Hollywood musicals

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film genre

Hollywood musicals are a film genre that combines narrative storytelling with elaborate song-and-dance numbers, often featuring glamorous production values and star performers.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Golden Age of Hollywood musicals	8
Hollywood musicals canonical	8
Hollywood musical films	1

Statements (62)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	film genre ⓘ
awardCategory	Academy Award for Best Original Score NERFINISHED ⓘ Academy Award for Best Original Song NERFINISHED ⓘ
commonTheme	aspiration and success ⓘ romance ⓘ show business ⓘ
developedIn	Hollywood, Los Angeles NERFINISHED ⓘ United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
emergedAfter	introduction of synchronized sound in film ⓘ
emergedInPeriod	late 1920s ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	choreographed production numbers ⓘ dance sequences ⓘ glamorous production values ⓘ integration of songs and narrative ⓘ lighthearted tone ⓘ romantic storylines ⓘ spectacle ⓘ star performers ⓘ studio system production ⓘ use of Technicolor in classic era ⓘ use of playback singing ⓘ
influenced	global musical cinema ⓘ
influencedBy	Broadway musicals ⓘ operetta ⓘ vaudeville ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
notableDirector	Busby Berkeley NERFINISHED ⓘ Gene Kelly NERFINISHED ⓘ Stanley Donen NERFINISHED ⓘ Vincente Minnelli NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFilm	42nd Street NERFINISHED ⓘ An American in Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ Meet Me in St. Louis NERFINISHED ⓘ Singin' in the Rain NERFINISHED ⓘ The Sound of Music NERFINISHED ⓘ The Wizard of Oz NERFINISHED ⓘ Top Hat NERFINISHED ⓘ West Side Story NERFINISHED ⓘ
notablePerformer	Debbie Reynolds NERFINISHED ⓘ Fred Astaire NERFINISHED ⓘ Gene Kelly NERFINISHED ⓘ Ginger Rogers NERFINISHED ⓘ Judy Garland NERFINISHED ⓘ Julie Andrews NERFINISHED ⓘ
popularDuring	1930s ⓘ 1940s ⓘ 1950s ⓘ
producedBy	20th Century Fox NERFINISHED ⓘ Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer NERFINISHED ⓘ Paramount Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ RKO Radio Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ Warner Bros. NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTo	Broadway musical adaptations ⓘ Oscar-winning songs ⓘ
subclassOf	Hollywood cinema ⓘ musical film ⓘ narrative film ⓘ
targetAudience	mass audience ⓘ
usesTechnique	backstage musical format ⓘ diegetic musical numbers ⓘ integrated musical numbers ⓘ non-diegetic musical sequences ⓘ