Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1960's

IMDb 0.0 2009 • 142 min • Documentary

Director

Mark McLaughlin

Country

US

Plot Summary

Documentary looking at the history of Hollywood musicals in the 1960s. This decade saw independent film companies becoming more prominent as the bigger Hollywood studios, who produced the mainstream musicals, experienced a decline. This brought the emergence of more realistic story lines and the use of contemporary music like rock 'n' roll. This programme features songs from the musicals 'West Side Story' (1961), 'The Music Man' (1962), 'Mary Poppins' (1964), 'The Umbrellas of Cherbourg' (1964), 'Funny Girl' (1968), 'Oliver!' (1968) and 'Sweet Charity' (1969).

Top Cast

Shirley Jones
Shirley Jones Self - Host
Rita Moreno
Rita Moreno Self
Julie Andrews
Julie Andrews (archive footage)
Dick Van Dyke
Dick Van Dyke (archive footage)
Judy Garland
Judy Garland (archive footage)