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Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 4,133 films · Page 109.
LGBTQ-related film, drama film
Paul Porterfield (Kevin Bishop) is an 18-year-old music student who is offered the chance to be the page turner for the acclaimed pianist Richard Kennington (Paul Rhys). Kennington, and his agent and lover Joseph Mansourian (Allan Corduner…
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biographical film, musical film
The story of vaudeville performer Eva Tanguay is told to a couple of writers who plan to do a script about her for Hollywood producer George Jessel. Her former partner Eddie McCoy tells how they met. Recently widowed, he discovered Eva as …
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musical film
musical film
In a north London music hall, local kids dance at the disco, where the DJ is Laurie. A contest is held by an impresario to find two dancers to star in a film. Gerry is a club regular who lives with his mum and dad (a projectionist).
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musical film
Paul Pennyfeather is an Oxford divinity student who finds himself sent down after a group of drunken undergraduates remove his trousers and he is accused of exposing himself. Forced to look for work, he seeks the services of an employment …
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musical film, romantic comedy, silent film
Two young college students, Phil and Pete, compete for the love of a pretty girl named Mary, and also to win the $1500 prize in a song-writing contest to write the best show tune for the annual college revue. The two men each ask Mary to s…
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drama film, fantasy film, musical film
Hajj, a rascally beggar on the periphery of the court of Baghdad, schemes to marry his daughter to royalty and to win the heart of the queen of the castle himself.
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musical comedy, musical film
Andrew Sabbot, a naïve young man from New England, travels to Paris against the wishes of his stern puritanical mother Cora, to study art. After six months in the City of Light, Andrew becomes captivated by Vivienne Rolland, a glamorous an…
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Komödie, Musical, musical film, romantic comedy
Judy Peabody is a hat-check girl at New York's popular Stork Club nightclub. Her dreams are for her bandleader boyfriend Danny to return home from the Marines, and to sing with his band. While sunbathing on a dock, Judy saves an elderly ma…
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musical film
Crime Comedy, Komödie, comedy film
Dirt Merchant is a young man who struggles finding a job after getting fired from the mailroom at a record company where he dreamed of becoming assistant director. Eventually he becomes a summons server but gets in trouble when a rock star…
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Musical, comedy drama, musical film
Gwen Taylor is a famous Hollywood film star and about to become more famous. On her manager's advice, she has concealed from the press the fact that she's a widow with a fourteen-year-old daughter, Gloria. Gloria lives in a girls-only boar…
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musical film
Dance Film, Romance Film, dance film, drama film, independent film, musical film, romance film
Turn the Beat Around focuses around a 21-year-old woman named Zoe (played by Romina D'Ugo) who dreams of becoming a famous dancer similar to her idol Malika (played by Brooklyn Sudano) and she persuades a local dance club owner Michael Kra…
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comedy drama, musical film
A disc jockey and a hipster battle adults trying to ban rock and roll in a small town.
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musical film
Pat does everything she can to keep the struggling Colonel Gowdy Big City Shows traveling circus afloat, despite an alcoholic though well-meaning Colonel Gowdy and disgruntled unpaid workers. She sings and dances, and even does a high dive…
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comedy film, musical film
Karen and Jenny, Oslo night club waitresses, get an offer for screen tests at film studios. The roles are for "Countess of Monte Cristo" and her maid. The test is a disaster, and the girls leave the studios in anger, taking one of the stud…
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Drama, drama film
Starting in 1982 New Kerry, Massachusetts, young Cate Mandighan's mother Marie dies. Her father decides to send her to live with overseas relatives she has never met. Before leaving, her father promises her to one day look for her and asks…
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American football film, comedy film, musical film, sound film
Upton College President Sheffield is in serious danger of losing his job. For the last twelve years Upton has lost the annual football match against rival Parsons College. The trustees of Upton insist that Sheffield must resign if Upton fa…
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Documentation, Musical, biographical film, documentary film
The main objective of the film was to explain the story behind rock phenomenon Alice Cooper. Childhood The film starts by introducing the childhood of Vincent Furnier, who later becomes better known as American singer, songwriter and actor…
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musical film, romantic comedy film
A producer tries to get his leading lady to take him seriously romantically by pursuing other women.
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musical film
Television producer Tim Rawlings is staging a musical show with the Women's Army Corps (WAC) when he is drafted into the army. Sgt. Rawlings tangles with an angry male lieutenant who transfers him to Alaska, where the commanding officer ha…
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musical film, romance film
A boy named Tad flees from the orphanage and is given a ride by Doc Tilbee, a man with a traveling medicine show. Meanwhile, Zerelda King is assigned to look into possible illegal and unethical activity at an orphanage, which may or may no…
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Documentation, Musical, music documentary film