King of the Ritz (1933)
musical film
While working at a top hotel, the head porter falls in love with a wealthy female guest.
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musical film
While working at a top hotel, the head porter falls in love with a wealthy female guest.
Drama, musical film
A country girl goes to Paris to sing professionally, where she falls in love with a member of the British Embassy. They are parted by the outbreak of the Second World War, but subsequently reunited again.
musical film
Two brothers, Bill and Wally Winter, become infatuated with a gold digger, Nina Bellamy. She persuades them to ask their wealthy father, Sir James, for £10,000 so Bill can produce a stage show and Wally a movie, both starring Nina. Sir James discovers the truth about Nina and gives his son the money, provided they leave town in secret for one month to write their shows and that they only use new talent.
LGBTQ-related film, musical film
musical film
After a betting dispute involving a racehorce named "On Velvet", Sam Cohen and Harry Higgs join forces to run a television station, bringing variety artistes to the screen.
independent film
The film opens with an elderly man (Damien Sage as "The Patient") leaving a rushed and emotional, voice message to his partner of 30 years. The Patient implies that an insidious person from his distant past (a past he never spoke of to his lover) has shown up and this person is very dangerous. The Patient has decided to run out on the good life he has had for so long, to leave his lover and everything they have behind to keep his partner out of harms way.
musical film
Claude Stork and his wife Enid have won a holiday on a cruise ship. A steward discovers they have smuggled their cat aboard, but promises to keep quiet if Claude will organise a ship's concert to help stowaways Jack and Joyce (dancers) and Dickie (a singer) who are on board to try and impress producer Harry Bolton, who is holidaying on the ship.
On the countertop, Bob and Larry both get letters from two different kids. Bob gets a letter from a kid from Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, and Larry gets a letter from a kid from San Antonio, Texas about being bullied and what God says to do about it and start a couple of stories. In "Bully Trouble", Junior is a young boy who is discouraged when a big bully named Mount Gordon claims the playground as his own and threatens to pound anyone who trespasses.
musical film
In the early 1900s, blacksmith Joe Barrett is a prominent citizen of the village of Tamerton. His son Bill refuses to follow his father's business, wishing to pursue a career as engineer. They part on bad terms.
A teenager named Josie has never performed or auditioned for anybody at a professional level. But when her father leaves the family home she decides to enter a local talent competition which reveals her innate ability to dance.
musical film
musical film
musical film
George enlists in the police force and is assigned to Harmony Row, a haunt of criminals such as Slogger Lee. He makes several friends, including the pretty street musician Molly, and boy soprano Leonard. He is persuaded to fight Slogger Lee in a boxing tournament.
musical film
Ageing showman Bob Burnham decides to retire from the traveling fair circuit, and continue only with summer tours of seaside towns. His daughter, who married a lawyer and severed ties with Bob, has even kept her young daughter, Hazel, from knowing who her grandfather is. When Hazel wins a prize at one of Burnham’s talent competitions, it leads to a reunion between Bob and his daughter.
musical comedy
musical film
Actress Antonia Palmay has retired to enjoy married life on the estate of her husband, a gentleman farmer. After a domestic tiff, she goes to the Budapest opera house and meets aviator William Parker, with whom she enjoys a brief flirtation.
LGBTQ-related film, musical film
musical film
Pet shop owner Lucy befriends Tom, a busker who is mixed up with criminals. Lucy hopes to help him by getting him a singing job on the radio, while he tries to raise money to prevent her from being evicted, but any such hopes evaporate when Tom is arrested for robbery. Lucy's young brother, Billy, comes to their aid by inadvertently prompting the real robber to confess, and Tom is freed to pursue his singing career.
musical film
fantasy film, musical film
A bohemian painter, spurred by a magazine contest, creates a series of watercolor paintings of Spanish and South American cultural subjects. One by one, they come to life.
musical film
Jimi Mistry, a British actor who grew up during the height of the rave scene in the United Kingdom decides to journey to the Balearic island of Ibiza and unravel the complex musical history of the island, and find out for himself if Ibiza's now spoiled reputation is deserved. Starting his journey in clubs such as Pacha and Amnesia, a chance meeting with Island resident and multi platinum producer Lenny Ibizarre ends with Jimi seeking out the island's spiritual flip side. Along the way, Jimi meets DJ Alfredo before re-uniting the four DJs credited with exporting the Balearic sound to England - Paul Oakenfold, Nicky Holloway, Danny Rampling…
musical film
documentary film
With the help of their indie production team and Johnny Depp fans around the world, Garcia and Baxendale chronicle their quest to hand deliver the guitar and script to Johnny Depp, all the while filming their journey.