Best 26 Music Movies Editor's Choice from 1959

After two male musicians witness a mob hit, they flee the state in an all-female band disguised as women, but further complications set in. Check out Some Like It Hot / IMDB / YouTube

A boy (Russ Tamblyn), no bigger than a thumb, manages to outwit two thieves (Terry-Thomas and Peter Sellers) determined to make a fortune from him. See more about Tom Thumb / IMDB / YouTube

Danny Kaye cuts loose with his trademark musical clowning. Louis Satchmo Armstrong plays his horn and croons in that famed gargling-granite voice. Big Band icons Bob Crosby, Ray Anthony and Shelly Manne join the fun. More about The Five Pennies / IMDB / YouTube

A woman whose past is scorned by nearly everyone around her meets a man who'd love her regardlessly - if only everyone else would allow them to. Learn about Porgy and Bess / IMDB / YouTube

Bugs conducts the Warner Brothers Symphony in Franz von Suppé's Morning, Noon, and Night in Vienna while reacting to a bothersome fly. Read about Baton Bunny / IMDB / YouTube

Silver is a troubled teenage girl sent to a Catholic reform school, where she has trouble fitting in. Find out about Girls Town / IMDB / YouTube

Biopic of famous jazz drummer, Gene Krupa, who becomes a sensation but cannot handle success and life in the fast lane and ends-up broke, struggling with drugs and alcohol. Look into The Gene Krupa Story / IMDB / YouTube

Rock-n-roll promoter Alan Freed holds a talent search to develop a new rock star, then must find the elusive, mystery contestant (Jimmy Clanton) who doesn't know he has won. Find out about Go, Johnny, Go! / IMDB / YouTube

An opera singer with a bad attitude falls in love with a deaf girl who changes his life. Details on For the First Time / IMDB / YouTube

Father Conroy (Crosby) has a parish which serves the acting and performance community. When one of his parishoners gets too sick to work, his daughter Holly (Reynolds) finds a job working for a dance club of questionable character, which is run by Tony Vincent (Wagner). Vincent never made the big time, and Father Conroy tries to look after Holly. There are many musica. Look into Say One for Me / IMDB / YouTube

Discussion of jazz and the role of African-Americans in the United States. More about The Cry of Jazz / IMDB / YouTube

An aspiring singer wins a trip to London and is promised a record deal, but when she gets there an underhanded American record producer spirits her off to New York and away from her boyfriend. Look into Sweet Beat / IMDB / YouTube

This remarkable artistic and historic treasure may be seen in its entirety at the Paley Center for Media, 25 West 52nd Street and New York. Details on Another Evening with Fred Astaire / IMDB / YouTube