Red Hot Rhythm (1929)
musical film
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Under Your Hat (1940)
Comedy, musical film, spy film
The film is set in pre-Second World War England where a leading film star Jack Millett and his wife Kay attempt to recover a secret carburettor stolen by enemy agents. Suspicious that Jack may be embarking on an affair with his glamorous co-star Carole Markoff, Kay follows him to the South of France, where in fact he is due to receive the carburettor from a contact at a night club, as he has actually been recruited as an undercover man for the government. (There is a literary pun when the secret agent bringing the parcel, assuming Kay knows all about the identification code and is due to meet him, says dramatically "You are She", and Kay…
Sporting Love (1936)
musical film
The Brace brothers (Percy and Peter) are in a continual trough of financial depression and fear they may lose their racehorse Moonbeam to repay a mortgage to Mr. Dane. The brothers borrow money from their aunt Fanny, claiming they are both getting married and thus need her financial aid.
Bowery Buckaroos (1947)
musical comedy
Louie is singing the song "Louie the Lout" about his days in the old west to the boys in the Sweet Shop. All of a sudden a man arrives on horseback and Louie hides from him in the back of the store. The man identifies himself as a sheriff of Hangman's Hollow, a town out west where Louie is wanted for a murder that took place 20 years before.
Broadway Scandals (1929)
musical film
Ted Howard (Jack Egan), song-and-dance man for the struggling second-rate musical “So Long Susie,” watches the show collapse in a small-town theater. The company manager announces he's closing immediately—without paying the chorus girls. Ted, unwilling to see the girls stranded, spends his last cent to buy them train tickets back to New York.
Rhythm in the Clouds (1937)
musical film
Struggling songwriter Judy Walker gets two hours notice to vacate her room. In frustration, she accidentally spills "ink eraser" on her latest rejection letter, which gives her an idea. She alters the letter, giving herself authorization to use the rejecter's luxurious Park Avenue apartment while he, "uncle" Phil Hale, is away.
Kathleen Mavourneen (1939)
Drama, musical film
Kathleen O'Moore returns home to rural Ireland and finds she has rivals for her affections in the shape of poor boy Michael Rooney and wealthy squire Dennis O'Dwyer. The two rivals in love team up to rescue Kathleen from her unpleasant aunt who has arranged a loveless but profitable marriage for the girl.
Jivin' in Be-Bop (1946)
Concert film, music-themed film
Moonlight in Havana (1942)
musical film
Baseball star Johnny "Whizzer" Norton has been suspended by manager Eddie Daniels and the New York Blue Sox for his incorrigible behavior. When nightclub owner Barney Crane happens to hear Johnny singing, he offers him a job in the club where Gloria Jackson is currently the star performer. Johnny is not interested until he hears Crane wants to take the whole troupe to Havana, Cuba, to entertain.
The Big Show-Off (1945)
Comedy drama, musical film
Nightclub pianist Sandy Elliott is madly in love with nightclub singer June Mayfield, who ignores his existence, preferring the obnoxious Wally Porter, the nightclub emcee. Sandy follows June to discover to his disgust that she is a big fan of professional wrestling. Sandy's friend Joe the night club owner decides to make the shy Sandy attractive to June by paying a thug to disrupt June's singing, then being thrown out by Sandy.
Escape to Paradise (1939)
musical film, romantic comedy
Jaded playboy Richard Fleming travels to the South American nation of Rosarita. Through his motorcycle riding guide Roberto he discovers true love and a career as a Yerba mate exporter.
I Adore You (1933)
musical comedy
Norman Young wants to marry Margot Grahame but her contract with a producer prohibits her from marrying during a five-year period. Norman spends millions to take over the contact.
I See Ice (1938)
musical film
The farcical adventures of a prop man with a touring ice ballet. Inventing a new sort of candid camera in his spare time, and concealing it in a bow-tie, our hero gets into a mess of trouble when he takes an incriminating photo of an important man; pulls a communication cord; winds up in jail; referees a hockey match; finds himself in a stage show dressed as a cossack; woos an attractive young ice skater; and eventually wins a job on a newspaper.
Student Tour (1934)
musical film
Sunbonnet Sue (1945)
musical film, romantic comedy
Wish Me Away (2011)
documentary film, Documentation, LGBTQ-related film
Melody Club (1949)
musical comedy
Detective Freddy Forrester, chasing jewel thieves, traces them to a nightclub.
The Girl from Calgary (1932)
musical film, romantic comedy
A French-Canadian girl is a champion bronc rider and is also a nightclub singer. An ambitious young man sees her act one night and is struck by her talent, realizing that she is good enough to become a Broadway star. He convinces her to accompany him to New York, where she indeed does become a Broadway star.
Thumbs Up (1943)
musical film
Louise Latimer (Brenda Joyce) is working at the American Club in London as a singer, hoping for her next big break with the help of Bert Lawrence (Arthur Margetson), but Bert has been unable to help her along as Bert's associate E.E. Cartwright (André Charlot) has other ideas, he wants to use various talents from ammunitions and aircraft plants from England for his next show. While Louise is performing, Douglas Heath (Richard Fraser) is drawing attention to himself by performing tricks with some coins on his arm, which Louise takes exception to, but Douglas ignores her displeasure and sits at her table just as Louise's hopeful fiancé,…
Pagliacci (1936)
Drama, musical film
Hey, Rookie (1944)
musical film
Kid Nightingale (1939)
musical film, musical comedy
Singing waiter Steve Nelson flattens a customer who heckles him. Skip Davis, a trainer of prizefighters, witnesses this and proposes a new career to Steve, who agrees on the condition voice coach Rudolfo Terrassi is hired to help train him as a singer as well. Women flock to ringside to watch the handsome Steve, dubbed "Kid Nightingale" for his singing talents.
The Sky's the Limit (1938)
musical film
Jack is an aircraft designer who becomes involved with a Russian soprano, Mary Loseff. She had in real life been the partner of Richard Tauber, who broke off the relationship to marry Diana Napier, turning Loseff into an alcoholic. While William Kendall will be seen as Lord Beckley's underhand who tries to steal the star’s invention.
The Painted Angel (1929)
musical film
Mamie Hudler, a nightclub entertainer in San Francisco, narrowly escapes death when she refuses the unwanted attentions of Oldfield. Her devoted violinist and manager, Brood, heroically takes a bullet meant for her, injuring his arm and ending his violin career. Mamie reinvents herself as Rodeo West and moves to New York, where she rises to become the queen of the nightclubs.