Rent Hollywood Singing and Dancing: The 1940s (2009)
3.9 of 5 from 45 ratings
1h 40min
- General info
- Available formats
- All series
- Synopsis:
- Over 550 movie musicals were produced by Hollywood during the 1940's, quite an accomplishment for a country caught in the turmoil of World War II. Highlights of this programme include a young crooner named Frank Sinatra creating a furor among bobbysoxers around the USA...Pin-up girls like Betty Grable, Rita Hayworth, Betty Hutton and June Haver reminding the boys overseas what they were fighting for...Bing Crosby and Bob Hope hit the road with a series of musical-comedy confections...Hollywood experimented with bringing black performers like Lena Horne to main screen fare in such films as "Stormy Weather" and "Cabin in the Sky".
- Actors:
- June Allyson, John Badham, Robert S. Birchard, Pat Boone, Barry Bostwick, Leslie Caron, Drew Casper, George Chakiris, Marge Champion, Carol Channing, Bill Condon, Arlene Dahl, Gloria DeHaven, Roy Edward Disney, Rhonda Fleming, Betty Garrett, Luther Henderson, Shirley Jones, Gene Kelly, John Kenrick
- Directors:
- Various
- Producers:
- Denise Hamilton, Mark McLaughlin
- Writers:
- Phillip Dye, Denise Hamilton, Tasha Lowe-Newsome, Mark McLaughlin
- Aka:
- Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing
- Studio:
- Delta Home Entertainment
- Genres:
- Classics, Documentary, Music & Musicals, Performing Arts, Special Interest
