Cinema HoundSniffing out great movies.Explore stories told through song and musical performances.
Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 4,133 films · Page 108.
comedy film, musical film
Seeking a rich husband, nightclub cigarette girl Marjory Stuart sets sail for Trinidad on a luxury liner, posing as a wealthy heiress. Marjory throws a fake diamond bracelet overboard in hopes of cashing in on the ship's insurance policy. …
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musical film
Cab Calloway, an up and coming jazz musician is putting together a band; he is looking forward to making it big as the bandleader. His girlfriend Minnie, however, was upset that Cab has retained the services of a female band manager, Netti…
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Documentation, Musical, documentary film
Komödie, Musical, musical film
Sisters Kay and Barbara Latimer work as carhops in a Texas drive-in restaurant with their aunt Susan, the cook, when they are notified that an expected inheritance of $55,000 is only $4,000 after taxes and fees. Determined to marry a milli…
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comedy drama, musical film
Jackson is about two homeless men in Los Angeles, Donald and Sam. At the start of the day Donald is given a $20 bill (also known as a "Jackson"). The film follows the two and shows their adventures throughout the day with this money, and f…
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musical film
The Hackett family are vaudeville stalwarts, particularly Ted and Lulu Hackett, celebrated for their song-and-dance routines. Their son, Ted Jr., raised within the folds of the entertainment industry, rapidly outshines his parents in fame …
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Musical, comedy film, musical film
documentary film
In 2003, the Iraqi heavy-metal band Acrassicauda was the subject of a Vice magazine article. With the magazine's help, they were able to stage a sell-out show in 2005 despite the recent ousting of Saddam Hussein. Filmmakers from Vice retur…
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musical film
Pirate Film, Romance Film, musical film, pirate film
Deborah McCoy, a New Orleans singer, is aboard a ship that is captured by the forces of the pirate captain Fredric Baptiste. Deborah escapes in New Orleans and is hired as a singer by Mme. Brizar, the proprietor of a school for young ladie…
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comedy drama, musical film, romantic comedy
The musical starts with the busybody postman who reads everybody's mail, Hector, delivering mail to the Dana household and particularly to Cora, the maid he is in love with. Professor Oliver Dana is the head of the household. The oldest si…
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Musical, Romance Film, drama film, musical film
In 1914 Tsarist Russia, Prince Peter Karagin is a captain of the Cossack Guards, riding home from manoeuvres to an evening of wine, women and song at St. Petersburg's Cafe Balalaika. The Balalaika's new star, Lydia Pavlovna Marakova, is bl…
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musical film
thumb|thumbtime=10|Going Wild (1930) Rollo Smith and his friend Jack Lane are down on their luck and have stowed away on a train, finding a place in the compartment of ace pilot and writer Robert Story. The conductor ejects Rollo and Jack …
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musical film
Everything's going well at Disco Records, where singer Johnny Conroy is popular and publicity chief Marty Collins is good at her job, as well as in love with company boss Mack Adams. Everything changes when Barney Pearl shows up. Pearl is …
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musical film, romantic comedy
Leo Gogarty (Kelly) marries Margaud Morgan (McDonald) after a whirlwind romance just before shipping out to war. When he returns, he is surprised to discover not only that his bride is not what she led him to believe, but also that she exp…
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Gross Out Film, Komödie, Musical, musical film, science fiction comedy
It's Christmas Eve and the staff of the adult video store, Amazing Video, are settling in for a long night. Not only will there be a crush of last minute shoppers, but porn star Dyanna Lauren is appearing to sign her latest release for her…
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Christmas film, drama television program, musical film
A divorcee, Zoe Jensen (Michael Learned), moves to San Francisco from Omaha in an effort to rebuild her life. She has reluctantly left her young son back home with his grandmother until she is more financially secure. She joins a local chu…
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Komödie, comedy television program
Bank loan officer Jerry Harden has his life turned upside down when a scruffy-looking guitarist named Izzy shows up at his bank office. It is revealed that Jerry was a member of a hard rock/glam metal band called Rock Toxin, and the member…
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Musical, musical film, romantic comedy
Upholsterer's assistant Irene O'Dare meets wealthy Don Marshall while she is measuring chairs for Mrs. Herman Vincent at her Long Island estate. Charmed by the young girl, Don anonymously purchases Madame Lucy's, an exclusive Manhattan bou…
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Documentation, documentary film
Komödie, Musical, comedy film, musical film
Oliver Courtney is an arrogant composer who lets other people write songs he takes credit for. Bob Sommers writes his tunes with Billy Starbuck. At the night of a social Christmas party, Oliver introduces Bob's song "What Would Shakespeare…
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musical comedy, musical film
Chick Evans is a Marine private in Honolulu, Hawaii. He falls for society girl Delphine Witherspoon, and begins to scheme as to how to win her over. His first plan involves impersonating an officer in order to get invited to a society part…
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musical film, propaganda film, spy film
At the beginning of the Second World War, before Germany invaded Norway, a ukulele player in a British dance band playing at a Bergen hotel, is found shot dead during a radio broadcast of the band's show. It turns out he was a British agen…
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musical film