I never really cared for the “musical” genre in film that much. But three exceptions to this, which I did tend to enjoy, were the Astaire/Rogers films, the Busby Berkelely films, and the Deanna Durbin films.
Durbin made a lot of films for Universal, and virtually all of them are rather pleasant and amusing. Used to see them on the late-shows quite often in the 1970s. They don’t circulate too much anymore. Mainly because the prime outlet for old films nowadays is Turner Classics, and they don’t have the Universal/Paramount library.
She was one of the last living “stars” of the 1930s. Only a tiny few left now (Mickey Rooney, Olivia de Havilland, Luise Rainer, etc.)
All that is wrong with the movie musical can be summed up in two words; Barbra Streisand.
From the Golddiggers and Big Broadcast to South Pacific and My Fair Lady, the art form was fine until those four horrid movies she made; Hello Dolly, Funny Girl, Funny Lady and Yentl.
Eccchh.
I believe there are 5 actors from Gone With the Wind that are still alive. And one or two are older than DeHavilland.