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Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta dance together in a decorated gymnasium during a scene from Grease (1978), with a crowd of people watching in the background. Rose-Marie Bert Lahr as the Cowardly Lion, Jack Haley as the Tin Man, Ray Bolger as the Scarecrow, Judy Garland as Dorothy, and Margaret Hamilton as the Wicked Witch in a stone-walled room from The Wizard of Oz. Judy Garland and Fred Astaire dance energetically together on stage in a scene from the 1948 film Easter Parade, with an audience seated in the background. Gene Kelly as Don Lockwood in Singin' in the Rain, joyfully hanging from a lamppost with an umbrella during a nighttime rainstorm on a city street. Fight scene from West Side Story Julie Andrews as Maria stands on a grassy hill with arms outstretched, wearing a black blouse and striped apron dress, in The Sound of Music. Liza Minnelli and Joel Grey perform on stage in Cabaret (1972), with Minnelli in a flapper dress and headpiece and Grey in a tuxedo and top hat, standing before a blue curtain with large currency symbols. Catherine Zeta-Jones, in a black fringed dress, performs a dance number on stage surrounded by backup dancers in a scene from the film Chicago.
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Judy Garland as Dorothy Gale, with her dog, Toto, from the motion picture film The Wizard of Oz (1939); directed by Mervyn LeRay. (cinema, movies)
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Invalidated site: The Washington Post - The glorious history of movie musicals. Jul 13, 2026
Add new Web site: The Washington Post - The glorious history of movie musicals. Aug 09, 2024
Add new Web site: BFI - All that glitters: The restless art of the movie musical. Nov 23, 2023
Add new Web site: Academia - The Evolution of the Twenty-First Century Musical Film: A Comparison Between Contemporary Hollywood Musicals to those of the Golden Age of Cinema. Sep 22, 2023
Link added. Feb 10, 2023
Add new Web site: Filmsite - Dance Films. Nov 13, 2018
Replaced photograph. Feb 09, 2016
Add new Web site: Matinee Classics - Musical Film. May 01, 2013
Replaced photograph. Dec 16, 2010
Media added. Aug 13, 2008
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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