can't stop da/ncing

In celebration of the year’s biggest Hollywood musical releasing at the end of the month, we look back at some of our favorite Oscar nominees and winners of the musical genre.

Even before dialogue was included in film, music has always been there. Accompaniments led to scores, which led to singin’, both in and out of the rain. Watch the transition from silents to talkies with Singin’ in the Rain (1953 nominee for Best Supporting Actress and Best Music), and travel back to the earliest days of the sound era with Astaire and Rogers in Top Hat (1936 nominee for Best Picture, Art Direction, Dance Direction, and Original Song). Then, Bob Fosse deconstructs his life and the musical genre with All That Jazz (1980 Winner for Art Direction, Costume Design, Music, and Editing, and nominee for Picture, Actor, Director, Screenplay and Cinematography).