suggestions from scott
42nd Street
All That Jazz (Not a musical per se, but you know how good it is]
Cabaret (of course)
The Court Jester
Cradle Will Rock (Again, not a musical really, but fabulous]
Damn Yankees
Fiddler on the Roof
Funny Face
Gigi
Hair
A Hard Day's Night
The Harvey Girls
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Mary Poppins
Meet Me in St. Louis
The Music Man
My Fair Lady
Oklahoma! (Todd-AO version]
Oliver!
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
Paint Your Wagon (A true guilty pleasure]
The Pajama Game
Pennies From Heaven
Rock ānā Roll High School (Not really a musical, but delightful]
Show Boat (1936 version -- not on DVD, I don't think]
A Star is Born (1954 Garland-Cukor version]
Sweet Charity
That's Entertainment! III (The best of the lot]
Victor/Victoria
Yellow Submarine
"Royal Wedding" alas is not yet on DVD, nor is "Yentl."
More suggestions. Not top-flight, but not bad either.
5,000 Fingers of Dr. T
Babes in Toyland (Laurel & Hardy; a.k.a.: March of the Wooden Soldiers]
Blue Skies
Broadway Melody of 1940
Cabin in the Sky
Carousel (Considering the source, should have been a lot better...]
Cover Girl
Daddy Long Legs
Darling Lili
Easter Parade
The Emperor Waltz (The Billy Wilder Musical; low-key, charming]
Everyone Says I Love You
Finian's Rainbow
Flying Down to Rio
Follow the Fleet
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
The Gay Divorcee
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Going My Way
Holiday Inn
The Inspector General
It's Always Fair Weather
The King and I (Ditto what I said about "Carousel"]
Les Girls (Worth it for Kay Kendall]
Li'l Abner (Mercer score; Kidd choreography]
Little Shop of Horrors
The Little Prince (A curio, to be sure; but Fosse as the Snake!]
The Muppet Movie
New Faces (of 1952]
Road to Morocco
Road to Rio
Road to Singapore
Roberta
Scrooge
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Shall We Dance?
The Shocking Miss Pilgrim (Probably not on DVD; charming score]
The Sky's the Limit (Ditto]
Star Spangled Rhythm (Mercer-Arlen score!]
Star! (Strange but fascinating]
State Fair (1945 version]
Stormy Weather (Odd and Bill Robinson can't act but some great numbers]
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
Summer Stock
Thoroughly Modern Millie (Too long by half but some good stuff here]
The Unsinkable Molly Brown
White Christmas
Whoopee!
Yankee Doodle Dandy
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