Musical Films
- Anything Goes starring Bing Crosby and Donald O'Connor
- Carousel starring Gordon MacRae and Shirley Jones
- The Court Jester starring Danny Kaye, Glynis Johns, Basil Rathbone and Angela Lansbury
- The Girl Can't Help It starring Jayne Mansfield and Tom Ewell, and featuring Julie London, Ray Anthony, Fats Domino and The Platters.
- High Society starring Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Louis Armstrong and Celeste Holm
- It's a Wonderful World starring George Cole and featuring Ted Heath and Dennis Lotis
- It's Great to Be Young starring John Mills and Cecil Parker
- The King and I starring Yul Brynner and Deborah Kerr
- Pardners starring Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis and Lori Nelson
- A Touch of the Sun starring Frankie Howerd, Ruby Murray and Dennis Price
- The Vagabond King starring Kathryn Grayson
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