Film Musicals
Some of these resources are located in the Music Library's reference section, and can only be used within the library. Click on the title to check the location and availability.
These are about Hollywood musicals, not necessarily Broadway ones. Some film musicals were adapted from the staged productions and others exist in the film version alone (or first).
- The Best, Worst & Most Unusual: Hollywood Musicals byCall Number: mul PN1995.9.M86K3 1983
- Blue Skies and Silver Linings: Aspects of the Hollywood Musical byCall Number: PN1995.9.M86B3 1985
- Can't Help Singin': The American Musical on Stage and Screen byCall Number: ML1711.M39 1987
- Disintegrating the Musical: Black Performance and American Musical Film byCall Number: mul PN1995.9.N4 K59 2002
- Film It with Music: An Encyclopedic Guide to the American Movie Musical byCall Number: Music Ref PN1995.9.M86 H57 2001
- The Golden Age of Movie Musicals and Me byCall Number: ML410.C4177 A3 1994
- Harry Warren and the Hollywood Musical byCall Number: popovsz ML410.W2959T5
- Hollywood Musicals byCall Number: popovsz PN1995.9.M86S4
- Hollywood Musicals: The Film Reader byCall Number: ML2075 .H65 2002
- Hollywood Musicals Year by Year byCall Number: popref PN1995.9.M86G74 1990
- Red, Hot & Blue: A Smithsonian Salute to the American Musical byCall Number: ML141.W3 N38 1996Library use only
- Singing a New Tune: The Rebirth of the Modern Film Musical, from Evita to De-lovely and Beyond byCall Number: PN1995.9.M86 M85 20051st floor
- Through the Screen Door: What Happened to the Broadway Musical When it Went to Hollywood byCall Number: ML1711 .H42 2004
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DVDs or VHS of Film Musicals
These selections are about movies made from musicals, not the filmed versions of live musicals. See Videos of Live Musicals for recordings of the staged versions.
- DreamgirlsCall Number: MUSICDVD00661
- GreaseCall Number: MUSICDVD00667
- A Little Night MusicCall Number: MUSICDVD00472
- My Fair LadyCall Number: MUSICDVD01329
- The ProducersCall Number: MUSICDVD00464
- Sweeney ToddCall Number: MUSICDVD00531
Till the Clouds Roll ByCall Number: MUSICDVD00804
From Hollywood to Broadway
In a few rare cases, a musical starts off in Hollywood and then goes to Broadway.
- 42nd StreetCall Number: MUSICDVD00915
- The School of RockCall Number: MUSICDVD00782
