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1. The 1927 version of "The Jazz Singer" starred Al Jolson. Who starred in the 1980 remake?
2. The 1930s saw many successful film musicals including "Showboat" and "42nd Street". From which less well known musical of 1937 does "Easter Parade" come?
3. Nelson Eddy and Jeanette MacDonald made several musical films together. Of the following, which is one of their best known?
4. Judy Garland came into her own as an adult actress and singer in the 1940s. Which of her musicals featured the song "A Couple of Swells"?
5. "Guys and Dolls" gave us the rare sight of Marlon Brando singing. Who wrote the short stories on which this musical is based?
6. The 1940s and 1950s have been described as the "Golden Age" of Hollywood musicals. Some went on to become classics and are seen time and time again, others seem to have almost disappeared. Which musical, that starred Doris Day and featured the song "Hernando's Hideaway", comes under this description?
7. Which 1955 musical film is based on the adapted music of Borodin?
8. In 1961 a film musical came along that changed the whole genre. No gentle love story or whimsical flight of fancy in this film. Instead we had gangs, racial tension, violence and death, all set against an amazing Leonard Bernstein score. Which film am I describing?
9. Fred Astaire's last major musical film was "Finians Rainbow". Who starred with him as his daughter?
10. Set in Paris in 1899/1900, but with a thoroughly modern sound track, which 2001 musical film was the first in ten years to be Oscar nominated?
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