Hollywood singing & dancing a musical history

"Thoroughly examines the history of Hollywood musical films from the 1930s through the 1960s. "Every studio! Every decade! Every star!""@en
"A celebration of song and dance in the movies, beginning with the first musicals in the Busby Berkeley era through to the Academy Award®-winning CHICAGO and ending with the highly acclaimed box office hits DREAMGIRLS and HAIRSPRAY. Includes the best films from every studio and every decade, with some of the most important and influential stars and many of the greatest scenes ever filmed. Featuring interviews with a cavalcade of stars including Liza Minnelli, Shirley MacLaine, Mickey Rooney, Debbie Reynolds and many more."
""...A celebration of song and dance, beginning with the Budby Berkeley films that lifted the spirits of audiences during the Great Depression, through the patriotic musicals of the 1940s and ending with the collapse of the studio system in the 1950s."--Container."
"Explores the history of musical films in Hollywood."
"Explores the history of musical films in Hollywood."@en
"Host Shirley Jones presents a series of highlight moments from various Hollywood musicals. Beginning in the earliest days of the genre, the viewer is taken through a history of the musical film to contemporary releases such as "Chicago" and "Dreamgirls". Clips of the films are accompanied by current and archival interviews with crew and cast members, who provide anecdotes and other production details."@en