Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1960's

Synopsis

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).

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Key crew

• Mark McLaughlinDirector
• Mark McLaughlinWriter

Cast

• Shirley JonesSelf - Host
• Rita MorenoSelf
• Julie Andrews(archive footage)
• Dick Van Dyke(archive footage)
• Judy Garland(archive footage)
• Liza Minnelli(archive footage)
• Audrey Hepburn(archive footage)
• Rex Harrison(archive footage)
• Natalie Wood(archive footage)
• Glynis Johns(archive footage)
• George Chakiris(archive footage)
• Sally Ann Howes(archive footage)

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