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biographical film, musical film
In 1906 San Francisco Blossom Seely is an energetic performer in a club. Whilst performing, an earthquake strikes. The first theatre to reopen in the city since the earthquake is the Grauman Vaudeville theatre, where Blossom is set to next…
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musical film
Judith Poe Wells is a would-be playwright who has almost no money. As a result of ordering a meal in a restaurant where she cannot afford to pay, she meets George Macrae, a musical writer with a lot of power. He offers her play North Winds…
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musical film
Joey King Sr. (James Quinn) was part of a successful doo wop singing group in the 1950s and now works at a gas station and is a borderline alcoholic. His son, Joey Jr.
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musical comedy, musical film
A young boy finds himself in a home for retired minstrel show acts. He is anxious to find out as much as he can about them and the minstrel shows of the past, and flashbacks show what it was like back in the days of the minstrel shows.
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musical film
Dance Film, musical film
Former burlesque producer moves into legitimate theatre and does well until he marries a socialite. After his divorce his former top singer returns from London to help out.
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comedy film, drama film, musical film, romance film
Vega Aircraft Corporation employees pilot Bill Morley, a former Flying Tiger, is awaiting commissioning with the United States Army Air Forces. Along with his sidekick Rosey, he is donating blood for the American Red Cross. During their ma…
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fantasy film, musical film, war film
In late Victorian England Kathleen is a young Irish woman in love with an American, Kenneth Wayne. The romance, however, is opposed by her adopted father John Carteret, who recalls the painful memory of his tragically thwarted love for Kat…
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musical film
Set during the late 1840s, when the American West was still largely untamed, Song of the West tells the story of Captain Stanton, a once-promising army officer whose career was ruined by a violent incident stemming from a rivalry with Majo…
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Musical, musical film
The film follows a group of students at fictional Winfield College who butt heads with their faculty advisor while producing the annual Varsity Show. They decide to enlist help from an alumnus, Chuck Daly (Dick Powell), who is now a Broadw…
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musical film
Winnie Porter runs a weight loss camp close by to Camp Arthur, a military base where her fiancé, U.S. Army private Jerry Walker is stationed. Winnie gets infuriated when she discovers Jerry is selling sweets to her clients for a quick buck…
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musical film, romantic comedy
Film star Ted Crosley is fed up with Hollywood and quits the movies to enroll in college under an assumed name. While Ted struggles to fit in on campus and tries out for the football team, his frustrated manager Sam Lewis and Lewis's sidek…
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documentary film
In Festival panafricain d’Alger 1969, William Klein documents a variety of the festival's concerts, exhibitions, street marches, and performances, as well as the preparations and rehearsals for the festival. He blends images of interviews …
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drama film, musical film
Prince Richard of Laurentia is summoned from exile with his mistress Marta (Anna Neagle) in Monte Carlo, to resume Royal duties following the death of his father, the King (Finlay Currie). He is charged to marry Princess Cristiane of Norse…
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biographical film, musical film
The film is a fictionalized biography of Fred Fisher, a German-born American writer of Tin Pan Alley songs. Tin Pan Alley promoter (Mark Stevens) turns serious composer Fred Breitenbach (S.Z. Sakall) into songwriter Fred Fisher.
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musical film
Fred von Wellingen, heir to a wealthy industrial family, falls for cabaret bartender Lia Toerrek and proposes to her on the condition that she dances with him. She accepts, but their engagement outrages Fred's aristocratic family, who disa…
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musical film
Duke Davis (Cooper) is a stage-show promoter in love with Ethel Andrews (Horne), a popular singer in his company dubbed "the Bronze Venus". Duke finds out that big-time promoters from New York City want to propel Ethel into the big leagues…
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drama film, musical film
Through the influence of her friend Don Holland, former speakeasy hostess “Texas” Malone gives up her job at the nightclub run by Andy Quinlan and Nick to open a more legitimate club of her own. The venture quickly becomes a success. Anger…
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Documentation, Musical
musical comedy
A group of widely divergent characters meet up with a broken-down touring concert-party, throw in their lot with them, and eventually triumph after temporary setbacks. This British musical-comedy follows an unlikely trio as they try to rev…
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Erotic Film
Erotic adventuress Emmanuelle journeys to Brazil, where, as an internationally renowned fashion photographer, she continues her indiscriminate encounters with a number of denizens of "The Marvelous City".
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musical film, teen film
Singer's girlfriend helps him adapt to the new trend of rock'n'roll music.
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musical film
In 1890 in Vienna, von Renner, Sascher, and Stirner, who are three close friends, are going to join the Austrian army. Eventually, von Renner become a lieutenant and as a superior officer he is forced to distance himself from his two forme…
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comedy film
George Pearson, an employee at an underwear factory, is caught between his modern wife and his meddling mother. After buying a special yarn and getting his wife to promote it, he has an argument with his boss, Mr Dawson who insults Pearson…
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