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- DirectorMark SandrichStarsFred AstaireGinger RogersAlice BradyA woman thinks a flirting man is the co-respondent her lawyer has hired to expedite her divorce."The Continental"
• Music: Con Conrad • Lyrics: Herb Magidson - DirectorBusby BerkeleyStarsDick PowellAdolphe MenjouGloria StuartRomantic antics abound among the guests at a luxury hotel, including a stage director, an eccentric millionaire, and the daughter of a financial backer."Lullaby of Broadway"
• Music: Harry Warren • Lyrics: Al Dubin - DirectorGeorge StevensStarsFred AstaireGinger RogersVictor MooreRoguish gambler/dancer "Lucky" Garnett is challenged by his fiance's father to come up with $25,000 to prove he's worthy of her hand. But after he falls in love with a dance instructor, Lucky'll do anything to keep from earning the bucks."The Way You Look Tonight"
• Music: Jerome Kern • Lyrics: Dorothy Fields - DirectorFrank TuttleStarsBing CrosbyBob BurnsMartha RayeA beauty contest winner of the "Miss Pineapple Princess" pageant takes part in a publicity scheme in Hawaii, and is pursued by an advertising executive for the agency doing the promotion."Sweet Leilani"
• Music and lyrics: Harry Owens - DirectorMitchell LeisenJames P. HoganStarsW.C. FieldsMartha RayeDorothy LamourThe Bellows family causes comic confusion on an ocean liner, with time out for radio-style musical acts."Thanks for the Memory"
• Music: Ralph Rainger • Lyrics: Leo Robin - DirectorVictor FlemingKing VidorStarsJudy GarlandFrank MorganRay BolgerYoung Dorothy Gale and her dog Toto are swept away by a tornado from their Kansas farm to the magical Land of Oz, and embark on a quest with three new friends to see the Wizard, who can return her to her home and fulfill the others' wishes."Over the Rainbow"
• Music: Harold Arlen • Lyrics: Yip Harburg - DirectorNorman FergusonT. HeeWilfred JacksonStarsDickie JonesChristian RubMel BlancA living puppet, with the help of a cricket as his conscience, must prove himself worthy to become a real boy."When You Wish Upon a Star"
– Music: Leigh Harline • Lyrics: Ned Washington - DirectorNorman Z. McLeodBusby BerkeleyStarsEleanor PowellAnn SothernRobert YoungA composer and his songwriter wife clash as they succeed in working together, writing hit Broadway shows, but fail in their marriage to the point of getting divorced twice."The Last Time I Saw Paris"
• Music: Jerome Kern • Lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein II - DirectorMark SandrichRobert AllenStarsBing CrosbyFred AstaireMarjorie ReynoldsAt an inn which is open only on holidays, a crooner and a hoofer vie for the affections of a beautiful up-and-coming performer."White Christmas"
• Music and lyrics: Irving Berlin - DirectorH. Bruce HumberstoneStarsAlice FayeJohn PayneJack OakieIn turn-of-the-century San Francisco, an ambitious vaudevillian takes his quartet from a honky tonk to the big time, while spurning the love of his troupe's star singer for a selfish heiress."You'll Never Know"
• Music: Harry Warren • Lyrics: Mack Gordon - DirectorLeo McCareyStarsBing CrosbyBarry FitzgeraldFrank McHughWhen young Father O'Malley arrives at St. Dominic's, old Father Fitzgibbon doesn't think much of the church's newest member."Swinging on a Star"
• Music: Jimmy Van Heusen • Lyrics: Johnny Burke - DirectorWalter LangStarsJeanne CrainDana AndrewsDick HaymesEach member of the Frake clan has his/her own reason for attending the annual Iowa State Fair."It Might as Well Be Spring"
• Music: Richard Rodgers • Lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein II - DirectorGeorge SidneyStarsJudy GarlandRay BolgerJohn HodiakOn a train trip West to become a mail-order bride, Susan Bradley (Judy Garland) meets a cheery crew of young women travelling out to open a "Harvey House" restaurant at a remote whistle-stop."On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe"
• Music: Harry Warren • Lyrics: Johnny Mercer - DirectorHarve FosterWilfred JacksonStarsRuth WarrickBobby DriscollJames BaskettThe kindly story-teller Uncle Remus tells a young boy stories about trickster Br'er Rabbit, who outwits Br'er Fox and slow-witted Br'er Bear."Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah"
• Music: Allie Wrubel • Lyrics: Ray Gilbert - DirectorNorman Z. McLeodStarsBob HopeJane RussellRobert ArmstrongCalamity Jane is dispatched to find out who's smuggling rifles to the Indians, and winds up married to a hapless correspondence-school dentist as part of her cover."Buttons and Bows"
• Music: Jay Livingston • Lyrics: Ray Evans - DirectorEdward BuzzellStarsEsther WilliamsRed SkeltonRicardo MontalbanA swimsuit fashion designer is determined to protect her scatterbrained sister from a South American heartbreaker, but a case of mistaken identity complicates matters."Baby, It's Cold Outside"
• Music and lyrics: Frank Loesser - DirectorMitchell LeisenStarsAlan LaddWanda HendrixFrancis LedererWhen an OSS officer returns to Italy to uncover the informer who cost lives of villagers, he unexpectedly finds out that his lover is alive and connected to the traitor."Mona Lisa"
Music and lyrics: Ray Evans & Jay Livingston - DirectorFrank CapraStarsBing CrosbyJane WymanAlexis SmithForeign correspondent Pete Garvey has 5 days to win back his former fiancée, or he'll lose the orphans he adopted."In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening"
Music: Hoagy Carmichael • Lyrics: Johnny Mercer - DirectorFred ZinnemannStarsGary CooperGrace KellyThomas MitchellA town Marshal, despite the disagreements of his newlywed bride and the townspeople around him, must face a gang of deadly killers alone at "high noon" when the gang leader, an outlaw he "sent up" years ago, arrives on the noon train."The Ballad of High Noon"
Music: Dimitri Tiomkin • Lyrics: Ned Washington - DirectorDavid ButlerStarsDoris DayHoward KeelAllyn Ann McLerieThe story of Calamity Jane, her saloon, and her romance with Wild Bill Hickok."Secret Love"
Music: Sammy Fain • Lyrics: Paul Francis Webster - DirectorJean NegulescoStarsClifton WebbDorothy McGuireJean PetersThree American women working in Rome, Italy share a spacious apartment and the desire to find love and marriage. Each one experiences a few bumps in her journey to romance."Three Coins in the Fountain"
Music: Jule Styne • Lyrics: Sammy Cahn - DirectorHenry KingOtto LangStarsWilliam HoldenJennifer JonesTorin ThatcherA widowed Chinese-English doctor falls in love with a married American correspondent in Hong Kong during China's Communist Revolution."Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing"
Music: Sammy Fain • Lyrics: Paul Francis Webster - DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsJames StewartDoris DayBrenda de BanzieAn American doctor and his wife, a former singing star, witness a murder while vacationing in Morocco, and are drawn into a twisting plot of international intrigue when their young son is kidnapped."Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)"
Music and lyrics: Ray Evans & Jay Livingston - DirectorCharles VidorStarsFrank SinatraMitzi GaynorJeanne CrainFrank Sinatra plays Joe E. Lewis, a famous comedian of the 1930s-50s. When the movie opens, Lewis is a young, talented singer who performs in speakeasies. When he bolts one job for another, the mob boss who owns the first speakeasy has his thugs try to kill Lewis. Lewis survives, but his vocal cords are cut and he cannot sing. Several years later, his buddy tracks him down and tries to help him with little success. That attempt, though, leads to Lewis meeting Letty Page (Jeanne Crain). They fall in love and she inspires him to follow up on an offer to become a comedian (a result of his buddy's failed attempt to rejuvenate his singing career). Lewis has problems, though. The assault that nearly cost him his life also helped turn him into an alcoholic and an inveterate gambler. These two character defects become the basis for his act and help to make him a smash success. Unfortunately, they also work to wreak havoc in his personal life."All the Way"
Music: Jimmy Van Heusen • Lyrics: Sammy Cahn - DirectorVincente MinnelliCharles WaltersStarsLeslie CaronMaurice ChevalierLouis JourdanWeary of the conventions of Parisian society, a rich playboy and a youthful courtesan-in-training enjoy a platonic friendship which may not stay platonic for long."Gigi"
Music: Frederick Loewe • Lyrics: Alan Jay Lerner