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 124.
musical film
At the premiere of Judith Marlowe's new film, Smoothie meets Wanda, an aspiring actress, Hal, a singing newspaper agent, and Limey, an impoverished Englishman and forger. Mingling outside, Wanda tells them that she has been dropped by her …
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comedy film, musical film
While at summer camp in the Maine woods, young Chip Winters (Breen) befriends British composer Johnathan Selden (Rathbone), who left the city high life to try to break his creative block, and is soon playing matchmaker for his widowed sing…
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biographical film, drama film, musical film
musical film, sport film
In this farce, Formby plays a stable boy. He also has the unique ability to soothe an anxious racing horse. Expectedly, George races the horse and wins.
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Musical, musical film, romance film
A big and important Broadway theatre producer is opening his new big show. He is alarmed when he discovers his new show opens on the same night as a charity convention. He decides to lie about the tickets already being sold, so the show wi…
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musical comedy, musical film
Komödie, musical film, romantic comedy film
Nikki Martin, a Parisian opera star, takes off in search of adventure and true-love leaving her arranged husband to be at the altar. While hitchhiking, Nikki meets handsome American musician, Windy McLean and his band, the McLean Wildcats.…
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musical film
Jeremiah "Jerry" Lane and Pierre Potkin are a couple of midway "pilots" on a carnival ride who have never actually been in the air. The duo leave their job when they are hired by smuggler Dave Hanlon to fly a real seaplane (not knowing it …
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musical film
Running away from an arranged marriage, businessman's daughter Annette (Jessie Matthews) boards a train to Paris, only to have her bag stolen, and then herself suspected of theft by Max (Owen Nares), a wealthy young man sharing her carriag…
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musical film
Following an opening credits sequence with Lionel Hampton singing the title song ("Mister Rock and Roll"), radio personality Alan Freed hosts a rock and roll concert at the Brooklyn Paramount, and introduces rising singer Teddy Randazzo an…
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Komödie, Musical, comedy film, musical film
A young man with high aspirations as a musician steps up to become the musical director of the local marching band after his father is hurt in a vehicle accident. He has four weeks to drill the band before a major competition.
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musical film, romantic comedy
The town of Pitchfork, Arkansas makes national headlines when Esmeralda the sow gives birth to 18 piglets. Among the visitors to Pitchfork are a troupe of showgirls hoping to entertain the visitors and a folk music group returning to their…
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biographical film, musical film
Based on the life of Dame Nellie Melba, the film traces the career of Melba (Patrice Munsel) from the time she left Australia, traveling to Paris to receive vocal training, meets a new suitor, and debuts her talent in Brussels. As her succ…
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action film, adventure film, musical film
drama film, musical film, mystery film
A producer offers a nightclub singer a role in his latest film, but all he really wants to do is have sex with her. She knows, but accepts anyway. Meanwhile, a patron at the club gets a note saying that she will soon get another note, and …
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musical comedy, musical film
Nifty Sullivan, a bandleader, saves Katarina "Nina" Novak from being hit by a car, but rather than being grateful, Nina blames him for losing a ticket she had to a concert. Nifty escorts her there himself, then introduces her to his band, …
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musical film
A group of angels are having a conference in a cloud about newlyweds Jeff and Mary, who have been trying to take a honeymoon but are repeatedly forced to postpone because of Jeff's work commitments as a songwriter. The couple's guardian an…
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drama film, musical film
musical film, silent film
Anna Gibson (Belle Baker), her husband Tom Gibson (Ralph Graves), and their little boy Buddy (Dannie Mac Grant) form the small-time vaudeville act “The Three Gibsons.” Anna sings with warmth and dramatic flair, Tom provides comic dancing a…
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musical film
A new country family comes to live among established wealthy neighbors.
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drama film, musical film
Growing tired of his life of fame, a singer runs away from a domineering manager and goes to live with a group of gypsies. A massive manhunt is whipped by the press to find him so that he can shoot the final scenes of his latest film.
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musical film, romantic comedy
Patricia Harper is the heiress daughter of a billionaire oil tycoon, James Harper, having dinner with Mrs. Isabel Channing and Elliott Winthrop, whom Mrs. Channing wants Patricia to marry.
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adventure film, musical film
musical film
Midge Loring is a young member of a large Irish working-class family who becomes a singing sensation on a local radio station. The family's new-found wealth causes some discord until the family realizes that their closeness is what they va…
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