From the tin pan alleys of Hooptober 10 to the great white way of his very own Musical MAYhem #1, Yarjka presents an all musicals all month merry matinee revue!
Translation: a watch-a-bunch-of-musicals-in-the-month-of-May project, inspired by Cinemonster’s horror marathon seasonal.
Here's Yarjka's post for reference.
I’m in. Gotta do something to pass the time till I die in 30 years, ay? No but I love musicals and this was a chance to burrow further down into ones I hadn’t gotten around to yet or were even aware of until now. Let’s break a leg.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
4 Black-and-White Films
- Honolulu (1939)
- Tin Pan Alley (1940)
- Hellzapoppin' (1941)
- Awaara (1951)
4 Academy Award Best Picture and/or Golden Globe…
From the tin pan alleys of Hooptober 10 to the great white way of his very own Musical MAYhem #1, Yarjka presents an all musicals all month merry matinee revue!
Translation: a watch-a-bunch-of-musicals-in-the-month-of-May project, inspired by Cinemonster’s horror marathon seasonal.
Here's Yarjka's post for reference.
I’m in. Gotta do something to pass the time till I die in 30 years, ay? No but I love musicals and this was a chance to burrow further down into ones I hadn’t gotten around to yet or were even aware of until now. Let’s break a leg.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
4 Black-and-White Films
- Honolulu (1939)
- Tin Pan Alley (1940)
- Hellzapoppin' (1941)
- Awaara (1951)
4 Academy Award Best Picture and/or Golden Globe Best Motion Picture Winners (all Golden Globe winners for me; seen the Oscar ones already)
- With a Song in My Heart (1952)
- Carmen Jones (1954)
- The King and I (1956)
- A Star is Born (1976)
3 Films Starring Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, and/or Judy Garland
- Yolanda and the Thief (1945) (Astaire)
- Ziegfeld Follies (1945) (all 3 of them)
- Living in a Big Way (1947) (Kelly)
3 Films Based on Musicals by Rodgers and Hammerstein, Stephen Sondheim, and/or Andrew Lloyd Webber
- Carousel (1956) (Rogers & Hammerstein)
- A Little Night Music (1977) (Sondheim)
- Evita (1996) (Lloyd Webber)
3 Bollywood, Japanese, and/or Soviet Films
- Carnival Night (1956) (Soviet)
- Madhumati (1958) (Bollywood)
- The Legend of the Stardust Brothers (1985) (Japan)
3 Concert Films, Documentary Films, and/or Musical Biopics
- No Nukes (1980) (concert)
- Good Vibrations (2012) (musical biopic)
- The Elephant 6 Recording Co. (2022) (documentary)
2 Cult Classics and/or Poorly Received Films
- Ferry Cross the Mersey (1965)
- Blues Brothers 2000 (1998)
2 Different Versions of the Same Musical
- Anything Goes (1936)
- Anything Goes (1956)
2 Animated Films
- Rock & Rule (1983)
- The Lorax (2012)
1 Sung-Through Film
- A Room in Town (1982)
1 Modern Adaptation
- Annie (2014)
1 LGBTQ-Related Film
- Cry-Baby (1990)
1 African-American Film
- Stormy Weather (1943)