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Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1960's (2009)
Directed by Mark McLaughlin
Overview
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).
Length 142 minutes
Actors
Shirley Jones | Rita Moreno | Julie Andrews | Dick Van Dyke | Judy Garland | Liza Minnelli | Audrey Hepburn | Rex Harrison | Natalie Wood | Glynis Johns | George Chakiris | Sally Ann Howes