Greatest 20 Music Movies Worth Watching Released in 1957

An impromptu fashion shoot at a book store brings about a new fashion model discovery in the shop clerk. More about Funny Face / IMDB / YouTube

Female radio reporter Marcia Jeffries turns folk-singing drifter Larry Lonesome Rhodes into a powerful media star who becomes utterly detestable during his meteoric rise. Info on A Face in the Crowd / IMDB / YouTube

Elmer Fudd is again hunting rabbits - only this time it's an opera. Wagner's Siegfried with Elmer as the titular hero and Bugs as Brunnhilde. They sing, they dance, they eat the scenery. Get info on What's Opera, Doc? / IMDB / YouTube

After serving time for manslaughter, young Vince Everett becomes a teenage rock star. Get info on Jailhouse Rock / IMDB / YouTube

A conscience-driven Japanese soldier traumatized by the events of WWII adopts the lifestyle of a Buddhist monk. Details on The Burmese Harp / IMDB / YouTube

Joey Evans is a charming, handsome, funny, talented 1st class, A-Number 1 heel. When Joey meets the former chorus girl and now rich widow Vera Simpson, the pair of lecherous souls seem made for each other. Explore Pal Joey / IMDB / YouTube

A Russian government official is sent to Paris to bring back her comrades; she soon gets a taste of Paris life and falls in love with an American movie producer. Learn about Silk Stockings / IMDB / YouTube

An Iowa pajama factory worker falls in love with an affable superintendent who had been hired by the factory's boss to help oppose the workers' demand for a pay raise. Details on The Pajama Game / IMDB / YouTube

The former members of a dance troupe are suing because of recently published memoirs. Each one insists on own point of view. Details on Les Girls / IMDB / YouTube

A talented delivery man's life changes when a publicist and musician spot his potential. As they guide him to stardom, he navigates romantic tensions between a devoted fellow singer and the ambitious publicist promising him success. Explore Loving You / IMDB / YouTube

Former nightclub singer Kay Hilliard, married 10 years and mother of a young daughter, is informed that her husband Steven is having an affair with chorus girl Crystal Allen, so she goes to Reno for a divorce. Get info on The Opposite Sex / IMDB / YouTube

Frank Sinatra plays Joe E. Lewis, a famous comedian of the 1930s-50s. When the movie opens, Lewis is a young, talented singer who performs in speakeasies. After he bolts one job for another, the mob boss who owns the first speakeasy has his thugs try to kill Lewis. He survives, but his vocal cords are cut and he cannot sing. Several years later, his buddy tracks him d. More about The Joker Is Wild / IMDB / YouTube

Two vagrant sisters work for crooked characters at a rock'n'roll prison-farm. More about Untamed Youth / IMDB / YouTube

Torch singer Helen Morgan rises from sordid beginnings to fame and fortune only to lose it all to alcohol and poor personal choices. Check out The Helen Morgan Story / IMDB / YouTube

Overwhelmed by rats, a medieval town hires a magical piper who can rid the town of the pest in exchange for gold but the crooked mayor has no intention of honoring the deal. Learn about The Pied Piper of Hamelin / IMDB / YouTube

Cloud Nine, the local teen hangout, has been taken over by a pair of escaped killers, who hold the local teens hostage. The bartender realizes it's up to him to save the kids. Read about Rock All Night / IMDB / YouTube

Dancer, Choreographer, and Teacher Martha Graham offers insight into her theories about dance while the members of her world famous troupe display a number of their dance techniques in performance. Get info on A Dancer's World / IMDB / YouTube

A movie about a rundown nightclub on a carnival pier and it's owner's love for the club's star who has eyes for someone else. Read about Carnival Rock / IMDB / YouTube

This is the story of the early life and rise to fame of Tommy Steele. His manager wanted him to be a tough rock'n'roller and so challenge Elvis Presley but Tommy is too nice. He becomes famous anyway!! Learn about Rock Around the World / IMDB / YouTube

To prove his theory that rock and roll is on its way out, a sociologist tries to convince a bop singer to switch to calypso, much to the ire of her Hollywood nightclub manager. Info on Bop Girl Goes Calypso / IMDB / YouTube