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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 149.

Honeymoon for Three (1935)

musical film

When returning home drunk from a night out a young man accidentally finds himself in a woman's flat where he passes out. Before he make his escape in the morning they are discovered by their parents and a passing policeman and forced to marry. They go through the ceremony but plan to go to California to get a divorce, and set off on their "honeymoon" along with her real fiancée.

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I Surrender Dear (1948)

musical film

Radio stations across America are signing big-name disc jockeys like Dave Garroway, Jack Eigen, and Peter Potter to entertain listeners with running chatter while playing the latest pop-music records. Los Angeles radio station KXIW has a problem: its own record spinner Russ Nelson plays sedate classical music. Meanwhile, Nelson's daughter Patty auditions for a job as a singer, under the alias "Patty Hart." She is hired by bandleader Al Tyler and goes on tour with the orchestra.

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Meet the Navy (1946)

musical film

The plot concerns a musical troupe who entertain sailors from the Royal Canadian Navy during World War II, and the film shows their personal history and experiences. The film concludes with a Technicolor sequence, with the cast involved in a Royal Command Performance for an audience including a young Princess Elizabeth.

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Rhythm of the Saddle (1938)

musical film

The owner of the Silver Shadow ranch, Maureen McClune (Peggy Moran), runs the Frontier Week rodeo every year, relying on the financial success of the event to support the ranch. The current rodeo is the most profitable in the event's history, but Maureen is told by the rodeo organizers that she must do even better if she hopes to get her contract renewed. Maureen's main competition is Jack Pomeroy (LeRoy Mason), who owns a rival ranch and a local nightclub and gambling house.

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The End of Silliness? (1998)

Because one of Larry's silly songs, "The Song of the Cebu" was so silly and confusing, Archibald Asparagus has replaced Silly Songs with Larry with "Love Songs with Mr. Lunt" which makes Larry very depressed and to drown his sorrows in Jimmy's ice cream parlor. Jimmy tries to cheer up Larry by showing some other silly songs from the past on his parlor's Jukebox, but fails miserably and he still does not understand why Larry is so upset.

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Juke Box Jenny (1942)

musical film

Roger Wadsworth, owner of a record company, is pressured by Mrs. Horton, a major stock holder in the company and mother of his fiancé Genevieve, to only produce recordings of classical music. Romantic complications follow with the involvement of his top salesman, Malcolm Hammond, who wants the company to produce jazz records, and a torch singer, Jinx Corey.

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Murder on the Yukon (1940)

Comedy, musical film, Western

Joan Manning and George Weathers are partners in the trading post where miner Jim Smithers exchanges his gold dust for cash. Jim’s unexpected announcement that he plans to leave for Montreal disturbs Weathers, who is the clandestine head of a counterfeiting ring, because Jim is carrying his phony money. Consequently, Weathers orders his henchman, Hawks, to kill Jim before he passes the money in the city.

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Laugh It Off (1939)

musical film

Four veteran actresses are turned out of a retirement home for entertainers when the Spencer Trust that owns it goes bust. One of them gets her lawyer nephew to seek out the only remaining member of the Spencer family, a young woman named Ruth, who proves sympathetic but has no money to help. They next turn to the idea of reopening a failed gambling club as a popular nightclub in which they will all appear and sing.

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