Editing Musical film (section)

===The 1960s musical===
In the 1960s, the critical and box-office success of the films ''[[West Side Story (1961 film)|West Side Story]]'', ''[[Gypsy (1962 film)|Gypsy]]'', ''[[The Music Man (1962 film)|The Music Man]]'', ''[[Bye Bye Birdie (1963 film)|Bye Bye Birdie]]'', ''[[My Fair Lady (film)|My Fair Lady]]'', ''[[Mary Poppins (film)|Mary Poppins]]'', ''[[The Sound of Music (film)|The Sound of Music]]'', ''[[A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (film)|A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum]]'', ''[[The Jungle Book (1967 film)|The Jungle Book]]'', ''[[Thoroughly Modern Millie]]'', ''[[Oliver! (film)|Oliver!]]'', and ''[[Funny Girl (film)|Funny Girl]]'' suggested that the traditional musical was in good health, while French filmmaker [[Jacques Demy]]'s [[jazz]] musicals ''[[The Umbrellas of Cherbourg]]'' and ''[[The Young Girls of Rochefort]]'' were popular with international critics. However popular musical tastes were being heavily affected by [[rock and roll]] and the freedom and youth associated with it, and indeed [[Elvis Presley]] made a few films that have been equated with the old musicals in terms of form. ''[[A Hard Day's Night (film)|A Hard Day's Night]]'' and ''[[Help! (film)|Help!]]'', starring [[the Beatles]], were audacious. Most of the musical films of the 1950s and 1960s such as ''[[Oklahoma! (film)|Oklahoma!]]'' and ''The Sound of Music'' were straightforward adaptations or restagings of successful stage productions. The most successful musicals of the 1960s created specifically for film were ''Mary Poppins'' and ''The Jungle Book'', two of Disney's biggest hits of all time.

The phenomenal box-office performance of ''The Sound of Music'' gave the major Hollywood studios more confidence to produce lengthy, large-budget musicals. Despite the resounding success of some of these films, Hollywood also produced a large number of musical flops in the late 1960s and early 1970s which appeared to seriously misjudge public taste. The commercially and/or critically unsuccessful films included ''[[Camelot (film)|Camelot]]'', ''[[Finian's Rainbow (1968 film)|Finian's Rainbow]]'', ''[[Hello, Dolly! (film)|Hello Dolly!]]'', ''[[Sweet Charity (film)|Sweet Charity]]'', ''[[Doctor Dolittle (film)|Doctor Dolittle]]'', ''[[Half a Sixpence (film)|Half a Sixpence]]'', ''[[The Happiest Millionaire]]'', ''[[Star! (film)|Star!]]'', ''[[Darling Lili]]'', ''[[Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969 film)|Goodbye, Mr. Chips]]'', ''[[Paint Your Wagon (film)|Paint Your Wagon]]'', ''[[Song of Norway (film)|Song of Norway]]'', ''[[On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (film)|On a Clear Day You Can See Forever]]'', ''[[1776 (film)|1776]]'', ''[[Man of La Mancha (film)|Man of La Mancha]]'', ''[[Lost Horizon (1973 film)|Lost Horizon]]'', and ''[[Mame (film)|Mame]]''. Collectively and individually these failures affected the financial viability of several major studios.