Introduction : who needs talking?

Timeline of movie musicals

Movie musical terms

Movie musical genres

History of the movie musical. The 1920s : learning to sing on-screen

The 1930s : singing and dancing through a depression

The 1940s : musicals during a world war

The 1950s : competing with television

The 1960s : musicals during a revolution

The 1970s : struggling to survive

The 1980s and 1990s : looking for new forms for musicals

Musicals since 2000 : a rebirth of sorts.