About This Quiz
Movie musicals bring Broadway to the big screen, complementing traditional acting with song and dance. Take our quiz to see how much you know about the most famous movie musicals!The 1961 movie "West Side Story" and its tale of Maria and Tony's doomed love is taken straight from the pages of "Romeo and Juliet."
Singing nun Maria comes to care for the seven von Trapp kids in the 1965 film.
As Maria, Julie Andrews sang classic tunes like "Do-Re-Mi" and "My Favorite Things."
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In the "Pygmalion"-inspired "My Fair Lady," Henry Higgins hope to transform Eliza Doolittle into a proper lady.
After Jane and Michael Banks scare off their nanny, their father brings in Mary Poppins, who sings her way into the family's hearts.
The 1952 musical classic tells the story of a group of actors trying to make a film called "The Dancing Cavalier."
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Paige O'Hara stars as Belle, a simple village girl who falls for a hideous beast — who's actually a prince, of course.
It's hard to believe that such a beloved film didn't pick up the big prize, until you consider that the movie was up against "Gone With the Wind."
The film had its network TV debut in 1956, introducing Dorothy and the gang to a new generation of fans who may have missed the 1939 theater run.
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Liza Minelli plays Sally Bowles in "Cabaret," a film set in 1930s Berlin as the Nazi Party rose to power.
The 2002 musical opens as Velma Kelly croons "All That Jazz," then is promptly arrested for murder.
Travolta plays greaser Danny Zuko, with Oliva Newton-John as good girl Sandy Olsson.
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The 1944 musical, which stars Judy Garland as Esther Smith, is set at the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis.
In an effort to make money off a flop, the characters in "The Producers" put on a truly distasteful play called "Springtime for Hitler."
Nicole Kidman plays Satine, a Moulin Rouge legend who falls for a writer named Christian.
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The Audrey II — named for the shop owner's assistant — feasts on human blood in the 1986 film.
The orphans in the workhouse dream of nongruel meals in the 1968 film "Oliver!"
The Barbra Streisand movie, which is based on the life of Fanny Brice, came out in 1968.
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Frank Sinatra stars in the 1955 flick, which also features Marlon Brando.
In the 1971 film "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory," Gene Wilder celebrates the magic of the Candyman.
In the 1971 movie "Fiddler on the Roof," Tevye sings of all the things he would do if he were a rich man.
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In the 1971 musical movie, Tevye and his wife, Golde, have five daughters.
Anna moves to Bangkok in the 1956 film to teach the king's children and eventually falls in love with the king himself.
In the 1962 film, Professor Harold Hill comes to River City to swindle the locals out of their money.
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Jamie Foxx plays the Motown founder who discovers the all-girl group the Dreamettes in the 2006 film.
The innkeeper Thenardier croons "Master of the House" in the 2012 movie musical.
As she sells her hair and teeth to support herself and her child, Fantine sings the heartbreaking "I Dreamed a Dream."
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James Cagney plays George M. Cohan in the 1942 musical film.
The musical, and later the 1982 movie, was inspired by a 1924 comic strip called by Harold Gray called "Little Orphan Annie."
Carol Burnett plays the cruel Miss Hannigan in the 1983 flick.
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