Ever since sound entered the world of cinema, audiences and critics alike have been unable to resist the allure of a movie with song-and-dance numbers. Musicals are a glorious form of cinematic ...

The Wizard of Oz revolutionized cinema with its use of color and some might mistakenly believe it to be the first color movie, but it didn't even pioneer the use of color on film. Along with its ...

Katrina Anderson has an avid interest in film, TV, and pop-culture. She has a MA in English Literature from Simon Fraser University. Her thesis project described the literary qualities of the ...

It’s slightly odd that movie versions of stage musicals did not follow on the heels of 1927’s The Jazz Singer, the first talkie, quite as hotly as expected, especially since The Jazz Singer was a ...