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This is a list of films and a few television series that were filled with music and dance that entertained hundreds of millions of people over the past 70 years who enjoy a great song and dance film (or TV show) as a form of entertainment to forget all of our troubles even if just for a brief moment in time. Some are animated feature films, some are dance and musicals and others are known more for their dramatic content but with great music scores.
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- StarsSinqua WallsKatlyn NicholChristopher JeffersonThe story of entrepreneur Don Cornelius, who developed the Soul Train show, which rose to prominence in the 1970s.Based on the syndicated musical/dance show Soul Train and its host and producer Don Cornelius's life story.
Please read my full review dated February 12th, 2019 - DirectorJohn BadhamStarsJohn TravoltaKaren Lynn GorneyBarry MillerAnxious about his future after high school, a 19-year-old Italian-American from Brooklyn tries to escape the harsh reality of his bleak family life by dominating the dance floor at the local disco.Disco music at its finest that resurrected the Bee Gees career that at the time was fading.
- DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsAnsel ElgortRachel ZeglerAriana DeBoseAn adaptation of the 1957 musical, West Side Story explores forbidden love and the rivalry between the Jets and the Sharks, two teenage street gangs of different ethnic backgrounds.
- DirectorAndrew SoltFord Beebe Jr.Les ClarkStarsTony AnselmoCorey BurtonEddie CarrollA Valentine's Day special featuring rock and roll music set to scenes from Disney animation.
- StarsDidi RomeroGabriel TarantiniAna Gabriela WolfermannGina, won a scholarship at the Instituto Musical del Caribe. Her ultimate dream is to compose songs for great artists and let everyone know her ideas and feelings, but she finds things seem immensely more complex than she expected.
- StarsDon CorneliusDiana PuskasQueen TurnerCreated by music impresario Don Cornelius, Soul Train is an African-American focused music-dance television program that aired 35 years, primarily featuring performances by R&B, soul, funk, pop, and hip hop artists.This musical/dance syndicated TV show ran for an incredible 35 seasons.
- DirectorNancy WalkerStarsRay SimpsonDavid HodoFelipe RoseA pseudo autobiography of disco's The Village People.
- DirectorRichard FleischerSidney J. FurieStarsLaurence OlivierNeil DiamondLucie ArnazThe son of a Jewish Cantor must defy the traditions of his religious father in order to pursue his dream of being a popular singer.Neil Diamond will forever be remembered for his strong performance and the musical score that sold millions of records/cd's.
- DirectorGeorge SidneyStarsDick Van DykeAnn-MargretJanet LeighA rock singer travels to a small Ohio town to make his "farewell" television performance and kiss his biggest fan before he is drafted.
- DirectorJerome RobbinsRobert WiseStarsNatalie WoodGeorge ChakirisRichard BeymerTwo youngsters from rival New York City gangs fall in love, but tensions between their respective friends build toward tragedy.
- DirectorVincente MinnelliStarsGene KellyVan JohnsonCyd CharisseTwo Americans on a hunting trip in Scotland become lost. They encounter a small village, not on the map, called Brigadoon, in which people harbor a mysterious secret, and behave as if they were still living two hundred years in the past.
- DirectorColin HigginsStarsBurt ReynoldsDolly PartonDom DeLuiseA town's Sheriff and regular patron of a historical whorehouse fights to keep it running when a television reporter targets it as the Devil's playhouse.
- StarsDick ClarkCharlie O'DonnellPeaches JohnsonDick Clark hosts a daily to weekly dance show that features the latest hit music for the attending teens to dance to. In addition, the show has performances by popular musicians and audience members rate songs.Dick Clark was the host of this weekly television show which introduced to North America so many great singers from all music genres who went on to fame and fortune.
Please read my full review dated January 20th, 2017 - DirectorH. Bruce HumberstoneStarsVirginia MayoRonald ReaganGene NelsonA burlesque dancer goes to college, where she romances a professor and helps put on a musical show.The lengthy dance and song scene performed by actor Gene Nelson as college football star Don Weston is an amazing feat of combining acrobatic feats choreographed to an amazingly entertaining song and dance number. Wow!
Please read my full review dated January 05th, 2018 - StarsWolfman JackHelen ReddyDonna SummerLate night rock and pop music performances are featured.
- DirectorRobert TownsendStarsRobert TownsendMichael WrightLeonThe story of the rise and fall of an African American vocal group.Leon's performance was simply amazing. His combination of song and dance are so mesmerizing that I would have loved to have seen this develop into a live stage play.
- DirectorMichael GraceyStarsHugh JackmanMichelle WilliamsZac EfronCelebrates the birth of show business and tells of a visionary who rose from nothing to create a spectacle that became a worldwide sensation.A wonderful evening of song, dance and romance to be enjoyed by the entire family. Perfect!
Please read my full review dated February 25th, 2018 - DirectorRob MarshallStarsRenée ZellwegerCatherine Zeta-JonesRichard GereTwo death-row murderesses develop a fierce rivalry while competing for publicity, celebrity, and a sleazy lawyer's attention.A great song and dance film with beautiful cinematography.
- DirectorStanley DonenGene KellyStarsGene KellyDonald O'ConnorDebbie ReynoldsA silent film star falls for a chorus girl just as he and his delusionally jealous screen partner are trying to make the difficult transition to talking pictures in 1920s Hollywood.
- StarsCharles Malik WhitfieldD.B. WoodsideTerron BrooksBiography of the singers who formed the hit Motown musical act, The Temptations.Once again Leon's performance as lead singer David Ruffin is so believable that you feel for his character during his downward spiral in to a drug addiction. Their music is simple beautiful.
- CreatorIan BrennanBrad FalchukRyan MurphyStarsLea MicheleJane LynchMatthew MorrisonA group of ambitious misfits try to escape the harsh realities of high school by joining a glee club headed by a passionate Spanish teacher.This television series lasted 6 wonderful seasons. Mrs, Shullivan and I looked forward to each weeks program in which a dozen new fresh faces danced and sang their way into our hearts. The story lines were a bit campy but on many occasions there was a very serious subject matter that was brought to the forefront.
- DirectorWayne BlairStarsChris O'DowdDeborah MailmanJessica MauboyIn 1968, four talented young Australian Aboriginal girls learn about love, friendship, and war when their all-girl group The Sapphires entertains the US troops in Vietnam.this film is based on a true story that is not only inspirational but wonderful to watch...again...and again.
- DirectorDamien ChazelleStarsRyan GoslingEmma StoneRosemarie DeWittWhile navigating their careers in Los Angeles, a pianist and an actress fall in love while attempting to reconcile their aspirations for the future.
- DirectorTaylor HackfordStarsJamie FoxxRegina KingKerry WashingtonThe story of the life and career of the legendary rhythm and blues musician Ray Charles, from his humble beginnings in the South, where he went blind at age seven, to his meteoric rise to stardom during the 1950s and 1960s.
- DirectorRobert TownsendStarsLeonJenifer LewisCarl LumblyThe story of Little Richard Penniman, from his poor Southern upbringing to dealing with the trials and tribulations of being a black singer in the 1950s, to his born-again phase and brief "retirement" from rock and roll.Leon provides yet another superb performance on the biography of singer/songwriter Little Richard who was THE pioneer of the rock and roll sound.