Sorry, the order is not the best yet...

Here I put some films together I have or I know of. If possible I added a little comment and a rating (more for the dance scenes). If I got some information from 'Halliwell's Film Guide', I added them too - even his rating (HW). But his rating is mainly for the plot, I would say, not for the dancing... (Maybe I should mention, that Halliwell seems to have a special kind of humor...)

• Dancefilms
• Films with Clips
• Dance releated
• Unordered

Quality	Titel	Prod. ©	Color	Dancetype	ca. min	Comment	HW
***	That's Entertainment	1974 MGM	c	mostly Tap	135	Collection of the important (dance) scenes of the MGM musicals (with Judy Garland, Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, ...)	**
***	That's Entertainment II	1976 MGM	c	mostly Tap	130	Collection of the important (dance) scenes of the MGM musicals (with Clark Gable, Greta Garbo, John Barrymore, Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, ...)	**
****	That's Entertainment III	1994 MGM	c	mostly Tap	115	Collection of the important (dance) scenes of the MGM musicals (with Debbie Reynolds, Mickey Rooney, Gene Kelly, Ann Miller, Elvis, ...)	(nr)
***	Singin' In The Rain	1951 MGM	c	Tap	105	Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor & Debbie Reynolds singing and dancing. Funny film with really good dance scenes. "Brilliant comic musical, the best picture by far of Hollywood in transition, with the catchiest tunes, the liveliest choreography, the most engaging performances and the most hilarious jokes of any musical." (Halliwell)	****
**	An American In Paris	1951 MGM	c	Tap, Jazz	115	Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron; Music George Gershwin; Some good dance scenes; Plot not overwhelming... "Delightful musical holiday, one of the highspots of the Hollywood genre, with infectious enthusiasm and an unexpected sense of the Paris that was." (Halliwell)	****
***	On The Town	1949 MGM	c	Tap, Ballet	100	Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Betty Garrett, Ann Miller in a really funny and fast going movie. "Three sailors enjoy twenty-four hours' leave in New York. Most of this brash location musical counts as among the best things ever to come out of Hollywood; the serious ballet towards the end tends to kill it, but it contains much to be grateful for." (Halliwell)	****
***	Royal Wedding	1951 MGM	c	Tap	95	Fred Astaire, Jane Powell, Peter Lawford. A lot of good dancing by Astaire and Powell. "Thin musical with acceptable numbers" (Halliwell)	-
***	Grease	1977 Paramount	c	Jazz, Group	110	John Travolta in one of the most fames films... "Grease is not just a costalgic look at a simpler decade - it's an energetic and exciting musical homage to the age of rock'n'roll!	(nr)
***	Sweet Charity	1968 Universal	c	Jazz, Group	150	Shirley Maclaine; good film with few very good but strange dance scenes.	*
***	Hairspray		c	div. 50ieth dances	90	You see a lot of different dances from the 50ieth. Good film anyway.	(nr)
***	That's Dancing		c	mostly Tap		Great collection of important (dance) scenes of different musicals from the early years till today. There exists a book under the same name with some more written information and great picts.	(nr)
***	Whoopee	1930 Samuel Goldwyn	c	Tap, Jazz	95	Eddie Cantor singing and dancing but mostly making fun. Very good and funny film. "A timid young man is catapulted into various adventures. Early sound musical from a popular BGroadway show, later remade as Up in Arms." (Halliwell)	*
	Can Can		c	Can Can	105	French Film	(nr)
	Can Can	1960 TCF	c		130	Frank Sinatra, Shirley Maclaine "A Parisian nightclub dancer in the nieties is sued for performing the Can Can. Flat film of a dull musical, with just a few plums in the pudding" (Halliwell)	-
	Top Hat	1935 Polygram	bw	Tap	100	Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers "Marvellous Astaire-Rogers musical, with a more or less realistic London supplanted by a totally artificial Venice, and show stopping numbers in a style which is no more separated by amusing plot complications lightly handled by a team of deft farceurs." (Halliwell)	****
	Second Chorus	1941 Paramount	bw	Tap	85	Fred Astaire, Artie Shaw, ... "Two trumpeters and their lady manager hit Broadway. Mild musical" (Halliwell)	-
**	New Faces	1954 Edward L. Alperson	c	Tap, Jazz	100	good singing and dancing; funny; introducing Eartha Kitt "Five min. of plot, ninety-five min. of revue from the Broadway stage; mostly quite amusing, and chiefly notable for introducing Eartha Kitt with all her standards." (Halliwell)	*
	Dirty Dancing		c	Mambo			(nr)
	Flashdance		c	Jazz, Ballet			(nr)
	Chorus Line		c	Jazz, Ballet			(nr)

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Quality	Titel	Prod. ©	Color	Dancetype	ca. min	Comment	HW
***	Gentlemen Prefer Blondes	1953 TCF	c	Jazz	90	Marilyn Monroe & Jane Russel; singing and dancing. "A dumb blonde and a showgirl go to Paris in search of rich husbands. Musicalized and updated version of the twenties stire; no real vigor, but not too bad" (Halliwell)	*
***	Hellzapoppin	1941 Universal	bw	Lindy	85	With Whitey's Lindy Hoppers... "Zany modificatin of a smash burlesque revue; the crazy jokes are toned down and a romantic interest is added (and tentatively sent up). The result is patchy but often hilarious, and the whole is a handy consensus of forties humour and pop music." (Halliwell)	***
***	A Day At The Races	1937 MGM	bw	Lindy	110	The Marxes help a girl who owns a sanatorium and a racehorse.	****
	Buck Privates	1941 Universal	bw		85	Two incompetents in the army accidentally become heroes.	*
	Let's Make Music						(nr)
	After Seben						(nr)
****	Radio City Revels		bw	Excentric, Excentric Tap, Lindy		The Lindy scene is kind of famous, but the dance scenes before hardly anyone knows of - they are great!	(nr)
	Killer Diller						(nr)
	Hot Chocolate			Lindy			(nr)
****	Summer Stock	1950 MGM	c	(Round Dance), Lindy, Tap	110	Great dance scene when older people have their round dance (?) meeting and the young suddenly take over the music and dance the Lindy. The scene ends with a very good tap number of Judy Garland and Gene Kelly "Likeable but halting musical with the star's weight problems very obvious." (Halliwell)	*
	Manhattan Merry Go Rounds						(nr)
	Stage Door Canteen	1963 Sol Lesser	bw	Lindy, Excentric, Boogie	130	William Terry, Cheryl Walkers, Katharine Hepburn, Harpo Marx, Helen Hayes, Count Basie, Edgar Bergen, Benny Goodman, ... "How the stars in New York entertained the armed forces during World War II. Nothing as a film, mildly interesting as sociology and for some rarish appearances." (Halliwell)	*
	Follow The Boys	1944 Universal	bw		110	"A song and dance man organizes entertainment for the US troops during World War II. Scrappy, unattractive propaganda tribute by the stars to the stars, enliveded only by a few guest spots." (Halliwell)	*
	Cabin In The Sky	1943 MGM	bw	Lindy	100	An idle, gambling husband is reformed by a dream of his own death, with God and Satan battling for his soul. Consistently interesting, often lively, but generally rather stilted all-black musical which must have seemed a shole lot fresher on the stage. Still, a good try." (Halliwell)	**
	Canterville Ghost	1943 MGM	bw		95	"The young girl heiress of an English castle introduces GIs to the resident ghost. Leaden comedy a long way after Oscar Wilde, sunk by slow script and direction, but partly salvaged by the respective roguishness and infant charm of its stars." (Halliwell)	*
	Dupont Show Of The Week						(nr)
	Malcom X			Tap, Lindy (?)			(nr)

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Quality	Titel	Prod. ©	Color	Dancetype	ca. min	Comment	HW
**	The Mambo Kings	1992 WB	c	Mambo, Cha Cha Cha	105	"With a suitcase full of songs and hearts filled with passion two brothers come to America in search of the dream"	(nr)
**	Cotton Club	1984	c	Tap, Jazz	125	somehow bluddy, but good danceparts.	(nr)
***	The Blues Brothers	1980 Universal	c	Jazz			(nr)
	Swing Kids	1984 Hollywood	c	Lindy	110		(nr)
***	Cabaret	1972 ABC Pictures	c	Jazz	125	Liza Minelli, Joel Grey, Michael York "This version of Isherwood's Berlin stories regrettably folows the plot line of the play 'I Am a Camera' rather than the Broadway musical on which it is allegedly based, and it lacks the incisive remarks of the MC, but the very smart direction creates a near-masterpiece of its own, and most of the songs are intact." (Halliwell)	***

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Quality	Titel	Prod. ©	Color	Dancetype	ca. min	Comment	HW
	The Fabulous Dorseys'	1947 UA	bw		90	"Fascinating biography of the band-leading Dorsey Brothers." "Two quarreling bandleader brothers are reunited on the death of their father. Slight, comedic biopic woth the Dorseys plaing well and trying hard." (Halliwell)	-
	Something To Sing About	1937	bw		90	"Melodramatic, romantic musical with James Cagney Dancing and singing as a New York bandleader trying to make it big in Hollywood."	(nr)
	This Is The Army	1943 Warner	c		120	"An unforgettable film full of dynamic entertainment with great patriotic appeal, superb dancing, sweet romance, heart warming laughs and tears and many musical treats from Irving Berlin." "Army recruits put on a musical revue. Mammoth musical flagwaver." (Halliwell)	**
	On a Jazz Way		c				(nr)
	Reet Petite & Gone				70	Louis Jordan	(nr)
	Duke Ellington						(nr)
	Black & Blue	199x	c	Tap, Lindy, Jazz		New Yorker performance (was on a american network once); very good dancing and singing.	(nr)
	Louis Jordan & the Tympany Five				50		(nr)
	Swingin' the Blues				60	Count Basie	(nr)
	Crazy House	1943 Universal	bw		80	Second part of Hellzapoppin "Lame sequel to Hellzapoppin; after an exposively well edited first reel of panic in the studio, it degenerates into a slew of below-par variety turns" (Halliwell)	-

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