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25 Memorable Movie Musicals

Posted Apr 8, 08 9:52 AM CDT in Arts & Living 

(Newser) – With Sweeney Todd now out on DVD, Entertainment Weekly rounds up the mag's 25 favorite movie musicals. Some you've surely seen (West Side Story, Grease, the Sound of Music) but here are 10 you may have missed.

  1. Funny Girl (1968)
  2. Swing Time (1936)

  1. Love Me Tonight (1932)
  2. Gigi (1958)
  3. A Hard Day's Night (1964)
  4. On the Town (1949)
  5. Chicago (2002)
  6. Once (2006)
  7. A Star Is Born (1954)
  8. South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (1999)
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"Grease," with Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta   (Archive Photos)
Glen Hansard, center, and Marketa Irglova, left, perform "Falling Slowly" from the movie "Once" during rehearsals for the 80th Academy Awards at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles, Feb. 22, 2008.   (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
The kids from "South Park" can sing, too.
Cartman of "South Park" belts out a tune.
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