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The musical film is a film genre in which several song sung by the characters are interwoven into the narrative. The songs are used to advance the plot or develop the film's characters. A subgenre of the musical film is the musical comedy, which includes a strong element of humour as well as the usual music, dancing and storyline. The musical film was a natural development of the stage musical. Typically, the biggest difference between film and stage musicals is the use of lavish background... full article at wikipedia

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Films of this genre
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initial release date
  • Oct 4, 1951
  • Dec 27, 2002
  • Oct 18, 1961
  • Feb 2, 1933
  • Dec 10, 1985
  • Dec 22, 2004
  • Jul 18, 1953
  • Dec 17, 1976
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Created by Metaweb Oct 22, 2006
Last edited by mw_prop_bot Aug 20, 2008

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