Greatest 28 Music Movies Editor's Choice from 1950

Bugs Bunny gives Elmer Fudd a close shave as they sing and act out Rossini's opera. Explore Rabbit of Seville / IMDB / YouTube

The story of the great sharpshooter Annie Oakley, who rose to fame while dealing with her love/professional rival, Frank Butler. Info on Annie Get Your Gun / IMDB / YouTube

A young trumpet player is torn between an honest singer and a manipulative heiress. Look into Young Man with a Horn / IMDB / YouTube

Two violinists playing in the same orchestra fall in love and get married, but they can't get along. Check out To Joy / IMDB / YouTube

The Marx Brothers help young Broadway hopefuls while thwarting diamond thieves. Check out Love Happy / IMDB / YouTube

A socialite with aspirations of a career in show business bets her wealthy uncle $25,000 that she can say no to everything for two days straight, hoping winning will help her fulfill her dreams. More about Tea for Two / IMDB / YouTube

The story of the successful Tin Pan Alley songwriting team of Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby is told loosely and lightheartedly. Get info on Three Little Words / IMDB / YouTube

Bugs' showbiz career is recounted from babyhood to stardom. Bugs and Elmer Fudd perform the title song. Look into What's Up Doc? / IMDB / YouTube

A fake English butler hired to refine a New Mexican family gets caught in chaos when locals think he's nobility and the President plans to visit. Find out about Fancy Pants / IMDB / YouTube

A Broadway director helps the West Point cadets put on a show, aided by two lovely ladies and assorted complications. Look into The West Point Story / IMDB / YouTube

While Mammy Two-Shoes enjoys her evening with the Lucky Seven Saturday Night Bridge Club, Tom and his friends have a party in the house. Jerry, unable to sleep, emerges from his mouse hole to stop it. Look into Saturday Evening Puss / IMDB / YouTube

The Robinson girls vacation at a Catskills resort where older sister Patti pursues Demi Armendez despite parental disapproval. Patti's singing and dancing lead to a happy ending with Armendez. Look into Two Weeks with Love / IMDB / YouTube

In 1876 Colorado, the Tomahawk and Western Railroad is expanding through the Rockies but some stagecoach operators, fearing a loss of revenue, plan to sabotage the railroad. Info on A Ticket to Tomahawk / IMDB / YouTube

A snooty opera singer meets a rough-and-tumble fisherman in the Louisiana bayous, but this fisherman can sing. Her agent lures him away to New Orleans to teach him how to sing opera, but comes to regret this rash decision when the singers fall in love. See more about The Toast of New Orleans / IMDB / YouTube

Ellen secretly loves her boss Douglas. Her roommate Chris pretends to pursue Douglas in Sun Valley to get him to call Ellen, posing as his fake fiancee. Chris attracts band leader Dick, forming a love triangle. Get info on Duchess of Idaho / IMDB / YouTube

A mother and daughter compete over the same singing role and, unbeknownst to each other, the same man. Read about Nancy Goes to Rio / IMDB / YouTube

A man from Ohio inherits a coconut plantation and falls in love with a half-American, half-Tahitian beauty. Song-and-swim musical ensues in the tropical paradise. More about Pagan Love Song / IMDB / YouTube

William Holden plays a drifter who comes to a small town and discovers a cabin in the forest where five kids--January, February, March, April, and May--are living on their own. Their parents died a while ago, and they want to keep that a secret from the townspeople, especially the young schoolteacher (Coleen Gray), because they don't want to end up in a children's hom. Check out Father Is a Bachelor / IMDB / YouTube

Betty Grable and Dan Dailey are a married song and dance team who cannot have children. The movie follows the travails as they try and adopt and keep the kids they adopt while performing on their TV show. Check out My Blue Heaven / IMDB / YouTube

An English-educated Bedouin princess returns to Bagdad to find her father murdered, a corrupt ruling Pasha in charge and various local factions warring for control of the Caliphate. Get info on Bagdad / IMDB / YouTube

Retired actor Jack Holt is raising Christmas trees for sale at a cost which permits every family to have one. A commercial tree company tries to drive Holt out of business. Roy saves the day, of course. Get info on Trail of Robin Hood / IMDB / YouTube

The storyline centres on four young female factory workers who escape the monotony of their jobs by spending their evenings at the Chiswick Palais, the local dance hall, where they have various problems with their boyfriends. See more about Dance Hall / IMDB / YouTube

Roy is an insurance investigator looking into the theft of uranium ore. He must prevent the thieves from taking off in a plane with the stolen ore. Explore Bells of Coronado / IMDB / YouTube

In a town virtually owned by Rock McCleary, Ralph Lawson is in jail, framed for murder. Autry arrives to save his friend and win his friend's daughter Anne. Info on Riders in the Sky / IMDB / YouTube

Roy puts a stop to gun smuggling. Read about Sunset in the West / IMDB / YouTube

Variety revue. Details on A Ray of Sunshine: An Irresponsible Medley of Song and Dance / IMDB / YouTube