Oct 14, 2008
111 min
Full-HD

Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History (2008)

The history of Hollywood musical movies, from the very beginning until the 21st century, hosted by Shirley Jones.

Shirley Jones

Self - Hostess

Obba Babatundé

Self

Pat Boone

Self

Barry Bostwick

Self

Leslie Caron

Self

George Chakiris

Self

Marge Champion

Self

Bill Condon

Self

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Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History (2008)

Shirley Jones

Obba Babatundé

Pat Boone

Barry Bostwick

Leslie Caron

George Chakiris

Marge Champion

Bill Condon