Tags: Genre, Music Genre, Topical Concept.

The musical film is a film genre in which songs sung by the characters are interwoven into the narrative sometimes accompanied by dancing. The songs usually advance the plot or develop the film’s characters though in some cases they serve merely as breaks in the storyline often as elaborate production numbers.The musical film was a natural development of the stage musical after the emergence of sound film technology.

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