Musical Movies of 1940
Down Argentine Way
Hollywood's handful of Technicolor cameras got a real workout on 20th Century-Fox's Down Argentine Way. Don Ameche stars as Ricardo Quintana, the charming son of a less charming Argentine ... [ Musical movie - 1940 ]
Broadway Melody of 1940
MGM's third follow-up to its landmark Broadway Melody is short on story, but that's okay, since the ... [ Musical movie - 1940 ]
Lillian Russell
Lillian Russell is the sanitized musical biopic of the legendary (and much-married) 19th century musical comedy star. ... [ Musical movie - 1940 ]
Second Chorus
Though not the best of the Fred Astaire musicals, Second Chorus is the most easily accessible thanks to its current public-domain status. Astaire and Burgess Meredith play Danny O'Neill and Hank Taylor, ... [ Musical movie - 1940 ]
Young People
"Over the hill" at the tender age of 12, Shirley Temple closed out her 20th Century-Fox contract with the musical seriocomedy Young People. After years of trodding the boards in vaudeville, Wendy Ballantine (Temple) and her adoptive ... [ Musical movie - 1940 ]
Music in My Heart
Boasting Tony Martin and Rita Hayworth and bandleader Andre Kostelanitz as its leading players, it's surprising that Music in My Heart isn't better than it ... [ Musical movie - 1940 ]
