Best musicals ... – 1940 - Charts
Best musicals ... – 1940
1. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
USA, Animation / Family
Directed by: David Hand
Cast: Roy Atwell, Stuart Buchanan
2. A Night at the Opera (1935)
USA, Comedy / Family
Directed by: Sam Wood
Cast: Groucho Marx, Chico Marx
3. The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939)
USA, Musical / Romance
Directed by: H.C. Potter
Cast: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers
4. Shall We Dance? (1937)
USA, Comedy / Musical
Directed by: Mark Sandrich
Cast: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers
6. The Wizard of Oz (1939)
USA, Family / Fantasy
Directed by: Victor Fleming, King Vidor
Cast: Judy Garland, Frank Morgan
7. The Gay Divorcee (1934)
USA, Comedy / Musical
Directed by: Mark Sandrich
Cast: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers
8. Swing Time (1936)
USA, Comedy / Musical
Directed by: George Stevens
Cast: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers
9. Carefree (1938)
USA, Comedy / Musical
Directed by: Mark Sandrich
Cast: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers
11. Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938)
USA, Musical / Drama
Directed by: Henry King
Cast: Tyrone Power, Alice Faye
13. Horse Feathers (1932)
USA, Comedy / Musical
Directed by: Norman Z. McLeod
Cast: Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx
14. Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940)
USA, Musical / Romance
Directed by: Norman Taurog
Cast: Fred Astaire, Eleanor Powell
15. The Cocoanuts (1929)
USA, Comedy / Musical
Directed by: Robert Florey, Joseph Santley
Cast: Chico Marx, Harpo Marx
16. The Great Ziegfeld (1936)
USA, Musical / Drama
Directed by: Robert Z. Leonard
Cast: William Powell, Myrna Loy
17. Follow the Fleet (1936)
USA, Comedy / Musical
Directed by: Mark Sandrich
Cast: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers
18. Roberta (1935)
USA, Comedy / Musical
Directed by: William A. Seiter
Cast: Irene Dunne, Fred Astaire
20. Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)
USA, Musical / Comedy
Directed by: Mervyn LeRoy
Cast: Warren William, Joan Blondell
22. Footlight Parade (1933)
USA, Musical / Comedy
Directed by: Lloyd Bacon
Cast: James Cagney, Joan Blondell
24. The Devil's Brother (1933)
USA, Comedy / Musical
Directed by: Hal Roach
Cast: Dennis King, Thelma Todd
25. Strike Up the Band (1940)
USA, Comedy / Musical
Directed by: Busby Berkeley
Cast: Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland
27. Three from the Filling Station (1930)
German Empire, Comedy / Musical
Directed by: Wilhelm Thiele
Cast: Willy Fritsch, Lilian Harvey
29. 42nd Street (1933)
USA, Musical / Romance
Directed by: Lloyd Bacon
Cast: Warner Baxter, Bebe Daniels
30. At the Circus (1939)
USA, Comedy / Musical
Directed by: Edward Buzzell
Cast: Groucho Marx, Chico Marx
31. Dames (1934)
USA, Comedy / Musical
Directed by: Busby Berkeley, Ray Enright
Cast: Joan Blondell, Dick Powell
32. Second Chorus (1940)
USA, Comedy / Romance
Directed by: H.C. Potter
Cast: Fred Astaire, Paulette Goddard
33. Babes in Toyland (1934)
USA, Musical / Comedy
Directed by: Gus Meins
Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy
34. The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (1929)
USA, Musical
Directed by: Charles Reisner
Cast: Conrad Nagel, Norma Shearer
35. Broadway Melody of 1938 (1937)
USA, Musical / Romance
Directed by: Roy Del Ruth
Cast: Robert Taylor, Eleanor Powell
37. Born to Dance (1936)
USA, Musical / Comedy
Directed by: Roy Del Ruth
Cast: Eleanor Powell, James Stewart
38. Hollywood Party (1934)
USA, Comedy / Musical
Directed by: Roy Rowland, Richard Boleslawski
Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy
39. In Old Chicago (1937)
USA, Drama / Musical
Directed by: Henry King
Cast: Tyrone Power, Alice Faye
40. Little Miss Broadway (1938)
USA, Musical
Directed by: Irving Cummings
Cast: Shirley Temple, George Murphy
41. Freedom for Us (1931)
France, Comedy / Musical
Directed by: René Clair
Cast: Henri Marchand, Raymond Cordy
42. Dancing Lady (1933)
USA, Musical / Comedy
Directed by: Robert Z. Leonard
Cast: Joan Crawford, Clark Gable
44. Paramount on Parade (1930)
USA, Musical
Directed by: Dorothy Arzner, Otto Brower
Cast: Maurice Chevalier, Richard Arlen
45. The Bohemian Girl (1936)
USA, Comedy / Musical
Directed by: James W. Horne
Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy
46. Monte Carlo (1930)
USA, Comedy / Musical
Directed by: Ernst Lubitsch
Cast: Jack Buchanan, Jeanette MacDonald
47. Flying Down to Rio (1933)
USA, Comedy / Musical
Directed by: Thornton Freeland
Cast: Dolores del Rio, Gene Raymond
48. Moscow Laughs (1934)
Soviet Union, Comedy / Musical
Directed by: Grigoriy Aleksandrov
Cast: Leonid Utyosov, Lyubov Orlova
49. Poor Little Rich Girl (1936)
USA, Family / Adventure
Directed by: Irving Cummings
Cast: Shirley Temple, Alice Faye
50. Volga, Volga (1938)
Soviet Union, Comedy / Musical
Directed by: Grigoriy Aleksandrov
Cast: Igor Ilinskiy, Lyubov Orlova
51. Applause (1929)
USA, Drama / Musical
Directed by: Rouben Mamoulian
Cast: Helen Morgan, Joan Peers
52. Zouzou (1934)
France, Crime / Musical
Directed by: Marc Allégret
Cast: Josephine Baker, Jean Gabin
54. Just Imagine (1930)
USA, Musical / Comedy
Directed by: David Butler
Cast: El Brendel, Maureen O'Sullivan
55. Babes in Arms (1939)
USA, Musical / Comedy
Directed by: Busby Berkeley
Cast: Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland
56. The Broadway Melody (1929)
USA, Musical / Romance
Directed by: Harry Beaumont
Cast: Charles King, Anita Page
57. Vy neznáte Alberta (1940)
Czechoslovakia, Comedy / Music
Directed by: Čeněk Šlégl
Cast: Jára Kohout, Theodor Pištěk
59. Elstree Calling (1930)
UK, Comedy / Musical
Directed by: Jack Hulbert, André Charlot
Cast: Jameson Thomas, Gordon Harker