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Explore stories told through song and musical performances.

Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 4,133 films · Page 121.

Sweetie (1929)

musical film

thumb|thumbtime=10|Sweetie (1929)|left School spirit is high at Pelham University, which finally has a football team that can beat the rival school, Oglethorpe. What almost nobody knows is that Biff Bentley, the team captain, is planning t…

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Calendar Girl (1947)

musical film

The film tells the story of two best friends from Boston who come to Greenwich Village in 1900, one to become a famous artist, the other to become a famous composer. The composer falls in love with the girl next door, but she is intrigued …

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Minstrel Man (1944)

Drama, drama film, musical film

Singing star Dixie Boy Johnson and his wife Caroline are jubilant over Dixie's headlining a Broadway show and Caroline's impending motherhood. On opening night, Caroline is rushed to the hospital and Dixie begs to leave the theater and joi…

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Freshman Love (1936)

American football film, comedy film, musical film

Male students are tricked into joining Billings College's rowing team when the coach, Speed Hammond, is able to persuade the school president's attractive daughter, Joan Simpkins, to recruit them. Bob Wilson is one of the rowers, but due t…

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Punk: Attitude (2005)

Documentation, Musical, documentary film

The film begins showing the roots of punk music with many views on various artists and genres who accentuated the beginning of the genre, like the MC5 and the Velvet Underground. Punk: Attitude then proceeds chronologically to sort through…

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Killer Diller (1948)

comedy drama, musical film

Dusty Fletcher plays a comic, tap dancer and bad magician. While practicing his routine for that evening's variety show, he accidentally vanishes Lola, the girlfriend of the show's manager, Baltimore Dumdone. She was wearing a thousand-dol…

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No Limit (1931)

musical film

The film tells the story of Helen "Bunny" O'Day, an usherette working in a theater, who accidentally finds herself living in a private gambling den. She begins a romance with a hulking gambler.

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Has Anybody Seen My Gal? (1952)

Romantic Comedy, comedy film

In 1928, aging and lonely Tarrytown, New York millionaire Samuel Fulton decides to leave his fortune to the family of the late Millicent Blaisdell, the only woman whom he has ever loved, although she did not love him in return. Samuel expl…

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Miss London Ltd. (1943)

musical film, propaganda film, war film

thumb|Miss London Ltd. (full film) Arthur Boden runs "Miss London", the escort agency he inherited from his mother. Soon he is joined by his new American partner, Terry Arden, who has inherited half of the agency from her parents.

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Captain of the Guard (1930)

musical film

During the French Revolution, Rouget de l'Isle, a captain in the king's guard and music teacher, falls in love with Marie Marnay, the daughter of an innkeeper. Marie becomes involved with the revolutionaries after her father is killed by r…

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The Runaround (1931)

comedy drama, musical film

Millionaire playboy Fred White is attempting to make chorus girl Evelyn his latest conquest. Evelyn, on to Fred's scheming, has some scheming of her own, attempting to maneuver Fred into marriage. In a last ditch effort to get Evelyn into …

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Peacock Alley (1930)

drama film, musical film, romance film

The film takes place entirely in New York City, removing the Paris portion of the earlier film's plot. Rather than falling in love with a man who happens along her way, Claire is actively looking for a husband. Two possibilities present th…

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In Gay Madrid (1930)

musical film, romantic comedy

A carefree Madrid law student named Ricardo is sent to a rural school in Santiago in hopes of curbing his playboy lifestyle. There, he continues flirting, serenading, and ultimately courting his guardian’s daughter, Carmina—until his forme…

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Yes Sir That's My Baby (1949)

comedy film, musical film

After the war, Granger College has a lot of students who are parents of children. Among them are Bill and Sarah Jane Winfield, who have a baby they've nicknamed Boopkins. Bill is a football player for Granger, but a tired Sarah Jane, who's…

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Moonlight and Pretzels (1933)

musical film

In the small town of Walkerville, songwriter George Dwight is fired from his vaudeville gig. Music shop owner Sally Upton offers him a job as a song plugger. George continues to compose after hours and dedicates a new song, "There's a Litt…

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That's Right You're Wrong (1939)

musical film

Four Star Studios is suffering a slump at the box office, and studio head Forbes, noting the enormous popularity of Kyser's band on radio and in concert, decides to sign them up to star in a movie. But to the band's disappointment, Kyser t…

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Band of Thieves (1962)

Musical

Acker Bilk and his trad-jazz band are in prison. On their release they are persuaded by their promoter to burgle local stately homes while on tour. His girlfriend, a policewoman, finds out, and Bilk and his band go back to prison, as does …

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The Dream Makers (1975)

A university professor launches a career in the music industry, eventually running his own record label. To ensure radio stations play run his recording artists' music he illegally pays off deejays and in doing so, runs the risk of destroy…

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