Musicals 1930-1949 - 100 Years of Movie Posters - 26

A Chronology of Posters for Musicals 1930-1949.

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Flying Down to Rio (1933) Directed by Thornton Freeland. 89mins.

Dolores del Rio - Belinha De Rezende
Gene Raymond - Roger Bond
Ginger Rogers - Honey Hale
Fred Astaire - Fred Ayres
Etta Moten - The Carioca Singer
Paul Porcasi - The Mayor
Reginald Barlow - The Banker
Eric Blore - The Head Waiter

IMDB rating 6.7

42nd Street (1933) Directed by Lloyd Bacon. 89mins.

Warner Baxter - Julian Marsh
Bebe Daniels - Dorothy Brock
George Brent - Pat Denning
Ruby Keeler - Peggy Sawyer
Dick Powell - Billy Lawler
Guy Kibbee - Abner Dillon
Una Merkel - Lorraine Fleming
Ginger Rogers - Ann 'Anytime Annie' Lowell

IMDB rating 7.6

Footlight Parade (1933) Directed by Lloyd Bacon. 104mins.

James Cagney - Chester Kent
Joan Blondell - Nan Prescott
Ruby Keeler - Bea Thorn
Dick Powell - Scott Blair
Frank McHugh - Francis
Guy Kibbee - Silas Gould
Hugh Herbert - Charlie Bowers

IMDB rating 7.6

Golddiggers of 1933 (1933) Directed by Mervyn LeRoy. 97mins.

Warren William - Lawrence
Joan Blondell - Carol
Ruby Keeler - Polly
Dick Powell - Brad
Guy Kibbee - Peabody
Ned Sparks - Barney
Ginger Rogers - Fay

IMDB rating 8.0

Dames (1934) Directed by Ray Enright & Busby Berkeley. 91mins.

Joan Blondell - Mabel Anderson
Dick Powell - James Higgens
Ruby Keeler - Barbara Hemingway
Zasu Pitts - Matilda Ounce Hemingway
Guy Kibbee - Horace Peter Hemingway
Hugh Herbert - Ezra Ounce

IMDB rating 7.2

The Gay Divorcee (1934) Directed by Mark Sandrich. 107mins.

Fred Astaire - Guy Holden
Ginger Rogers - Mimi Glossop
Alice Brady - Aunt Hortense
Edward Everett Horton - Egbert Fitzgerald
Erik Rhodes - Rodolfo Tonetti
Eric Blore - The Waiter
Betty Grable - Dance Specialty

IMDB rating 7.5

Top Hat (1935) Directed by Mark Sandrich. 101mins.

Fred Astaire - Jerry Travers
Ginger Rogers - Dale Tremont
Edward Everett Horton - Horace Hardwick
Erik Rhodes - Alberto Beddini
Eric Blore - Bates
Helen Broderick - Madge Hardwick

IMDB rating 7.7

Born to Dance (1936) Directed by Roy Del Ruth. 106mins.

Eleanor Powell - Nora Paige
James Stewart - Ted Barker
Virginia Bruce - Lucy James
Una Merkel - Jenny Saks
Sid Silvers - 'Gunny' Sacks
Buddy Ebsen - 'Mush' Tracy

IMDB rating 6.7

The Great Ziegfeld (1936) Directed by Robert Z. Leonard. 176mins

William Powell - Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.
Myrna Loy - Billie Burke
Luise Rainer - Anna Held
Frank Morgan - Jack Billings
Fanny Brice - Herself
Virginia Bruce - Audrey Dane
Reginald Owen - Sampston
Ray Bolger - Himself

IMDB rating 6.9

Follow the Fleet (1936) Directed by Mark Sandrich. 110mins.

Fred Astaire - Bake Baker
Ginger Rogers - Sherry Martin
Randolph Scott - Bilge Smith
Betty Grable - Singer in Trio
Harry Beresford - Captain Hickey
Lucille Ball - Kitty Collins

IMDB rating 7.2

Show Boat (1936) Directed by James Whale. 113mins.

Irene Dunne - Magnolia Hawks
Allan Jones - Gaylord Ravenal
Charles Winninger - Cap'n Andy Hawks
Paul Robeson - Joe
Helen Morgan - Julie LaVerne
Donald Cook - Steve
Hattie McDaniel - Queenie

IMDB rating 7.6

Swing Time (1936) Directed by George Stevens. 103mins.

Fred Astaire - Lucky Garnett
Ginger Rogers - Penny Carroll
Victor Moore - Pop Cardetti
Helen Broderick - Mabel Anderson
Eric Blore - Gordon
Betty Furness - Margaret Watson
Georges Metaxa - Ricky Romero

IMDB rating 7.6

Rose Marie (1936) Directed by W.S. Van Dyke. 113mins.

Jeanette MacDonald - Marie de Flor
Nelson Eddy - Sgt. Bruce
Reginald Owen - Myerson
Allan Jones - Romeo
James Stewart - John Flower
Alan Mowbray - Premier

IMDB rating 6.9

Shall We Dance (1937) Directed by Mark Sandrich. 109mins.

Fred Astaire - Peter P. Peters
Ginger Rogers - Linda Keene
Edward Everett Horton - Jeffrey Baird
Eric Blore - Cecil Flintridge
Jerome Cowan - Arthur Miller
Ketti Gallian - Lady Denise Tarrington

IMDB rating 7.5

Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938) Directed by Henry King. 106mins.

Tyrone Power - Roger Grant
Alice Faye - Stella Kirby
Don Ameche - Charlie Dwyer
Ethel Merman - Jerry Allen
Jack Haley - Davey Lane
Jean Hersholt - Professor Heinrich
John Carradine - Speakeasy Doorman

IMDB rating 7.1

Babes in Arms (1939) Directed by Busby Berkeley. 94mins.

Mickey Rooney - Mickey Moran
Judy Garland - Patsy Barton
Charles Winninger - Joe Moran
Guy Kibbee - Judge Black
Henry Hull - Madox
Margaret Hamilton - Martha Steele

IMDB rating 6.5

The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939) Directed by H.C. Potter. 93mins.

Fred Astaire - Vernon Castle
Ginger Rogers - Irene Castle
Edna May Oliver - Maggie Sutton
Walter Brennan - Walter
Lew Fields - Lew Fields
Leonid Kinskey - Artist

IMDB rating 6.9

The Wizard of Oz (1939) Directed by Victor Fleming. 101mins.

Judy Garland - Dorothy Gale
Frank Morgan - Professor Marvel / The Wizard of Oz / The Gatekeeper / The Guard
Ray Bolger - Hunk / The Scarecrow
Bert Lahr - Zeke / The Cowardly Lion
Jack Haley - Hickory / The Tin Man
Billie Burke - Glinda - The Good Witch of the North
Margaret Hamilton - Miss Gulch / The Wicked Witch of the West

IMDB rating 8.2

Down Argentine Way (1940) Directed by Irving Cummings. 89mins.

Don Ameche - Ricardo Quintana
Betty Grable - Glenda Crawford
Carmen Miranda - Herself
Charlotte Greenwood - Binnie Crawford
J. Carrol Naish - Casiano
Henry Stephenson - Don Diego Quintana

IMDB rating 6.8

Strike Up the Band (1940) Directed by Busby Berkeley. 120mins.

Mickey Rooney - Jimmy Connors
Judy Garland - Mary Holden
June Preisser - Barbara Frances Morgan
William Tracy - Phillip Turner
Larry Nunn - Willie Brewster
Paul Whiteman - Himself

IMDB rating 6.9

Babes on Broadway (1941) Directed by Busby Berkeley. 118mins.

Mickey Rooney - Tommy Williams
Judy Garland - Penny Morris
Fay Bainter - Miss Jones
Virginia Weidler - Barbara Jo
Ray McDonald - Ray Lambert
Richard Quine - Morton Hammond
Donald Meek - Mr. Stone

IMDB rating 6.7

Moon over Miami (1941) Directed by Walter Lang. 91mins.

Don Ameche - Phil O'Neil
Betty Grable - Kathryn 'Kay' Latimer
Robert Cummings - Jeffrey Boulton II
Carole Landis - Barbara Latimer
Jack Haley - Jack O'Hara
Charlotte Greenwood - Susan Latimer

IMDB rating 6.8

That Night in Rio (1941) Directed by Irving Cummings. 91mins.

Alice Faye - Cecilia Duarte
Don Ameche - Larry Martin
Carmen Miranda - Carmen
S.Z. Sakall - Arthur Penna
J. Carrol Naish - Machado
Leonid Kinskey - Monsieur Pierre Dufond
Maria Montez - Inez

IMDB rating 6.9

Ziegfeld Girl (1941) Directed by Robert Z. Leonard & Busby Berkeley. 132mins.

James Stewart - Gilbert Young
Judy Garland - Susan Gallagher
Hedy Lamarr - Sandra Kolter
Lana Turner - Sheila Regan
Tony Martin - Frank Merton
Jackie Cooper - Jerry Regan
Ian Hunter - Geoffrey Collis
Dan Dailey - Jimmy Walters

IMDB rating 6.7

Weekend in Havana (1941) Directed by Walter Lang. 81mins.

Alice Faye - Miss Nan Spencer
Carmen Miranda - Rosita Rivas
John Payne - Jay Williams
Cesar Romero - Monte Blanca
Cobina Wright - Terry McCracken
George Barbier - Mr. Walter McCracken
Sheldon Leonard - Boris

IMDB rating 6.5

For Me and My Gal (1942) Directed by Busby Berkeley.104mins

Judy Garland - Jo Hayden
Gene Kelly - Harry Palmer
George Murphy - Jimmy K. Metcalf
Martha Eggerth - Eve Minard
Ben Blue - Sid Simms
Stephen McNally - Mr. Waring

IMDB rating 7.0

Holiday Inn (1942) Directed by Mark Sandrich. 100mins.

Bing Crosby - Jim Hardy
Fred Astaire - Ted Hanover
Marjorie Reynolds - Linda Mason
Virginia Dale - Lila Dixon
Walter Abel - Danny Reed
Louise Beavers - Mamie

IMDB rating 7.4

My Gal Sal (1942) Directed by Irving Cummings. 103mins.

Rita Hayworth - Sally Elliott
Victor Mature - Paul Dresser
John Sutton - Fred Haviland
Carole Landis - Mae Collins
James Gleason - Pat Hawley
Phil Silvers - Wiley

IMDB rating 6.4

Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) Directed by Michael Curtiz. 126mins.

James Cagney - George M. Cohan
Joan Leslie - Mary
Walter Huston - Jerry Cohan
Richard Whorf - Sam Harris
Irene Manning - Fay Templeton
George Tobias - Dietz
Rosemary DeCamp - Nellie Cohan
Jeanne Cagney - Josie Cohan

IMDB rating 7.7

You Were Never Lovelier (1942) Directed by William A. Seiter. 97mins.

Fred Astaire - Robert Davis
Rita Hayworth - Maria Acuna
Adolphe Menjou - Eduardo Acuna
Isobel Elsom - Mrs. Maria Castro
Leslie Brooks - Cecy Acuna
Xavier Cugat - Himself

IMDB rating 7.2

Cabin in the Sky (1943) Directed by Vincente Minnelli. 98mins.

Ethel Waters - Petunia Jackson
Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson - Little Joe Jackson
Lena Horne - Georgia Brown
Louis Armstrong - The Trumpeter
Rex Ingram - Lucius / Lucifer Jr.
Butterfly McQueen - Lily

IMDB rating 7.0

The Gang's All Here (1943) Directed by Busby Berkeley. 103mins.

Alice Faye - Edie Allen
Carmen Miranda - Dorita
Phil Baker - Phil Baker
Benny Goodman - Himself
Eugene Pallette - Andrew Mason Sr.
Charlotte Greenwood - Mrs. Peyton Potter
Edward Everett Horton - Peyton Potter

IMDB rating 6.8

Girl Crazy (1943) Directed by Norman Taurog & Busby Berkeley. 99mins.

Mickey Rooney - Danny Churchill, Jr.
Judy Garland - Ginger Gray
Gil Stratton - Bud Livermore
Robert E. Strickland - Henry Lathrop
June Allyson - Specialty Singer
Nancy Walker - Polly Williams
Guy Kibbee - Dean Phineas Armour

IMDB rating 6.9

Bathing Beauty (1944) Directed by George Sidney. 101mins.

Red Skelton - Steve Elliot
Esther Williams - Caroline Brooks
Basil Rathbone - George Adams
Bill Goodwin - Professor Willis Evans
Jean Porter - Jean Allenwood
Nana Bryant - Dean Clinton
Margaret Dumont - Mrs. Allenwood

IMDB rating 6.2

Cover Girl (1944) Directed by Charles Vidor. 107mins.

Rita Hayworth - Rusty Parker
Gene Kelly - Danny McGuire
Lee Bowman - Noel Wheaton
Phil Silvers - Genius
Leslie Brooks - Maurine Martin
Eve Arden - Cornelia 'Stonewall' Jackson
Otto Kruger - John Coudair

IMDB rating 6.9

Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) Directed by Vincente Minnelli. 113mins

Judy Garland - Esther Smith
Margaret O'Brien - 'Tootie' Smith
Mary Astor - Mrs. Anna Smith
Lucille Bremer - Rose Smith
Leon Ames - Mr. Alonzo Smith
Tom Drake - John Truett
Marjorie Main - Katie - Maid
Harry Davenport - Grandpa Prophater
June Lockhart - Lucille Ballard

IMDB rating 7.6

Anchors Aweigh (1945) Directed by George Sidney. 143mins

Frank Sinatra - Clarence Doolittle
Gene Kelly - Joseph Brady
Kathryn Grayson - Susan Abbott
Dean Stockwell - Donald Martin
Pamela Britton - Girl from Brooklyn
José Iturbi - Himself

IMDB rating 7.0

Ziegfeld Follies (1945) Directed by Vincente Minnelli. 110mins

Fred Astaire - Himself
Lucille Ball - Herself
Judy Garland - Herself
Kathryn Grayson - Herself
Lena Horne - Herself
Gene Kelly - Himself
Red Skelton - J. Newton Numbskull
Esther Williams - Herself
William Powell - Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.
Cyd Charisse - Herself
Hume Cronyn - Monty
Keenan Wynn - Himself

IMDB rating 6.6

Blue Skies (1946) Directed by Stuart Heisler. 104mins.

Bing Crosby - Johnny Adams
Fred Astaire - Jed Potter
Joan Caulfield - Mary O'Hara
Billy De Wolfe - Tony
Olga San Juan - Nita Nova
Frank Faylen - Mack

IMDB rating 6.5

The Harvey Girls (1946) Directed by George Sidney. 102mins.

Judy Garland - Susan Bradley
John Hodiak - Ned Trent
Ray Bolger - Chris Maule
Angela Lansbury - Em
Preston Foster - Judge Sam Purvis
Chill Wills - H.H. Hartsey
Cyd Charisse - Deborah Andrews

IMDB rating 7.0

The Jolson Story (1946) Directed by Alfred E. Green. 128mins

Larry Parks - Al Jolson
Evelyn Keyes - Julie Benson
William Demarest - Steve Martin
Bill Goodwin - Tom Baron
Ludwig Donath - Cantor Yoelson
Scotty Beckett - Al Jolson, as a boy

IMDB rating 7.3

Till The Clouds Roll By (1946) Directed by Richard Whorf. 132mins.

June Allyson - Jane Witherspoon
Lucille Bremer - Sally Hessler
Judy Garland - Marilyn Miller
Kathryn Grayson - Magnolia Hawks
Van Heflin - James I. Hessler
Lena Horne - Julie LaVerne
Van Johnson - Bandleader in Elite Club
Tony Martin - Gaylord Ravenal
Dinah Shore - Herself
Frank Sinatra - Himself
Robert Walker - Jerome Kern
Cyd Charisse - Dance Specialty
Angela Lansbury - London Specialty

IMDB rating 6.5

A Date With Judy (1948) Directed by Richard Thorpe. 113mins.

Wallace Beery - Melvin R. Foster
Jane Powell - Judy Foster
Elizabeth Taylor - Carol Pringle
Carmen Miranda - Rosita Cochellas
Robert Stack - Stephen Andrews
Xavier Cugat - Himself

IMDB rating 6.3

Easter Parade (1948) Directed by Charles Walters. 107mins.

Judy Garland - Hannah Brown
Fred Astaire - Don Hewes
Peter Lawford - Jonathan Harrow III
Ann Miller - Nadine Hale
Jules Munshin - Headwaiter François
Clinton Sundberg - Mike the Bartender

IMDB rating 7.3

The Pirate (1948) Directed by Vincente Minnelli. 102mins.

Judy Garland - Manuela
Gene Kelly - Serafin
Walter Slezak - Don Pedro Vargas
Gladys Cooper - Aunt Inez
Reginald Owen - The Advocate
George Zucco - The Viceroy

IMDB rating 7.0

Words and Music (1948) Directed by Norman Taurog. 120mins

June Allyson - Alisande La Carteloise
Perry Como - Himself
Judy Garland - Herself
Lena Horne - Herself
Gene Kelly - Himself
Mickey Rooney - Lorenz Hart
Ann Sothern - Joyce Harmon
Tom Drake - Richard Rodgers
Cyd Charisse - Margo Grant
Betty Garrett - Peggy Lorgan McNeil
Janet Leigh - Dorothy Feiner Rodgers

IMDB rating 6.3

Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949) Directed by Busby Berkeley. 93mins.

Frank Sinatra - Dennis Ryan
Esther Williams - K.C. Higgins
Gene Kelly - Eddie O'Brien
Betty Garrett - Shirley Delwyn
Edward Arnold - Joe Lorgan
Jules Munshin - Nat Goldberg

IMDB rating 6.7

The Barkleys of Broadway (1949) Directed by Charles Walters. 109mins.

Fred Astaire - Josh Barkley
Ginger Rogers - Dinah Barkley
Oscar Levant - Ezra Millar
Billie Burke - Mrs. Livingston Belney
Gale Robbins - Shirlene May
George Zucco - The Judge

IMDB rating 6.9

Neptune's Daughter (1949) Directed by Edward Buzzell. 95mins.

Esther Williams - Eve Barrett
Red Skelton - Jack Spratt
Ricardo Montalban - José O'Rourke
Betty Garrett - Betty Barrett
Keenan Wynn - Joe Backett
Xavier Cugat - Himself
Mel Blanc - Pancho

IMDB rating 6.0

On the Town (1949) Directed by Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly. 98mins.

Gene Kelly - Gabey
Frank Sinatra - Chip
Jules Munshin - Ozzie
Betty Garrett - Brunhilde Esterhazy
Ann Miller - Claire Huddesen
Vera-Ellen - Ivy Smith

IMDB rating 7.6