Best musicals 1941 – 1950 - Charts
Best musicals 1941 – 1950
1. Cinderella (1950)
USA, Animation / Family
Directed by: Hamilton Luske, Wilfred Jackson
Cast: Eleanor Audley, June Foray
2. Dumbo (1941)
USA, Animation / Musical
Directed by: Ben Sharpsteen
Cast: Edward Brophy, Sterling Holloway
3. Rhapsody in Blue (1945)
USA, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Irving Rapper
Cast: Robert Alda, Joan Leslie
4. Easter Parade (1948)
USA, Musical / Romance
Directed by: Charles Walters
Cast: Judy Garland, Fred Astaire
5. You Were Never Lovelier (1942)
USA, Comedy / Musical
Directed by: William A. Seiter
Cast: Fred Astaire, Rita Hayworth
6. The Barkleys of Broadway (1949)
USA, Comedy / Musical
Directed by: Charles Walters
Cast: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers
7. You'll Never Get Rich (1941)
USA, Comedy / Musical
Directed by: Sidney Lanfield
Cast: Fred Astaire, Rita Hayworth
9. Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
USA, Musical / Family
Directed by: Vincente Minnelli
Cast: Judy Garland, Margaret O'Brien
10. Mr. Bug Goes to Town (1941)
USA, Family / Animation
Directed by: Dave Fleischer, Shamus Culhane
Cast: Jack Mercer, Mae Questel
11. It Started with Eve (1941)
USA, Comedy / Musical
Directed by: Henry Koster
Cast: Deanna Durbin, Charles Laughton
12. Holiday Inn (1942)
USA, Romance / Comedy
Directed by: Mark Sandrich
Cast: Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire
13. Sun Valley Serenade (1941)
USA, Musical / Comedy
Directed by: H. Bruce Humberstone
Cast: Sonja Henie, John Payne
14. Anchors Aweigh (1945)
USA, Adventure / Comedy
Directed by: George Sidney
Cast: Frank Sinatra, Kathryn Grayson
15. On the Town (1949)
USA, Comedy / Musical
Directed by: Gene Kelly, Stanley Donen
Cast: Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra
16. Two Girls and a Sailor (1944)
USA, Musical / Comedy
Directed by: Richard Thorpe
Cast: June Allyson, Gloria DeHaven
17. Three Little Words (1950)
USA, Musical / Comedy
Directed by: Richard Thorpe
Cast: Fred Astaire, Red Skelton
19. Cover Girl (1944)
USA, Comedy / Musical
Directed by: Charles Vidor
Cast: Rita Hayworth, Gene Kelly
20. Ziegfeld Follies (1945)
USA, Comedy / Musical
Directed by: Charles Walters, Norman Taurog
Cast: Fred Astaire, Lucille Ball
21. The Harvey Girls (1946)
USA, Musical / Western
Directed by: George Sidney
Cast: Judy Garland, John Hodiak
22. A Song Is Born (1948)
USA, Comedy / Musical
Directed by: Howard Hawks
Cast: Danny Kaye, Virginia Mayo
23. Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
USA, Drama / Musical
Directed by: Michael Curtiz
Cast: James Cagney, Joan Leslie
24. Birth of the Blues (1941)
USA, Musical / Music
Directed by: Victor Schertzinger
Cast: Bing Crosby, Mary Martin
25. Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949)
USA, Comedy / Musical
Directed by: Busby Berkeley
Cast: Frank Sinatra, Esther Williams
26. Romance on the High Seas (1948)
USA, Comedy / Musical
Directed by: Michael Curtiz
Cast: Jack Carson, Janis Paige
27. Love Happy (1949)
USA, Comedy / Puppet
Directed by: David Miller, Leo McCarey
Cast: Harpo Marx, Chico Marx
28. Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943)
USA, Comedy / Musical
Directed by: David Butler
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Eddie Cantor
29. Ziegfeld Girl (1941)
USA, Drama / Musical
Directed by: Robert Z. Leonard, Busby Berkeley
Cast: James Stewart, Judy Garland
30. For Me and My Gal (1942)
USA, Drama / Musical
Directed by: Busby Berkeley
Cast: Judy Garland, George Murphy
31. Night and Day (1946)
USA, Musical / Drama
Directed by: Michael Curtiz
Cast: Cary Grant, Alexis Smith
32. Blue Skies (1946)
USA, Musical / Comedy
Directed by: Mark Sandrich, Stuart Heisler
Cast: Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire
33. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1949)
USA, Comedy / Fantasy
Directed by: Tay Garnett
Cast: Bing Crosby, Rhonda Fleming
34. The Big Store (1941)
USA, Comedy / Musical
Directed by: Charles Reisner
Cast: Groucho Marx, Chico Marx
35. Syncopation (1942)
USA, Musical
Directed by: William Dieterle
Cast: Adolphe Menjou, Jackie Cooper
36. Tea for Two (1950)
USA, Musical / Comedy
Directed by: David Butler
Cast: Doris Day, Gordon MacRae
37. Wonder Man (1945)
USA, Comedy / Musical
Directed by: H. Bruce Humberstone
Cast: Danny Kaye, Virginia Mayo
38. Flame of Barbary Coast (1945)
USA, Western / Musical
Directed by: Joseph Kane
Cast: John Wayne, Ann Dvorak
39. Cossacks of the Kuban (1949)
Soviet Union, Comedy / Musical
Directed by: Ivan Pyrev
Cast: Marina Ladynina, Aleksandr Khvylya
40. Fun and Fancy Free (1947)
USA, Family / Animation
Directed by: William Morgan, Hamilton Luske
Cast: Edgar Bergen, Dinah Shore
41. My Dream Is Yours (1949)
USA, Comedy / Musical
Directed by: Friz Freleng, Michael Curtiz
Cast: Jack Carson, Doris Day
42. The Pirate (1948)
USA, Musical / Adventure
Directed by: Vincente Minnelli
Cast: Judy Garland, Gene Kelly
43. Ladies of the Chorus (1948)
USA, Musical
Directed by: Phil Karlson
Cast: Adele Jergens, Marilyn Monroe
44. Follow the Boys (1944)
USA, Comedy / Musical
Directed by: A. Edward Sutherland
Cast: George Raft, Vera Zorina
45. Girl Crazy (1943)
USA, Comedy / Musical
Directed by: Norman Taurog, Busby Berkeley
Cast: Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland
46. In the Good Old Summertime (1949)
USA, Musical
Directed by: Robert Z. Leonard, Buster Keaton
Cast: Judy Garland, Van Johnson
48. The Emperor Waltz (1948)
USA, Comedy / Musical
Directed by: Billy Wilder
Cast: Bing Crosby, Joan Fontaine
49. Babes on Broadway (1941)
USA, Musical / Comedy
Directed by: Busby Berkeley
Cast: Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland
50. Pas de week-end pour notre amour (1950)
France, Musical
Directed by: Pierre Montazel
Cast: Luis Mariano, Jules Berry
51. Song of the South (1946)
USA, Family / Musical
Directed by: Wilfred Jackson
Cast: Ruth Warrick, Bobby Driscoll
52. Stormy Weather (1943)
USA, Musical / Dance
Directed by: Andrew L. Stone
Cast: Lena Horne, Bill Robinson
53. The Three Caballeros (1944)
USA, Animation / Family
Directed by: Norman Ferguson
Cast: Aurora Miranda, Sterling Holloway
54. Make Mine Music (1946)
USA, Animation / Family
Directed by: Robert Cormack, Clyde Geronimi
Cast: Nelson Eddy, Dinah Shore
55. Melody Time (1948)
USA, Family / Animation
Directed by: Hamilton Luske, Jack Kinney
Cast: Roy Rogers, Trigger
56. Swing Parade of 1946 (1946)
USA, Musical / Comedy
Directed by: Phil Karlson
Cast: Gale Storm, Phil Regan