20th Century Fox Marquee Musicals refers to a collection of films released on DVD

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 by 20th Century Fox

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. The series, a spinoff of the earlier Fox Studio Classics

20th Century Fox Studio Classics

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 line, premiered in February 2006, with the releases of inaugural titles Daddy Long Legs, Pin-Up Girl, and Week-End in Havana. It has consisted of individually released films on DVD and boxed sets.

Selection of Films

The series has thus far consisted of 20th Century Fox musicals

Musical film

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 made from the 1930s to about 1960. Not every Fox musical of this period, however, has been released onto DVD as part of this series. Indeed, many remain unreleased at all while a few others (Alexander's Ragtime Band

Alexander's Ragtime Band (film)

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, Orchestra Wives

Orchestra Wives

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, and Stormy Weather

Stormy Weather (1943 film)

Stormy Weather is a 1943 American musical film produced and released by 20th Century Fox. The film is one of two major Hollywood musicals produced in 1943 with primarily African-American casts, the other being MGM's Cabin in the Sky, and is considered a time capsule showcasing some of the top...

) were released as part of Fox's other DVD collections.

The series also does not include the classic Rodgers & Hammerstein

Rodgers and Hammerstein

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 musicals made at Fox in the 1950s and 1960s (The Sound of Music

The Sound of Music (film)

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, The King and I

The King and I (1956 film)

The King and I is a 1956 musical film made by 20th Century Fox, directed by Walter Lang and produced by Charles Brackett and Darryl F. Zanuck. The screenplay by Ernest Lehman is based on the Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II musical The King and I, based in turn on the book Anna and the King...

, etc.), nor any of the Fox musicals starring Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe

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 or Shirley Temple

Shirley Temple

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. These films are for the most part available on DVD, but not as part of the Marquee Musicals series.

DVDs in the Series

	Film Title	Original Release Year	Included in Boxed Set
	Bloodhounds of Broadway Bloodhounds of Broadway (1952 film) Bloodhounds of Broadway is a 1952 musical film based on a Damon Runyon story and starred young starlet Mitzi Gaynor, along with Scott Brady, Mitzi Green, Marguerite Chapman, Michael O'Shea, Wally Vernon and George E. Stone. It was directed by Harmon Jones....	1952
	Can-Can Can-Can (film) Can-Can is a 1960 musical film made by Suffolk-Cummings productions and distributed by 20th Century Fox. It was directed by Walter Lang, produced by Jack Cummings and Saul Chaplin, from a screenplay by Dorothy Kingsley and Charles Lederer, loosely based on the musical play by Abe Burrows with music...	1960
	Daddy Long Legs	1955
	Doll Face	1946	The Carmen Miranda Collection
The	Dolly Sisters Dolly Sisters The Dolly Sisters, twins Roszika and Janszieka Deutsch were Vaudeville performers.-Biographies:They were born October 25, 1892 in Hungary, and emigrated to the United States in 1905. They perfected a single-sex "tandem" dance act - practising in front of mirrors - under the name of 'The Dolly...	1945	The Betty Grable Collection, Vol. 1
	Down Argentine Way Down Argentine Way Down Argentine Way is a 1940 Technicolor musical film made by Twentieth Century Fox. It made a star of Betty Grable in her first leading role for the studio, and introduced American audiences to Carmen Miranda. The film also starred Don Ameche, The Nicholas Brothers, Charlotte Greenwood, and J....	1940	The Betty Grable Collection, Vol. 1
	Four Jills in a Jeep	1944	The Alice Faye Collection, Vol. 2
The	Gang's All Here	1943	The Alice Faye Collection and The Carmen Miranda Collection
	Gentlemen Prefer Blondes	1953
The	Girl Next Door The Girl Next Door The Girl Next Door is a 2004 American teen film starring Elisha Cuthbert, Emile Hirsch, and Timothy Olyphant, directed by Luke Greenfield, about an honor student who falls in love for the first time with the girl next door, but finds the situation becoming complicated after he learns that she is a...	1953
The	Great American Broadcast	1941	The Alice Faye Collection, Vol. 2
	Greenwich Village	1944	The Carmen Miranda Collection
	Hello, Frisco, Hello Hello, Frisco, Hello Hello, Frisco, Hello is a film starring Alice Faye, John Payne, Lynn Bari, and Jack Oakie. The film was made in Technicolor and released by 20th Century-Fox. This was one of the last musicals made by Faye for Fox, and in later interviews Faye said it was clear Fox was promoting Betty Grable as her...	1943	The Alice Faye Collection, Vol. 2
	Hollywood Cavalcade	1939	The Alice Faye Collection, Vol. 2
	If I'm Lucky	1946	The Carmen Miranda Collection
	Let's Make Love Let's Make Love Let's Make Love is a 1960 musical comedy film made by 20th Century Fox. It was directed by George Cukor and produced by Jerry Wald from a screenplay by Norman Krasna, Hal Kanter and Arthur Miller...	1960
	Lillian Russell Lillian Russell Lillian Russell was an American actress and singer. She became one of the most famous actresses and singers of the late 19th century and early 20th century, known for her beauty and style, as well as for her voice and stage presence.Russell was born in Iowa but raised in Chicago...	1940	The Alice Faye Collection
	Moon Over Miami	1941	The Betty Grable Collection, Vol. 1
	My Blue Heaven	1950	The Betty Grable Collection, Vol. 1
	On the Avenue	1937	The Alice Faye Collection
	On the Riviera On the Riviera On the Riviera is a 1951 musical comedy film made by 20th Century Fox. It was directed by Walter Lang, produced by Sol C. Siegel from a screenplay by Valentine Davies and Phoebe and Henry Ephron, based on the play The Red Cat by Rudolph Lothar and Hans Adler, with dance sequences choreographed and...	1951
	Pigskin Parade	1936
	Pin-Up Girl	1944
	Rose of Washington Square Rose of Washington Square Rose of Washington Square is a 1939 American musical drama film. Set in 1920s New York City, it focuses on singer Rose Sargent and her turbulent relationship with con artist Barton DeWitt Clinton, whose criminal activities threaten her professional success in the Ziegfeld Follies.Although the names...	1939	The Alice Faye Collection, Vol. 2
	Something for the Boys	1944	The Carmen Miranda Collection
	That Night in Rio That Night in Rio That Night in Rio is a 1941 musical comedy film starring Alice Faye, Carmen Miranda and Don Ameche . It is one of several film adaptations of a play called The Red Cat by Rudolph Lothar and Hans Adler...	1941	The Alice Faye Collection
	Week-End in Havana	1941
	With a Song in My Heart With a Song in My Heart (film) With a Song in My Heart is a 1952 biographical film which tells the story of actress and singer Jane Froman, who was crippled by an airplane crash on February 22, 1943, when the Boeing 314 Pan American Clipper flying boat she was on suffered a crash landing in the Tagus River near Lisbon, Portugal....	1952

The Gang's All Here was released in 2007 but is scheduled for a re-release in 2008, likely due to an improved film source. The 2007 release was part of the Alice Faye set, while the 2008 will be part of the Carmen Miranda set.

See also

Fox Studio Classics DVDs

20th Century Fox Studio Classics

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Fox Cinema Classics DVDs

20th Century Fox Cinema Classics Collection

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Fox Film Noir DVDs

20th Century Fox Film Noir

20th Century Fox Film Noir refers to a collection of films released on DVD by 20th Century Fox. The series, a spinoff of the earlier Fox Studio Classics line, premiered in March 2005, with the releases of inaugural titles Call Northside 777, Laura, and Panic in the Streets...

External links

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