Best 29 Music Movies Worth Watching Released in 1958

On a South Pacific island during World War II, love blooms between a young nurse and a secretive Frenchman who's being courted for a dangerous military mission. Details on South Pacific / IMDB / YouTube

Depicts the end days of a decadent zamindar (landlord) in Bengal, and his efforts to uphold his family prestige even when faced with economic adversity. Get info on The Music Room / IMDB / YouTube

A troubled youth's singing sets New Orleans rockin'. With a sweet girl to love him and nightclubbers cheering, it seems he will shake off his past and head for the top. But will a mobster and his man-trap moll snare him in a life of crime? Read about King Creole / IMDB / YouTube

Lawyer Tommy Farrell is a defender of crooks. Vicki Gaye encourages him to go straight, but mob king Rico Angelo insists otherwise. Explore Party Girl / IMDB / YouTube

A frustrated fan of the hopeless Washington Senators makes a pact with the Devil to help the baseball team win the league pennant. See more about Damn Yankees / IMDB / YouTube

Display the graph that follows traditional African music's voice strains of sway, between music and graphics so mix and so gave the impression of beauty in the melting pot of musical art and graphics. Info on Free Radicals / IMDB / YouTube

Dancers, shown in photographic negative, perform a series of ballet moves, solos, pas de deux, larger groupings. The dancers glide and rotate untroubled by gravity against a slowly changing starfield background. Their movements are accompanied by music scored for a small ensemble of woodwind and percussion. Read about The Very Eye of Night / IMDB / YouTube

A singing truck driver meets a feisty blonde who challenges him to a drag race. When he is offered a new job that also includes drug running, he must fight to save his friends and himself. Look into Daddy-O / IMDB / YouTube

A downtrodden but creative English school teacher (Danny Kaye) on an archaeological trip, discovers the joys of love and circus life with acrobat (Pier Angeli). Details on Merry Andrew / IMDB / YouTube

A young man visiting his relatives' farm in Kentucky falls in love with their neighbor. More about April Love / IMDB / YouTube

The story of W. C. Handy, the undisputed father of the blues. Look into St. Louis Blues / IMDB / YouTube

Gérard, a young student, discovers a fragment from a Phoenician amphora in Corsica. Several years later he sets off on a smuggling boat, looking for the treasure he thinks he has found. When he get back to island, he falls in love. Explore The Girl in the Bikini / IMDB / YouTube

Dodie dreams of marrying a millionaire so that she can live 'the life'. Buzz, her boyfriend, however is not rich as he is a salesman for a housing development. He proposes and Dodie accepts. Dodie next meets Pete, who she thinks is rich, but she soon finds out that he is just a boat mechanic. They have fun on their date and Pete proposes and Dodie accepts. Then Dodie . Check out The Girl Most Likely / IMDB / YouTube

Kid who wants to enter his car in the drag races joins a rock band to make enough money to do it. Learn about Hot Rod Gang / IMDB / YouTube

A filmed version of Aaron Copland's most famous ballet, with its original star, who also choreographed. Read about Appalachian Spring / IMDB / YouTube

Wealthy Teddy Anker invests in 1920s theater. His ventures succeed until producing a show starring dancer Karin, his love interest, which financially flops. Look into Jazzgossen / IMDB / YouTube

The von Trapp family are struggling to survive in America, where their performances of European church music are not popular with the audiences. Only when they start performing more upbeat Austrian folk songs and even some American numbers do they become a success and finally find security and a new home. More about Die Trapp-Familie in Amerika / IMDB / YouTube

The Mad Morgans are a family song and dance act touring the British music halls. Young Davy is the star of the act, but should he stay with his family or strike out on his own? Find out about Davy / IMDB / YouTube

Baron Luigi Fontana is a rich and stinging producer of fine wines, as well as president of the amateur football team of Cerignola who, to crown a triumphant championship, is about to be promoted to Serie C. More about Gambe d'oro / IMDB / YouTube

A young singer on a train bound for London finds herself among a group of famous musicians and performers. Find out about Six-Five Special / IMDB / YouTube

In 1950s Naples (more Italian than Italy itself), a couple struggles to be together against--of course!--the will of the mother-in-law. In the end, not only will they be together, but the mother-in-law-to-be, a widow, finds love as well--although the fellow needs to pass the scrutiny of his own mother-in-law-to-be. See more about Io, mammeta e tu / IMDB / YouTube

Currently the second-oldest surviving color program to be recorded on videotape; the oldest known color videotape is the May 1958 inauguration of NBC's Washington, D.C. color studios. Learn about An Evening with Fred Astaire / IMDB / YouTube

A musical version of O. Henry's famous Christmas story. Get info on The Gift of the Magi / IMDB / YouTube