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====Musicarelli (1950s–1970s)====
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[[File:Al bano e romina nel sole.png|thumb|[[Al Bano and Romina Power]] in ''[[Nel sole (film)|Nel sole]]'' by [[Aldo Grimaldi]] (1967)]]

[[Musicarello]] (pl. musicarelli) is a film subgenre which emerged in Italy and which is characterised by the presence in main roles of young singers, already famous among their peers, and their new record album. The genre began in the late 1950s, and had its peak of production in the 1960s.<ref>{{cite thesis|url=https://repositories.lib.utexas.edu/handle/2152/75660|title=The Italian musicarello : youth, gender, and modernization in postwar popular cinema – Texas Scholar Works|year=2017|doi=10.26153/tsw/2764|access-date=15 January 2022|last1=Hotz|first1=Stephanie Aneel|type=Thesis}}</ref>

The film which started the genre is considered to be ''[[I ragazzi del Juke-Box]]'' by [[Lucio Fulci]] (1959).<ref name=scs>{{cite book|last=Lino Aulenti|title=Storia del cinema italiano|year=2011|publisher=libreriauniversitaria, 2011|isbn=978-8862921084}}</ref> The musicarelli were inspired by two American musicals, in particular ''[[Jailhouse Rock (film)|Jailhouse Rock]]'' by [[Richard Thorpe]] (1957)  and earlier ''[[Love Me Tender (film)|Love Me Tender]]'' by [[Robert D. Webb]] (1956), both starring [[Elvis Presley]].<ref name="treccani-musicarelli">{{cite web|url=https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/musicarello_%28Enciclopedia-del-Cinema%29/|title=Musicarello|access-date=30 November 2022|language=it}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.casadelcinema.it/?event=canzoni-canzoni-canzoni|title=Canzoni, canzoni, canzoni|access-date=30 November 2022|language=it}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.viv-it.org/schede/musicarelli|title=I musicarelli|access-date=30 November 2022|language=it}}</ref>

At the heart of the musicarello is a hit song, or a song that the producers hoped would become a hit, that usually shares its title with the film itself and sometimes has lyrics depicting a part of the plot.<ref>{{cite book|first=Giuliano|last=Pavone|title=Giovannona Coscialunga a Cannes: Storia e riabilitazione della commedia all'italiana anni '70|publisher=Tarab|year=1999|language=it|isbn=978-8886675499}}</ref> In the films there are almost always tender and chaste love stories accompanied by the desire to have fun and dance without thoughts.<ref name="musicalmaestro">{{cite web|url=https://musicalmaestro.altervista.org/i-10-musicarelli-piu-belli/|title=La Commedia Italiana:Classifica dei 10 Musicarelli più importanti degli anni '50 e '60|access-date=30 November 2022|language=it}}</ref> Musicarelli reflect the desire and need for emancipation of young [[Italians]], highlighting some generational frictions.<ref name="treccani-musicarelli"/>

With the arrival of the [[1968 student protests]] the genre started to decline, because the generational revolt became explicitly political and at the same time there was no longer music equally directed to the whole youth audience.<ref name=mus>{{cite magazine|last1=Della Casa|first1=Steve|last2=Manera|first2=Paolo|title=I musicarelli|magazine=Cineforum|year=1991|page=310}}</ref> For some time the duo [[Al Bano and Romina Power]] continued to enjoy success in musicarello films, but their films (like their songs) were a return to the traditional melody and to the musical films of the previous decades.<ref name=mus/>