Scrooge (1970)

Albert Finney stars as Dickens’s crotchety old miser, alongside a stellar British cast including Alec Guinness, Kenneth Moore and Edith Evans. Finney took over the role three weeks before production, after Richard Harris and Rex Harrison pulled out, and manages to hold the screen throughout. The designs and photography are evocative, the dances full of vigour and the score includes Bricusse’s Oscar-nominated song ‘Thank You Very Much’

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Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)

Adam, the eldest of seven brothers, goes off into town and manages to get himself a wife. It's only when he takes her back to his cabin that Milly discovers that he has six other brothers. Much hilarity ensues as Milly sets about reforming all of them, so they can get married as well. In the end, the brothers just decide to kidnap the women they want!

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Shall We Dance? (1937)

Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire on roller-skates! The pair perform one of their most famous numbers, Let's Call The Whole Thing Off, in a musical about a Russian ballet dancer who gets tangled up with an entertainer. With music by the legendary composer George Gershwin, this is entertainment most decadent.

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Sholay (1975)

Bollywood gets an entry on the list courtesy of this legendary musical western about a couple of hired guns who go after some bandits. Of course, because it's Bollywood, the violence is replaced by musical numbers and there's a lot of comedy thrown in for good measure. A record breaking musical in every way, not only is it nearly four hours long, but it also was still playing in Asian cinemas five years after release.

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