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Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 4,133 films · Page 115.
comedy film, drama film, musical film
Enrolling in an Arkansas college, singer Jesse Crawford saves the life of Judy Grant, a dean's daughter. She is grateful until Jesse performs at a rally staged by a student looking to discredit the dean, but Jesse was unaware of the rally'…
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Drama, Musical, drama film, romance film
George Murphy is a reformed crook who has made a success as a booking agent for big bands at supper clubs. Richard Barthelmess is his ex-partner who is up for parole and needs the promise of a job to get out of prison. George volunteers to…
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Komödie, Musical, historical film, musical film
comedy film, musical film
World War II is coming to an end, but rather than being sent home, Capt. Bill Willoby and Lt. Frank Schmidt, along with their unit, are assigned to Midi Island, formerly held by the Japanese.
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Musical, crime film, drama film, musical film
In antebellum Louisiana in 1854, young orphan Timothy Reid Jr. inherits a plantation and its slaves. However, lawyer Martin Dill is made the executor of the estate.
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musical film
Buzz Blackwell, Fred Johnson, and Axel Swenson are construction workers in San Francisco who are helping to build the Golden Gate Bridge. They are close friends, and Buzz and Axel even help Fred in raising his daughter Pat. When Fred dies …
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A family musical with heart, Rising Stars explores the sacrifices that come with fame in reality television-obsessed culture. Challenged with creating songs and music videos, three musical acts find more than their futures on the line when…
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musical film, romantic comedy
Danny, an acclaimed singer and songwriter, falls in love with a socialite girl who he then overhears admitting that she is stringing him along just in time to avoid marriage. Danny is notably Jewish, and among the issues the film raises is…
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musical comedy, musical film
Don Martin's career in ice hockey screeches to a halt when he punches a referee. Banned from the sport for life, he is consoled by Chris Linden, a lovely skater who performs for the crowd during the hockey games' intermissions. Chris has a…
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drama film, musical film
Charley Moon is a country boy who, after a national service stint in the army, becomes a small-time music-hall performer. After a few lucky breaks, he finds himself popular and the star of a musical hit in London's West End. Initially succ…
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film noir, musical film
Set in a visually dazzling fantasy of 1930s New York, Dark Streets tells the story of Chaz Davenport, a dashing playboy who owns what promises to become the hottest new nightclub in town if only the lights would stay on. Surrounded by the …
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musical film
During World War I, two American Doughboys, Tommy Turner and Gilbert Simpson, are more interested in picking up girls than in military duty. In Paris, they go AWOL in order to follow their libertine pursuits. They alternate between imperso…
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musical film, romantic comedy film
Upon learning that the Venetian archduke, Paul Gustave will attend her next performance, ballerina Fanni immediately plans to court the wealthy bachelor Willy Fitch, her sweetheart. Fanni assures her friend and fellow dancer Lisl Gluck tha…
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musical film, romantic comedy
This musical comedy stars William Powell as Emery Slade, an unlikeable actor who was once a major film star, but who has not worked in ten years. Slade tries to convince studio chief Melville Crossman (Adolphe Menjou) to give the female le…
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Komödie, comedy film, musical film
A group of gangsters take over a record company, now they strong-arm various celebrities into making records.
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musical film, silent film
thumb|thumbtime=5|Broadway Babies (1929) Chorus girl Delight "Dee" Foster is in love with stage manager Billy Buvanny and he also loves her. They plan to marry until bootlegger Perc Gessant steps in. Dee is led to believe that Billy is in …
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spy film
Ex-Marines Jimmy McGinnis (Victor McLaglen) and Harry Curtis (Edmund Lowe), who haven't seen each other for fifteen years, meet at a racetrack. They both immediately drop their jobs as an attendant and cleaner to rekindle their friendship …
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musical film
thumb|thumbtime=10|Sunny (1930) Sunny Peters is an American circus performer, doing her act in a British circus, who is engaged to a man she does not love. A former boyfriend, Tom Warren, stops by to see her before taking a boat back to th…
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Musical, biographical film, musical film, romance film
In her hometown of Grass Valley, vivacious teenager Lotta Crabtree is thrilled when the famed performer Lola Montez arrives in town in 1863. She wants to become a singer like Lola someday, although her parents Mary Ann and John Crabtree, w…
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musical film, war film
A reporter is interviewing businessman Eddie Clark on the backstory behind his conglomerate of companies branded the alluring "Bamboo Blonde". During World War II, young Captain Patrick Ransom, Jr., an experienced private recreational pilo…
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musical film
thumb|The film Babe (Vivian Duncan) and Casey (Rosetta Duncan) Hogan are sisters and work in the department store Mandelbaum & Weill in the music sheet department. Once a year there is a big department store show, in which employees act. B…
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American football film, drama film, musical film, silent film
Marty Reid is the star quarterback of Sanford College, and according to Coach Wilson, the finest backfield man the school has ever had. But Marty hates taking physical punishment and, after being knocked out by a vicious clip to the head i…
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Concert film, Documentation, Musical
musical film
This is a musical comedy about signing up singers to take part in a country music film. A Hollywood film company sends Colonel Feetlebaum (Doodles Weaver) to Nashville to round up talent to appear. A host of then-current country stars perf…
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