Thursday, August 25, 2011

Favorite Musical Tournament (1920's/1930's Era) Round 1

Here are the 16 films that will be competing for favorite musical of the 20's/30's era. There are 8 matches and only 8 films will advance to the next round. Competition starts Monday, August 29th and will run through Wednesday August 31st.

1 THE JAZZ SINGER (1927)
The Jazz Singer  1927



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16 REBECCA OF SUNNYBROOK FARM (1938)


















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8 FLYING DOWN TO RIO (1933)
Ginger and Fred



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9 ROSE MARIE (1936)




















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4 SHALL WE DANCE (1937)
Poster



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13 THE GREAT ZIEGFELD (1936)
The Great Ziegfeld



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5 SWING TIME (1936)
Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire



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12 SHOW BOAT (1936)

Poster


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2 42nd STREET (1933)
42nd Street



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15 FOOTLIGHT PARADE (1933)

Poster


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7 GOLD DIGGERS OF 1933 (1933)
Dick Powell and Ruby Keeler



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10 BABES IN ARMS (1939)
poster



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3 TOP HAT (1935)
Ginger and Fred



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14 DANCING LADY (1933)

Dancing Lady



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6 BROADWAY MELODY OF 1929 (1929)
The Broadway Melody




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11 LOVE ME TONIGHT (1932)


Poster

3 comments:

  1. Monty, I love them all. I do not know how I'm going to pick only one.

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  2. Oh how splendid! Unfortunately I have seen just a few... But, Im ready to find these treasures & start watching the dance magic!

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  3. Oh,cruel choices! How am I supposed to pick between them? I'll have to give this a lot of thought!

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