Musical Films
- The Affairs of Dobie Gillis starring Debbie Reynolds, Bobby Van, Barbara Ruick and Bob Fosse
- The Band Wagon
- By the Light of the Silvery Moon
- Calamity Jane starring Doris Day and Howard Keel
- The Desert Song
- The Farmer Takes a Wife starring Betty Grable, Dale Robertson, John Carroll, Thelma Ritter and Eddie Foy, Jr.
- Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
- I Love Melvin starring Debbie Reynolds and Donald O'Connor
- The Jazz Singer
- Kiss Me Kate starring Howard Keel, Kathryn Grayson, Ann Miller, Keenan Wynn and James Whitmore
- Lili
- Peter Pan animated feature
- Singin' in the Rain starring Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor and Debbie Reynolds
- Small Town Girl starring Jane Powell, Ann Miller, Farley Granger, S. Z. Sakall, Bobby Van, Billie Burke, Fay Wray and featuring Nat "King" Cole. Directed by László Kardos.
- So This Is Love released July 15 starring Kathryn Grayson as Grace Moore.
- The Stooge released February 4 starring Martin and Lewis.
- Three Sailors and a Girl starring Jane Powell, Gordon MacRae and Gene Nelson
- Torch Song released October 23 starring Joan Crawford and Michael Wilding
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“Then, bringing me the joy we feel when wee see a work by our favorite painter which differs from any other that we know, or if we are led before a painting of which we have until then only seen a pencil sketch, if a musical piece heard only on the piano appears before us clothed in the colors of the orchestra, my grandfather called me the [hawthorn] hedge at Tansonville, saying, “You who are so fond of hawthorns, look at this pink thorn, isn’t it lovely?””
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“Right now I think censorship is necessary; the things they’re doing and saying in films right now just shouldn’t be allowed. There’s no dignity anymore and I think that’s very important.”
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