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Best Musical Films of 1938


Little Miss Broadway

Child star Shirley Temple ... of Little Miss Broadway exist showing Shirley Temple doing a frighteningly accurate impersonation of her costar Jimmy Durante (ha-cha-cha-cha-cha!) [ best musical films - 1938 ]

Alexander's Ragtime Band

His Aunt Sophie (Helen ... into the theater, where she's reconciled with Roger. He brings her onstage to perform the number with his band. [ best musical films - 1938 ]

Carefree

It's more Ginger Rogers ... out of her hypnosis and get her back to normal so that they can both fall into the clinch. [ best musical films - 1938 ]

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm

Previously filmed in 1917 ... climactic tap duet spotlighting Temple and the inimitable Bill Robinson, danced to the tune of Raymond Scott's "Toy Trumpet". [ best musical films - 1938 ]

Just Around the Corner

Just Around the Corner ... take when seen today is the closing "Buttons and Epaulets" production number, performed by a chorus of servile blacks. [ best musical films - 1938 ]

The Goldwyn Follies

A longtime admirer of ... dummy Charlie McCarthy, and a trio of zany animal trainers who look, sound and act like the Ritz Brothers. [ best musical films - 1938 ]

Gold Diggers in Paris

The last and least ... note is "The Latin Quarter," later put to excellent use in countless Bugs Bunny and Pepe Le Pew cartoons. [ best musical films - 1938 ]

The Duke Is Tops

Also known as The ... The dialogue is for the birds, but The Duke Is Tops is aces when it comes to musical numbers. [ best musical films - 1938 ]

Perjura

An aristocratic Mexican family ... to an end with the passing of the 19th Century in this musical drama featuring popular singer Jorge Negrete. [ best musical films - 1938 ]

Canto a Mi Tierra

A singing ranch hand ... of the bustling capitol after being discovered by a theater director in an uplifting musical from director Jose Bohr. [ best musical films - 1938 ]




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