Sing and Dance With This Movie Musicals Quiz

The 1942 film tells the story of an American entertainer through flashbacks during a conversation with FDR.

“The Sound of Music” is one of the most beloved movie musicals of all time, but one of the film’s stars, Christopher Plummer, thought it was “awful and sentimental.” As a result, he referred to the movie disdainfully as “The Sound of Mucus.” Plummer was so miserable during filming that he turned to food and drink; he put on so much weight that his costumes had to be adjusted.

“Top Hat” (1935) was one of the most profitable and popular of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers’ movie musicals. The pair made a total of 10 films together throughout the 1930s, but “Top Hat” was the first written specifically with them in mind. With their old-school Hollywood glamour and elegant dance routines, Astaire and Rogers epitomize the Golden Age of movie musicals.

Judy Garland met her second husband, director Vincente Minnelli, while working together on the 1944 film, "Meet Me in St. Louis." Garland was initially inclined to turn down the role because, at the age of 21, she was tired of playing teenagers. However, Minnelli was persuasive and the film was a hit and introduced timeless tunes such as “The Trolley Song” and “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas."

The 1964 film “My Fair Lady” was adapted from the Broadway musical of the same name, which was an adaptation of George Bernard Shaw’s 1913 play, “Pygmalion." The movie starred Audrey Hepburn as flower seller Eliza Dolittle opposite Rex Harrison as phonetics expert Henry Higgins. Hepburn was selected for the role as she had huge star power, but she wasn't the best singer, so her vocals were dubbed by Marni Nixon.

After the huge success of Irving Berlin’s song “White Christmas,” which he first composed in 1940, Paramount Pictures decided to create a festive film around the song. The movie was released in 1954 and starred Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, and Rosemary Clooney. It was the first movie to use the new widescreen format, VistaVision. “White Christmas“ became the highest-grossing movie of 1954.

“The Wizard of Oz” (1939) was one of the first movies to make full use of Technicolor and the set design deliberately incorporated a lot of colors. From the dazzling yellow brick road to the glimmering Emerald City, the film is flooded with bright jewel shades. As a result, costume designers changed Dorothy’s slippers from the silver hue in L. Frank Baum’s book to the now-iconic red shoes for the film.

In this 1955 movie, Curly (Gordon MacRae) rides his horse on a sunny Oklahoma day while singing this uplifting tune.

The movie version of “Guys and Dolls” was released in 1955 and was based on the hit Broadway musical of the same name. Marlon Brando played the role of gambler Sky Masterton in his first and only foray into movie musicals, proving he sing as well as act. Gene Kelly had originally been pegged for the role but he was unable to get out of his MGM contract.

“An American in Paris” (1951) closes with a dialogue-free 17-minute ballet in which Gene Kelly dances to the "An American in Paris" suite by George Gershwin. The ballet took the form of a dream sequence and featured Kelly dancing through famous French paintings. This classic sequence helped the film clinch the Oscar for Best Picture.

“Gentlemen Prefer Blondes” was released in 1953 and starred Jane Russell and Marilyn Monroe. In one of its most memorable scenes, Monroe, as gold-digger Lorelei Lee, sports a pink dress to sing “Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend.” The number influenced numerous future performances including Madonna’s music video for “Material Girl."

Garland was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for the role but lost to Grace Kelly for “The Country Girl.”

The stage musical turned movie was inspired by the King of Rock 'N' Roll’s draft into the U.S. Army.

This 1968 film was based on the Dickens classic about an English orphan named Oliver Twist.

In the 1968 film, Streisand reprised her Broadway role as Brice, earning her first Academy Award.

The film’s signature song is sung by swindler Harold Hill to convince the townspeople to buy instruments.

“White Christmas” was 1954's highest-grossing film, making $12 million at the box office (around $137 million today).

“Good Morning” performed by Debbie Reynolds, Gene Kelly, and Donald O’ Connor is one of the highlights of the 1952 movie musical “Singin’ in the Rain.” The song was initially written in 1939 for the movie “Babes in Arms” but was re-recorded for “Singin’.” The all-singing, all-dancing scene took 15 hours to shoot, and by the end of the day, Reynolds’ feet were bleeding.

This Oscar-winning film mirrors Shakespeare’s famous love story while telling the tale of Maria and Tony in New York City.

In the 1964 movie, Mary Poppins (Julie Andrews) sings to the Banks children while convincing them to clean up the nursery.