Oklahoma! 1955

The Academy Award for Best Sound is an Academy Award that recognizes the finest or most euphonic sound mixing, recording, sound design and sound editing and is generally awarded to the production sound mixers, re-recording mixers and supervising sound editors of the winning film. In the lists below, the winner of the award for each year is shown first, followed by the other nominees. Prior to the 93rd Academy Awards, Best Sound Mixing and Best Sound Editing were separate categories.[1]

For the second and third years of this category (the 4th Academy Awards, 5th Academy Awards) only the names of the film companies were listed. Paramount Publix Studio Sound Department won both years.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Sound

This list is drawn from "The New York Times Book of Movies: The Essential 1,000 Films to See", published in 2019. It contains a selection of 1000 reviews that have been printed in The New York Times. The majority of movies in this book are among the "10 Best Films" chosen by New York Times critics at the end of each year.

Source: https://www.amazon.com/New-York-Times-Book-Movies/dp/078933657X

Source:
Years 1931-2018 come from:
The New York Times: Book of Movies
the essential 1,000 films to see
2019 ed

Years after 2018 come from NYT website.

work in progress
There are discrepancies between the website and the book, particular for years after 2003. Please leave a comment for any errors you find.

"films that influenced the look and script of [Greta Gerwig's] blockbusting fantasy-comedy-kind-of-musical", Barbie.

Via Letterboxd interview - https://letterboxd.com/journal/the-official-barbie-watchlist-greta-gerwig/
And MetaFilter post - https://www.metafilter.com/200009/The-Barbie-Watchlist

Mostly live-action adaptations of Broadway musicals. Big budgets, catchy tunes.

disney movies

Musicals, Music Biographies or Music Themed

Mostly old movies with some that are epics to watch again and again listed in Alphabetical Order

Includes all the films of the 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die Book, including films culled to make way for newer releases, up to the 2021 edition.

All 180 musicals that were voted on for AFI's top 25 musials of the first 100 year of film

Movies released during the 1950s to watch

I hadn't updated this in a long while, and now apparently you can't add more than 1000 items to a list without buying Pro. So I guess I'm no longer updating this list.

The National Film Registry is the United States National Film Preservation Board's selection of films for preservation in the Library of Congress. The Board was established in 1988. Each year, 25 "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant films" are preserved, to increase awareness for its preservation. To be eligible for inclusion, a film must be at least ten years old but it is not required to be feature-length, nor is it required to have been theatrically released.

Source: https://www.loc.gov/programs/national-film-preservation-board/film-registry/complete-national-film-registry-listing/

This list is compiled from a collection of movie reviews in the 501 Must See Movies book. The movies have been split up into 10 genres, each with 50 movies (except for the last, which has 51): Action/Adventure & Epic, Comedy, Drama, Horror, Musical, Romance, Science Fiction/Fantasy, Mystery/Thriller, War and Western.

Source: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/659583.501_Must_See_Movies

From the coming of sound to the 1960s, the musical was central to Hollywood production. Exhibiting – often in spectacular fashion – the remarkable resources of the Hollywood studios, musicals came to epitomise the very idea of 'light entertainment'. Films like Top Hat and 42nd Street, Meet Me in St. Louis and On the Town, Singin' in the Rain and Oklahoma!, West Side Story and The Sound of Music were hugely popular, yet were commonly regarded by cultural commentators as trivial and escapist. It was the 1970s before serious study of the Hollywood musical began to change critical attitudes and foster an interest in musical films produced in other cultures. Hollywood musicals have become less common, but the genre persists and both academic interest in and fond nostalgia for the musical shows no signs of abating.

100 Film Musicals provides a stimulating overview of the genre's development, its major themes and the critical debates it has provoked. While centred on the dominant Hollywood tradition, 100 Film Musicals includes films from countries that often tried to emulate the Hollywood style, like Britain and Germany, as well as from very different cultures like India, Egypt and Japan. Jim Hillier and Douglas Pye also discuss post-1960s films from many different sources which adapt and reflect on the conventions of the genre, including recent examples such as Moulin Rouge! and High School Musical, demonstrating that the genre is still very much alive.

Source: http://shop.bfi.org.uk/books/bfi-screen-guides/100-film-musical-book.html#.Wg3fhGhSzIU

Bring out your best jazz hands, because we’ve got a list that’s all-singing, all-dancing, and mostly fun (thanks Les Mis)! Every expression of the musical movie is present in this cavalcade of the 100 best-reviewed: the classics (Singin’ in the Rain, An American in Paris), the mostly moderns (La La Land, Hairspray), the MGMs (Singin’ in the Rain, An American in Paris), the Astaire & Rogers (Top Hat, Swing Time), intimate indies (Once, Dancer in the Dark), and stuff for the kids (Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang). We kept this countdown to live-action musicals, so nothing animated except for the partially so, like Mary Poppins. And though we included the grand Judy Garland version of A Star Is Born, we kept the new one off because, well, Lady Gaga told us to. Even she doesn’t think it’s a musical. Other than that, if the film was Fresh with some light feet and golden voices whose songs are key drivers of the plot, it was up for inclusion. After that, we ranked them all by Adjusted Tomatometer.

So with Mary Poppins Return hitting theaters, we’re bringing in the big showstopper: the 100 Best Musical Movies of All Time!
Link: https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/guide/best-musical-movies-of-all-time/

List of Nominees and Winners

• ACTOR

ERNEST BORGNINE "Marty" - WINNER
JAMES CAGNEY "Love Me or Leave Me"
JAMES DEAN "East of Eden"
FRANK SINATRA "The Man with the Golden Arm"
SPENCER TRACY "Bad Day at Black Rock"

• ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

JACK LEMMON "Mister Roberts" - WINNER
ARTHUR KENNEDY "Trial"
JOE MANTELL "Marty"
SAL MINEO "Rebel without a Cause"
ARTHUR O'CONNELL "Picnic"

• ACTRESS

ANNA MAGNANI "The Rose Tattoo" - WINNER
SUSAN HAYWARD "I'll Cry Tomorrow"
KATHARINE HEPBURN "Summertime"
JENNIFER JONES "Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing"
ELEANOR PARKER "Interrupted Melody"

• ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

JO VAN FLEET "East of Eden" - WINNER
BETSY BLAIR "Marty"
PEGGY LEE "Pete Kelly's Blues"
MARISA PAVAN "The Rose Tattoo"
NATALIE WOOD "Rebel without a Cause"

• ART DIRECTION (BLACK-AND-WHITE)

"THE ROSE TATTOO" Art Direction: Hal Pereira, Tambi Larsen; Set Decoration: Sam Comer, Arthur Krams - WINNER
"BLACKBOARD JUNGLE" Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Randall Duell; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Henry Grace
"I'LL CRY TOMORROW" Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Malcolm Brown; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Hugh B. Hunt
"THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN ARM" Art Direction: Joseph C. Wright; Set Decoration: Darrell Silvera
"MARTY" Art Direction: Edward S. Haworth, Walter Simonds; Set Decoration: Robert Priestley

• ART DIRECTION (COLOR)

"PICNIC" Art Direction: William Flannery, Jo Mielziner; Set Decoration: Robert Priestley - WINNER
"DADDY LONG LEGS" Art Direction: Lyle Wheeler, John DeCuir; Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott, Paul S. Fox
"GUYS AND DOLLS" Art Direction: Oliver Smith, Joseph C. Wright; Set Decoration: Howard Bristol
"LOVE IS A MANY-SPLENDORED THING" Art Direction: Lyle Wheeler, George W. Davis; Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott, Jack Stubbs
"TO CATCH A THIEF" Art Direction: Hal Pereira, Joseph McMillan Johnson; Set Decoration: Sam Comer, Arthur Krams

• CINEMATOGRAPHY (BLACK-AND-WHITE)

"THE ROSE TATTOO" James Wong Howe - WINNER
"BLACKBOARD JUNGLE" Russell Harlan
"I'LL CRY TOMORROW" Arthur E. Arling
"MARTY" Joseph LaShelle
"QUEEN BEE" Charles Lang

• CINEMATOGRAPHY (COLOR)

"TO CATCH A THIEF" Robert Burks - WINNER
"GUYS AND DOLLS" Harry Stradling
"LOVE IS A MANY-SPLENDORED THING" Leon Shamroy
"A MAN CALLED PETER" Harold Lipstein
"OKLAHOMA!" Robert Surtees

• COSTUME DESIGN (BLACK-AND-WHITE)

"I'LL CRY TOMORROW" Helen Rose - WINNER
"THE PICKWICK PAPERS" Beatrice Dawson
"QUEEN BEE" Jean Louis
"THE ROSE TATTOO" Edith Head
"UGETSU" Tadaoto Kainoscho

• COSTUME DESIGN (COLOR)

"LOVE IS A MANY-SPLENDORED THING" Charles LeMaire -WINNER
"GUYS AND DOLLS" Irene Sharaff
"INTERRUPTED MELODY" Helen Rose
"TO CATCH A THIEF" Edith Head
"THE VIRGIN QUEEN" Charles LeMaire, Mary Wills

• DIRECTING

"MARTY" Delbert Mann - WINNER
"BAD DAY AT BLACK ROCK" John Sturges
"EAST OF EDEN" Elia Kazan
"PICNIC" Joshua Logan
"SUMMERTIME" David Lean

• DOCUMENTARY (FEATURE)

"HELEN KELLER IN HER STORY" Nancy Hamilton, Producer - WINNER
"HEARTBREAK RIDGE" Rene Risacher, Producer

• DOCUMENTARY (SHORT SUBJECT)

"MEN AGAINST THE ARCTIC" Walt Disney, Producer - WINNER
"THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG" Dore Schary, Producer
"THE FACE OF LINCOLN" Wilbur T. Blume, Producer

• FILM EDITING

"PICNIC" Charles Nelson, William A. Lyon - WINNER
"BLACKBOARD JUNGLE" Ferris Webster
"THE BRIDGES AT TOKO-RI" Alma Macrorie
"OKLAHOMA!" Gene Ruggiero, George Boemler
"THE ROSE TATTOO" Warren Low

• HONORARY FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM AWARD

"SAMURAI, THE LEGEND OF MUSASHI" Special Award - WINNER

• MUSIC (MUSIC SCORE OF A DRAMATIC OR COMEDY PICTURE)

"LOVE IS A MANY-SPLENDORED THING" Alfred Newman - WINNER
"BATTLE CRY" Max Steiner
"THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN ARM" Elmer Bernstein
"PICNIC" George Duning
"THE ROSE TATTOO" Alex North

• MUSIC (SCORING OF A MUSICAL PICTURE)

"OKLAHOMA!" Robert Russell Bennett, Jay Blackton, Adolph Deutsch - WINNER
"DADDY LONG LEGS" Alfred Newman
"GUYS AND DOLLS" Jay Blackton, Cyril J. Mockridge
"IT'S ALWAYS FAIR WEATHER" Andre Previn
"LOVE ME OR LEAVE ME" Percy Faith, George Stoll

• MUSIC (SONG)

"Love Is A Many-Splendored Thing" in "Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing" Music by Sammy Fain; Lyrics by Paul Francis Webster - WINNER
"I'll Never Stop Loving You" in "Love Me or Leave Me" Music by Nicholas Brodszky; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
"Something's Gotta Give" in "Daddy Long Legs" Music and Lyrics by Johnny Mercer
"(Love Is) The Tender Trap" in "The Tender Trap" Music by James Van Heusen; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
"Unchained Melody" in "Unchained" Music by Alex North; Lyrics by Hy Zaret

• BEST MOTION PICTURE

"MARTY" Harold Hecht, Producer - WINNER
"LOVE IS A MANY-SPLENDORED THING" Buddy Adler, Producer
"MISTER ROBERTS" Leland Hayward, Producer
"PICNIC" Fred Kohlmar, Producer
"THE ROSE TATTOO" Hal B. Wallis, Producer

• SHORT SUBJECT (CARTOON)

"SPEEDY GONZALES" Edward Selzer, Producer - WINNER
"GOOD WILL TO MEN" Fred Quimby, William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, Producers
"THE LEGEND OF ROCK-A-BYE POINT" Walter Lantz, Producer
"NO HUNTING" Walt Disney, Producer

• SHORT SUBJECT (ONE-REEL)

"SURVIVAL CITY" Edmund Reek, Producer - WINNER
"GADGETS GALORE" Robert Youngson, Producer
"3RD AVE. EL" Carson Davidson, Producer
"THREE KISSES" Justin Herman, Producer

• SHORT SUBJECT (TWO-REEL)

"THE FACE OF LINCOLN" Wilbur T. Blume, Producer - WINNER
"THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG" Dore Schary, Producer
"ON THE TWELFTH DAY..." George K. Arthur, Producer
"SWITZERLAND" Walt Disney, Producer
"24-HOUR ALERT" Cedric Francis, Producer

• SOUND RECORDING

"OKLAHOMA!" Todd-AO Sound Department, Fred Hynes, Sound Director - WINNER
"LOVE IS A MANY-SPLENDORED THING" 20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department, Carl W. Faulkner, Sound Director
"LOVE ME OR LEAVE ME" Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Wesley C. Miller, Sound Director
"MISTER ROBERTS" Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department, William A. Mueller, Sound Director
"NOT AS A STRANGER" Radio Corporation of America Sound Department, Watson Jones, Sound Director

• SPECIAL EFFECTS

"THE BRIDGES AT TOKO-RI" Paramount Studio - WINNER
"THE DAM BUSTERS" Associated British Picture Corporation, Ltd.
"THE RAINS OF RANCHIPUR" 20th Century-Fox Studio

• WRITING (MOTION PICTURE STORY)

"LOVE ME OR LEAVE ME" Daniel Fuchs - WINNER
"THE PRIVATE WAR OF MAJOR BENSON" Joe Connelly, Bob Mosher
"REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE" Nicholas Ray
"THE SHEEP HAS FIVE LEGS" Jean Marsan, Henry Troyat, Jacques Perret, Henri Verneuil, Raoul Ploquin
"STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND" Beirne Lay, Jr.

• WRITING (SCREENPLAY)

"MARTY" Paddy Chayefsky - WINNER
"BAD DAY AT BLACK ROCK" Millard Kaufman
"BLACKBOARD JUNGLE" Richard Brooks
"EAST OF EDEN" Paul Osborn
"LOVE ME OR LEAVE ME" Daniel Fuchs, Isobel Lennart

• WRITING (STORY AND SCREENPLAY)

"INTERRUPTED MELODY" William Ludwig, Sonya Levien - WINNER
"THE COURT-MARTIAL OF BILLY MITCHELL" Milton Sperling, Emmet Lavery
"IT'S ALWAYS FAIR WEATHER" Betty Comden, Adolph Green
"MR. HULOT'S HOLIDAY" Jacques Tati, Henri Marquet
"THE SEVEN LITTLE FOYS" Melville Shavelson, Jack Rose

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