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Hollywood and the Stars

The Fabulous Musicals (Season 1, Episode 10)
TV Episode | Documentary

The world of the screen musical, starting with The Jazz Singer (1927), with emphasis on the big extravaganzas of the 1930s with the Busby Berkley-directed hits starring Dick Powell and Ruby Keeler and Fred Astaire's famed dance teaming ...See moreThe world of the screen musical, starting with The Jazz Singer (1927), with emphasis on the big extravaganzas of the 1930s with the Busby Berkley-directed hits starring Dick Powell and Ruby Keeler and Fred Astaire's famed dance teaming with Ginger Rogers. Written by WesternOne See less
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Director
Writer
Draper Lewis (written by)
Composer
Status
Edit Released
Updated Nov 18, 1963

Release date
Nov 18, 1963 (United States)
Awards
Series awards
1 win

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41 cast members
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Joseph Cotten
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Busby Berkeley
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Dick Powell
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Ruby Keeler
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Fred Astaire
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Ginger Rogers
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Nelson Eddy
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Jeanette MacDonald
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John Barrymore
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Warner Baxter
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Sally Blane
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Bing Crosby
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Bebe Daniels
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Deanna Durbin
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Thomas A. Edison
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Ruth Etting
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Alice Faye
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Judy Garland
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Betty Grable
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Sonja Henie
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Bob Hope
Buzz Fielding (clip from The Big Broadcast of 1938 (1938)) (archive footage) Buzz Fielding (clip from The Big Broadcast of 1938 (1938)) (archive footage)   See fewer
Al Jolson
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Michael Lentz
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Myrna Loy
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Nick Lucas
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Tony Martin
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Marilyn Miller
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Grace Moore
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Louella Parsons
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Eleanor Powell
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Tyrone Power
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Bill Robinson
Bill Green (clip from King for a Day (1934)) (archive footage) Bill Green (clip from King for a Day (1934)) (archive footage)   See fewer
Mickey Rooney
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Shirley Temple
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Ethel Waters
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Alice White
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Loretta Young
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Lawrence Gray
Tom Warren (clip from Sunny (1930)) (archive footage) (uncredited) Tom Warren (clip from Sunny (1930)) (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Shirley Ross
Cleo Fielding (clip from The Big Broadcast of 1938 (1938)) (archive footage) (uncredited) Cleo Fielding (clip from The Big Broadcast of 1938 (1938)) (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Randolph Scott
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George E. Stone
Andy Lee (clip from 42nd Street (1933)) (archive footage) (uncredited) Andy Lee (clip from 42nd Street (1933)) (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
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