)

Jazz Boy (1958)

Jazz Boy (1958)
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104

The rich young man Teddy Anker invests his money in the theater at the beginning of the 1920s. Whatever he does becomes a success. He falls in love with a…

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Genre: Drama, Music
Damn Yankees (1958)

Damn Yankees (1958)

Damn Yankees (1958)
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111

Film adaptation of the George Abbott Broadway musical about a Washington Senators fan who makes a pact with the Devil to help his baseball team win the league pennant.

Genre: Comedy, Music
King Creole (1958)

King Creole (1958)

King Creole (1958)
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116

Danny Fisher, young delinquent, flunks out of high school. He quits his job as a busboy in a nightclub, and one night he gets the chance to perform. Success is…

Genre: Crime, Drama, Music
The Very Eye of Night (1958)

The Very Eye of Night (1958)

The Very Eye of Night (1958)
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15

Dancers, shown in photographic negative, perform a series of ballet moves, solos, pas de deux, larger groupings. The dancers glide and rotate untroubled by gravity against a slowly changing starfield…

Genre: Fantasy, Music
Free Radicals (1958)

Free Radicals (1958)

Free Radicals (1958)
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5

In this powerful abstract film with a soundtrack of African drum music, Lye scratched “white ziggle-zag-splutter scratches” on to black leader, using a variety of tools from saw teeth to…

Genre: Animation, Music
Merry Andrew (1958)

Merry Andrew (1958)

Merry Andrew (1958)
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103

When eccentric English teacher Andrew Larabee needs a raise in order for his fiancée to marry him, his interest in archaeology leads him to an ancient statue’s burial site. But…

Genre: Comedy, Music, Romance
South Pacific (1958)

South Pacific (1958)

South Pacific (1958)
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157

Can a girl from Little Rock find happiness with a mature French planter she got to know one enchanted evening away from the military hospital where she is a nurse?…

Genre: Music, Romance, War
6.5 Special (1958)

6.5 Special (1958)

6.5 Special (1958)
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85

A spin-off from the BBC television show. At the suggestion of her girlfriend, a young singer decides to try and make her name in London. Catching the overnight ‘6.5 Special’…

Genre: Music
The Girl Most Likely (1958)

The Girl Most Likely (1958)

The Girl Most Likely (1958)
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98

Dodie dreams of marrying a millionaire so that she can live ‘the life’. Buzz, her boyfriend, however, is not rich as he is a salesman for a housing development. He…

Genre: Comedy, Music, Romance
Davy (1958)

Davy (1958)

Davy (1958)
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83

The Mad Morgans are a family song and dance act touring the British Music Halls. Young Davy is the star of the act but should he stay with his family…

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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Appalachian Spring (1958)

Appalachian Spring (1958)

Appalachian Spring (1958)
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32

A filmed version of Aaron Copland’s most famous ballet, with its original star, who also choreographed.

Annie Get Your Gun (1957)

Annie Get Your Gun (1957)

Annie Get Your Gun (1957)
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106

A live television adaptation of the popular musical about sharpshooter Annie Oakley joining Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show and falling in love with her co-star, Frank Butler.

April Love (1957)

April Love (1957)

April Love (1957)
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97

A teenager, recently in trouble with the police, is sent to live with his aunt and uncle on their Kentucky farm in order to rediscover life’s values.

Jailhouse Rock (1957)

Jailhouse Rock (1957)

Jailhouse Rock (1957)
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96

After serving time for manslaughter, young Vince Everett becomes a teenage rock star.

Genre: Drama, Music
Pal Joey (1957)

Pal Joey (1957)

Pal Joey (1957)
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111

An opportunistic singer woos a wealthy widow to boost his career.

Genre: Comedy, Music, Romance
Les Girls (1957)

Les Girls (1957)

Les Girls (1957)
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114

After writing a tell-all book about her days in the dance troupe “Barry Nichols and Les Girls”, Sybil Wren is sued for libeling her fellow dancer Angele. A Rashômon style…

Genre: Comedy, Music, Romance
The Helen Morgan Story (1957)

The Helen Morgan Story (1957)

The Helen Morgan Story (1957)
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118

Torch singer Helen Morgan rises from sordid beginnings to fame and fortune only to lose it all to alcohol and poor personal choices.

Genre: Drama, Music, Romance