A classic musical based very loosely indeed on the legend of the Sabine women, with the added Hollywood ingredients of dancing and songs such as "Spring Spring Spring" and "Bless Yore Beautiful Hide". Exuberant, innocent and energetic, this is the definitive vintage 50s musical. find out more...

Another Astaire and Rogers classic sees the two crossing the Atlantic on the same ship, but ably consoled by such classic numbers as ‘Let's Call The Whole Thing Off' and ‘They Can't Take That Away From Me'. Other song and dance routines include the short Rehearsal Fragments, Rhumba Sequence, Beginner's Luck, Slap That Bass, Walking The Dog, They All Laughed At Christopher Columbus and Shall We Dance? Synchronized bliss. find out more...

Just simply the best musical ever made. Witty, inventive, brilliant, wonderful and slightly surreal; it manages to parody Hollywood without ever quite descending into self-parody, always retaining its dignity (always dignity...) A must-watch every few years or so.

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Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers star in arguably their finest film together. Packed with exhilarating dance routines and a marvellous score, this is an indispensable musical classic! Swing Time is full of magical moments including a complex and delightful routine to Pick Yourself Up, a luminous turn to Waltz In Swing Time and Astaire's breathtaking solo to Bojangles Of Harlem. find out more...

One of Minnelli's best musicals, with Buchanan as a highbrow producer trying to turn Astaire's comeback show into an art house 'Faust' while Astaire and Charisse try to unite their dancing styles into a partnership. Astaire is superb in 'By Myself' and 'A Shine on Your Shoes' and, with Charisse, in 'Dancing in the Dark'. The film's most elaborate number is the 'Girl Hunt Ballet', a spoof of Mickey Spillane hard-boiled detective novels, with Michael Kidd's choreography and Charisse's femme fatale find out more...

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Irving Berlin's tale of a vaudeville showbiz family and their trials and tribulations, much dancing and singing is had by all. Starring Marilyn Monroe. find out more...

Fred and Ginger in one of their most memorable films, superbly accompanied by Berlin's score. The sets are fantastically over the top art-deco, which became a trademark of Fred and Ginger films, the plot is a "Gay Divorcee" mistaken identity romp and the relationship between the two leads is superb. Songs include 'No Strings', 'Top Hat, White Tie and Tails', 'Isn't It A Lovely Day?' 'The Piccolino' and 'Cheek to Cheek' and the dance routines come from Hermes Pan. find out more...

A modern day, (well it was when it was made), version of Romeo and Julliet except this one includes dance routines and rumbles. Won Best Picture at 1961 Academy Awards. find out more...

Two entertainers up in Vermont for Christmas help out an old army buddy by putting on a show, together with a singing sister duo. Classic Christmas family movie. find out more...