Top 23 Music Movies Editor's Choice from 1949

Three sailors wreak havoc as they search for love during a whirlwind 24-hour leave in New York City. See more about On the Town / IMDB / YouTube

In turn-of-the century Chicago, Andrew and Veronica are co-workers in a music shop who dislike one another during business hours but unwittingly carry on an anonymous romance through the mail. Info on In the Good Old Summertime / IMDB / YouTube

Two turn-of-the-century baseball players, who work in vaudeville during the off-season, run into trouble with their team's new female owner and a gambler who doesn't want them to win the pennant. Look into Take Me Out to the Ball Game / IMDB / YouTube

A town's corrupt officials think a fool is actually an investigator in disguise. Check out The Inspector General / IMDB / YouTube

Bugs Bunny retaliates against the pompous opera star who does him violence. Check out Long-Haired Hare / IMDB / YouTube

A singing mechanic from 1912 finds himself in Arthurian Britain. Get info on A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court / IMDB / YouTube

A waitress at the Warner Bros. commissary is anxious to break into pictures. She thinks her big break may have arrived when two actors agree to help her. Info on It's a Great Feeling / IMDB / YouTube

A swimsuit fashion designer is determined to protect her scatterbrained sister from a South American heartbreaker, but a case of mistaken identity complicates matters. More about Neptune's Daughter / IMDB / YouTube

An agent must search for a new personality to replace a popular singer who refuses to renew his radio contract. He finds one in the form of a single mother, but complications soon occur. Details on My Dream Is Yours / IMDB / YouTube

A chorus girl falls in love with a wealthy young man, but their relationship is jeopardized by her mother's fears about the reaction of his family. See more about Ladies of the Chorus / IMDB / YouTube

In this sequel to The Jolson Story, we pick up the singer's career just as he has returned to the stage after a premature retirement. However, his wife has left him and the appeal of the spotlight is not what it used to be. This time Jolson trades in the stage for life in the fast lane: women, horses, travel. It takes the death of Mama Yoelson (Tamara Shayne) and Wo. Look into Jolson Sings Again / IMDB / YouTube

Ricardo, the milquetoast son of a Mexican bandit, would rather lead a quiet life in Boston. But the family would rather that he follow in his father's footsteps and become The Kissing Bandit. Info on The Kissing Bandit / IMDB / YouTube

Set in the rural south of the United States, a bereaved war widow learns to to put aside her bitterness and grief as she grows to love a young orphan boy and the dog that belonged to her late son. Punctuated with song-filled interludes. Look into The Sun Comes Up / IMDB / YouTube

A cinema director who is in an emotional and professional crisis thinks that he has discovered a French star when he meets an ordinary dancer. Look into Slightly French / IMDB / YouTube

Biff Grimes has spent the last ten years regretting that he hadn't married Virginia Brush, the girl of his dreams. Virginia ran off and married his best friend - breaking his heart. Virginia's best friend, Amy, consoles Biff. Learn about One Sunday Afternoon / IMDB / YouTube

An aspiring actress finds herself in a jam when a gangster, who is backing the show she is in, is found dead in her apartment. Info on Red, Hot and Blue / IMDB / YouTube

Various animals prepare for winter and enjoy a variety of winter sports. A hen invites us to follow her bouncing egg and sing along to Jingle Bells. Finally, a turtle dispenses hot coffee to a bird on her nest. See more about Snow Foolin' / IMDB / YouTube

In 1924, stage-struck Boston blueblood Hannah Adams picks up musical star Tim O'Connor and takes him home for dinner. One thing leads to another, and when Tim's show rolls on to Chicago a new Mrs. O'Connor comes along as incompetent chorus girl. Hollywood beckons, and we follow the star careers of the O'Connor family in silents and talkies. Includes good imitation si. Find out about You're My Everything / IMDB / YouTube

The bad guys dynamite a fish hatchery. They're trying to put the hatchery out of business so they can get possession of oil underneath the lake. Roy is a game warden investigating the dynamiting. More about Susanna Pass / IMDB / YouTube

In the 1890s, Trottie True moves from bit theatre parts to stardom, and from balloonist Sid Skinner to more prominent men. She later wonders if Sid wasn't better after all, and seeks to find out. See more about The Gay Lady / IMDB / YouTube

A promising young composer is tempted away from his devoted wife by a fortune-seeking woman who cares more for his prospects than for him. Details on Alimony / IMDB / YouTube

Gene heads South in a fiesta of melody and a jamboree of romance. He fights for the right of rancheros to live on their rancho. Outlaws fear him and senoritas cheer him, and his famous horse Champion. Learn about The Big Sombrero / IMDB / YouTube

A crooked businessman is trying to sell cattle infected with deadly hoof-and-mouth disease. He has the local veterinarian murdered to cover up his plans. Details on Down Dakota Way / IMDB / YouTube