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Musicals 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 150.

Hat Check Honey (1944)

musical film, musical comedy

Dan Briggs and his son work as a duo in a carnival act, but the father breaks up the act so his son can pursue his solo career. As he works his way from busboy at the Penguin Club, to boy singer, then to Hollywood, romantic entanglements and a father-son reconciliation are woven among several musical numbers.

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The Hayseeds (1933)

Drama

Wealthy Mary Townleigh gets lost in the bush and hurts her ankle, but is rescued and stays with the Hayseed family. She starts a romance with their neighbour, Englishman John Manners. When Joe Hayseed and his girlfriend Pansy Regan decide to get married, the Hayseeds and John visit Sydney to stay with the Townleighs.

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Manhattan Angel (1949)

musical film

Gloria Cole and Eddie Swenson are working to keep an old house, now being used as a youth center, from being razed to make room for a new skyscraper in Manhattan. Gloria enters a friend in a beauty contest with a $25,000 first prize and, after some iffy-maneuvering, her friend wins the contest and the money goes to preserving the youth center.

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Swing! (1938)

Drama, musical film

Mandy Jenkins (Cora Green), an African American cook for a wealthy white family in Birmingham, Alabama, discovers her husband Cornell is having an affair with Eloise Jackson (Hazel Diaz). When she confronts her husband and Eloise at a nightclub, a violent fight ensues. Eloise leaves Birmingham and relocates to the Harlem section of New York City, where she gets a job as a cabaret vocalist under the false name of Cora Smith.

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Showgirl's Luck (1931)

musical film

Peggy Morton (Susan Denis) works as the star of a touring tent show in rural Queensland when she is offered the lead in the first Australian talking film, being made in the Blue Mountains. A rival, Mona Blake (Sadie Bedford) tells her that the offer has been withdrawn and takes the job instead. Peggy's show closes and she finds a job by posing as a Swedish maid.

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Sing Another Chorus (1941)

musical film

Andy Peyton comes home from college, wanting not to work for his father's failing garment business but to be involved in stage shows and entertainment. A former burlesque queen, Francine LaVerne, encourages him in this pursuit. Edna, loyal secretary to Arthur Peyton at his dress business, and Stanislaus, the janitor, suggest that to mark the company's 25th anniversary, Andy put on a show.

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Happy (1933)

musical film

Frank, a band leader and inventor, is smitten with the daughter of a millionaire in Paris. His friend, a pianist and composer falls in love with a cafe owner. Together they try to sell a device to stop car thefts in order to escape their penury and get married.

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