Best 23 Music Movies Fan Favorite Released in 1952

A fading comedian and a suicidally despondent ballet dancer must look to each other to find purpose and hope in their lives. Info on Limelight / IMDB / YouTube

Two unemployed show-biz pals accept treasure-diving work in Bali for a local princess and they find treasure, love and trouble. Details on Road to Bali / IMDB / YouTube

A melancholy poet reflects on three women he loved and lost in the past: a mechanical performing doll, a Venetian courtesan, and the consumptive daughter of a celebrated composer. Check out The Tales of Hoffmann / IMDB / YouTube

Abbott and Costello's version of the famous fairy tale, about a young boy who trades the family cow for magic beans. Info on Jack and the Beanstalk / IMDB / YouTube

During World War I, a teenage girl begins a romance with a college student, but his unconventional attitudes cause friction with her father. Info on On Moonlight Bay / IMDB / YouTube

Rocky and Puddin' Head are waiting tables at an inn on Tortuga when a letter given them by Lady Jane for delivery to Martingale gets switched with a treasure map. Kidd and Bonney kidnap them to Skull Island to find said treasure. Look into Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd / IMDB / YouTube

Egotistical vaudevillian Bill Miller basks in the limelight with his successful musical-comedy act, but his success is due to his unheralded second banana. Get info on The Stooge / IMDB / YouTube

A talented singer's musical career begins to soar. Info on With a Song in My Heart / IMDB / YouTube

The success and decline of songwriter Gus Kahn is portrayed, with his wife, Grace Kahn, sticking by him the whole time. Info on I'll See You in My Dreams / IMDB / YouTube

A magician seeks revenge against an opera singer for refusing to let him perform his magic act. He then devises what he thinks is a clever plan to enact his revenge with some hilarious results. Get info on Magical Maestro / IMDB / YouTube

Playboy Charlie Hill meets beautiful Angela Bonfils, a mission house worker in the Bowery. He genuinely falls in love, so, dedicated to winning her over, Charlie cleans up his act and even gets a job as a driver to impress her. Details on The Belle of New York / IMDB / YouTube

Three Broadway producers struggling to get backing for their show, hope one's sudden inheritance of a half interest in a Parisian fashion house is the answer. They travel to Paris only to learn the salon is in debt and requires their help. Look into Lovely to Look At / IMDB / YouTube

A burlesque dancer goes to college, where she romances a professor and helps put on a musical show. See more about She's Working Her Way Through College / IMDB / YouTube

To impress a movie star, a U.S. Air Force crewman pretends he is soon to see combat. When his lie gets out, chaos ensues. See more about Starlift / IMDB / YouTube

A nightclub singer has a racketeer for a manager and a rivalry with his pianist for a girl. Learn about Meet Danny Wilson / IMDB / YouTube

A famous opera singer falls for his sergeant's sister at boot camp. Explore Because You're Mine / IMDB / YouTube

Jordan Blake (a widower) is a successful Broadway producer who has always been too busy for his children, Barbara and Jerry. His girlfriend Carolina, a musical comedy star, urges Jordan to take his kids on a vacation and get to know them before they are all grown up. Is Jordan already too late? Learn about Just for You / IMDB / YouTube

The Durango Kid tries to help a man framed for murder and stop a range war between sheepmen and cattlemen. See more about Smoky Canyon / IMDB / YouTube

I wanted to manipulate light to produce visual compositions in time continuity much as a musician manipulates sound to produce music. It was particularly while I listened to music that I felt an overwhelming urge to translate my reactions and ideas into visual form that would have the ordered sequence of music. - Mary Ellen Brute Find out about Abstronic / IMDB / YouTube

The 24th Academy Awards honored the best in film in 1951, as recognized by the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Best Picture was awarded to An American in Paris, which, like A Place in the Sun, received six Academy Awards. A Streetcar Named Desire won four Oscars, including three of the acting awards. The film's only unsuccessful acting nomination. Get info on 24th Annual Academy Awards / IMDB / YouTube