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Cinema has different genres of movies. One of those is the musical. This genre was influenced by theather, especially musicals, for example: Broadway's show. However, musicals don't have only people who sing, but also can include some coreographed dances. Thus, when the cinema cultur emerged, it absorbed the genre of the theater.

Initially muted, the musicals were concerned about registering theatrical performance, including dance, such as the pioneering  "The Mexican Dancer" in 1898. This is the beginning of a project to reproduce and distribute others forms of art, directing them to the masses - with a comercial purpose. After the frist thirty years of the cinema, the frist film with synchronized sound track recorded appeared in 1927: "The Jazz Singer", tells the story of a wannabe singer who suffered prejudice from tradicional jazz singers, because he hada white skim.

The 1927 year, is doubly remakeble for the musical spectacle. Techinically, there was the possiblility of lauching films with music. In language, the play "Show Boat"revolutionizes the narrative genre, intrisically tying the letters to the plot and themes addressed in innovating (racial conflit, alcoholism, gambling addiction an all whithou the happy end).

Immediately the producers noticed the possibility of investing in a new genre. In just two years, it was produced 80 musical titles and the number increased to 104 in 1930. However, many of the early productions weren't constructed based on music, but about music, especialy popular compositions.

Still in that time, it was an appropriation of th cultural industry by itself. Thus, other title were filmed based on Broadway musical performances, hits as "Rio Rita" (1929). Although, rare in the early years, this type of reintepratation became in a shot time the procuction model, adding some literaly works for musical theater ans musical theater for films.

Actually we can see a great upgrading in this genre. New songs, new dance styles influenced it, giving to the musicals a new visual. If you wish go back in time just wacth a musical movie. If you want a new inspiration, just feel what the movies can provide you. The musical movies can make you dream by dancing.

By: Victor Leite