Acknowledgments.- Introduction.- Afrita Hanem, Henri Barakat, 1949.- An American in Paris, Vincente Minnelli, 1951.- Anchors Aweigh, George Sidney, 1945.- Ansiedad, Miguel Zacarias, 1953.- Applause, Rouben Mamoulian, 1929.- The Band Wagon, Vincente Minnelli, 1953.- Cabaret, Bob Fosse, 1972.- Cabin in the Sky, Vincente Minnelli, 1943.- Calamity Jane, David Butler, 1953.- Car Wash, Michael Schultz, 1976.- Carmen Jones, Otto Preminger, 1954.- Carousel, Henry King, 1956.- Cavalcade, Frank Lloyd, 1933.- Chicago, Rob Marshall, 2002.- Come On George!, Anthony Kimmins, 1939.- Cover Girl, Charles Vidor, 1944.- Dancer in the Dark, Lars von Trier, 2000.- Les Demoiselles de Rochefort, Jacques Demy, 1967.- Dil se, Mani Ratnam, 1998.- Die Dreigroschenoper, G.W. Pabst, 1931.- Easter Parade, Charles Walters, 1948.- Evergreen, Victor Saville, 1934.- Flying Down to Rio, Thornton Freeland, 1933.- Footlight Parade, Lloyd Bacon, 1933.- Footloose, Herbert Ross, 1984.- 42nd Street, Lloyd Bacon, 1933.- Funny Face, Stanley Donen, 1957.- Funny Girl, William Wyler, 1968.- The Gay Divorcee, Mark Sandrich, 1934.- Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Howard Hawks, 1953.- The Girl Can't Help It, Frank Tashlin, 1956.- Gold Diggers of 1933, Mervyn LeRoy, 1933.- Golden Eighties, Chantal Akerman, 1986.- Grease, Randal Kleiser, 1978.- Guys and Dolls, Joseph L Mankiewicz, 1955.- Hallelujah!, King Vidor, 1929.- A Hard Day's Night, Richard Lester, 1964.- The Harder they Come, Perry Henzell, 1972.- High School Musical, Kenny Ortega, 2006.- Holiday Inn, Mark Sandrich, 1942.- 8 femmes, Francois Ozon, 2002.- It's Always Fair Weather, Gene Kelly/Stanley Donen, 1955.- Jailhouse Rock, Richard Thorpe, 1957.- Janken musume, Sugie Toshio, 1955.- The Jazz Singer, Alan Crosland, 1927.- Kiss Me Kate, George Sidney, 1953.- Der Kongress tanzt, Erik Charel, 1931.- Little Shop of Horrors, Frank Oz, 1986.- The Littlest Rebel, David Butler, 1935.- Love Me or Leave Me, Charles Vidor, 1955.- Love Me Tonight, Rouben Mamoulian, 1932.- The Love Parade, Ernst Lubitsch, 1929.- Mary Poppins, Robert Stevenson, 1964.- Meet Me in St Louis, Vincente Minnelli, 1944.- The Merry Widow, Ernst Lubitsch, 1934.- Le Million, Rene Clair, 1931.- Moulin Rouge!, Baz Lurhman, 2001.- The Music Man, Morton DaCosta, 1962.- Nashville, Robert Altman, 1975.- Naughty Marietta, Robert Z Leonard/W S van Dyke, 1935.- New York, New York, Martin Scorsese, 1977.- Oklahoma!, Fred Zinnemann, 1955.- Oliver!, Carol Reed, 1968.- One from the Heart, Francis Ford Coppola, 1982.- One Hour with You, Ernst Lubitsch/George Cukor, 1932.- 100 Men and a Girl, Henry Koster, 1937.- On the Town, Gene Kelly/Stanley Donen, 1949.- Opera Jawa, Garin Nugroho, 2006.- Original Cast Album: Company, D. A. Pennebaker, 1970.- The Pajama Game, George Abbott/Stanley Donen, 1957.- Pakeezah, Kamal Amrohi, 1972.- Les Parapluies de Cherbourg, Jacques Demy, 1964.- Pas sur la bouche, Alain Resnais, 2003.- The Pirate, Vincente Minnelli, 1948.- Pyaasa, Guru Dutt, 1957.- The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Jim Sharman, 1975.- Saturday Night Fever, John Badham, 1977.- Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Stanley Donen, 1954.- Sholay, Ramesh Sippy, 1975.- Show Boat, James Whale, 1936.- Shree 420, Raj Kapoor, 1955.- Silk Stockings, Rouben Mamoulian, 1957.- Sing as We Go, Basil Dean, 1934.- Singin' in the Rain, Gene Kelly/Stanley Donen, 1952.- Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, David Hand, 1937.- The Sound of Music, Robert Wise, 1965.- A Star is Born, George Cukor, 1954.- Stormy Weather, Andrew L. Stone, 1943.- Summer Holiday, Rouben Mamoulian, 1948.- Swing Time, George Stevens, 1936.- Top Hat, Mark Sandrich, 1935.- True Stories, David Byrne, 1986.- Viktor und Viktoria, Reinhold Schunzle, 1933.- Volga-Volga, Grigori Aleksandrov, 1938.- West Side Story, Robert Wise/Jerome Robbins, 1961.- The Wizard of Oz, Victor Fleming, 1939.- Yankee Doodle Dandy, Michael Curtiz, 1942.- You and Me, Fritz Lang, 1938.- Ziegfeld Follies, Vincente Minnelli et al, 1946.- Zouzou, Marc Allegret, 1934.- References.- Further Reading.- Index.