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Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 4,133 films · Page 86.
Musical, musical film, romantic comedy
thumb|Lobby card Married Broadway stars Gwen Marlowe and Ernest Lane are appearing in a 6-year run of Victor Herbert's operetta Sweethearts. Norman Trumpett, a Hollywood talent scout, is under pressure to recruit Marlowe and Lane for his s…
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Documentation, Musical, biographical film, documentary film
documentary film
The 90-minute film uses historical footage and animation. It uses the concerts to tell a broader story of Shea Stadium's history and how that related to changes that occurred in American suburban life and how they affected Long Island and …
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Komödie, Musical, Western, Western film, comedy film
The author of best-selling Western novels, Bronco Bob Mitchell, has never set foot in the West. A newspaper article has exposed this fact to his fans, and his image is suffering because of it. He decides to make an appearance at a Long Isl…
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Drama, drama film, musical film
Miles Caraday is a jazz piano prodigy with Tourette syndrome. Miles has a school friend, Todd who seems not to be bothered by Miles' condition. Miles wants to become a jazz pianist against the wishes of his classical-oriented instructor Mi…
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musical film
Idol Laura seeks out to find her one true love after being separated as children through the history of music. In the 1950s, she meets greaser Billy. Their relationship is born out of a love for dancing and rock and roll.
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Biographical picture, biographical film, drama film, musical film, romance film
The partially fictionalized film is set in 1977, the year in which Callas died, and centers on the making of a movie of Georges Bizet's Carmen. The diva, whose now-ragged voice is well past its prime, is persuaded to star in it by longtime…
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Komödie, Military Film, Musical, musical film
Danny Weems works as an elevator operator in a New York Medical building, so he can be close to doctors and nurses and get free advice on his supposed illnesses. The doctors know him well and consider him a hypochondriac. So, when he is dr…
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Komödie, comedy film
Power is a mine worker whose love of drums and lack of musical skill has turned him into the ridiculed air drummer of his small town. But when a strike is called at the mine, Power discovers an underground subculture of air drummers who ju…
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Biographical documentary, Musical
The film explores Capaldi's musical career starting from his adolescence and his teen years, up to the release of his debut studio album, Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent, as well as his mental health struggles, Tourette's diagnosis…
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musical film, science fiction film
At a point in the distant future, the inhabitants of Planet Earth have become divided into two factions who despise each other. In Beatland live the hip and trendy people who have long hair, dress in polo neck jumpers, jeans and sunglasses…
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Criminal Comedy Film, Romance Film, comedy film, drama film, musical film, romance film
Mr. Morris, owner of a large department store, hires offenders released on parole to give them a chance to rehabilitate. The other staff do not know.
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Drama, Musical, biographical film, rockumentary
The story focuses on the Turtles in the days leading up to and following the success of their single "Happy Together". Howard Kaylan and Mark Volman receive their draft cards and Frank Zappa tells them to seek advice from Herb Cohen, Zappa…
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Drama, Komödie, Romance Film, drama film, romantic comedy
Egomaniacal and temperamental Victor Fabian is the London Festival Orchestra's conductor. His wife, Dolly, is a harpist who acts on her husband's behalf, presenting his impossible demands to the symphony's backers, only to then find him da…
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musical film, romantic comedy
American showman Thaddeus Spencer (Adolphe Menjou) is stuck without money in the Swiss Alps with his wife Billie (Arline Judge), a girls' band, a comedy trio (The Ritz Brothers) and a recent harmonica-playing discovery (Borrah Minevitch) w…
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Tragic Comedy Film, comedy drama, musical film, romance film, romantic comedy
musical film
Bert Rigby is a miner in a small dying town of Langmore in northern England, with aspirations to show business. He tells the story in flashback, while sitting in a bar. He lives with his mother, a musical fan, and next door to his sweethea…
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Musical, musical film, romance film
Retired matador Antonio Morales is anxious when his wife gives birth, disappointed when the baby turns out to be a girl, then thrilled when a twin brother is born. He names them Mario and Maria. As the children grow up, Antonio's wife drea…
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comedy film
New York City in the 1920s is where gambler "Honey Talk" Nelson crosses paths with bookie "Jumbo" Schneider. Nelson has two choices, cement shoes or "fixing" a horse race in Maryland. Naturally, Nelson heads to Maryland with his cousin Vir…
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musical film
Hansel and Gretel are hungry at home, they daydream and sing about food when their mother returns to find them not doing their work. She orders them to pick strawberries in the woods and they set off. Their father returns with food he boug…
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comedy of remarriage, musical film, romantic comedy film
Actress Connie Stuart tells her husband, composer Gary Stuart, that she spent an evening in a country inn with rival composer Courtney Craig. He accuses her of infidelity. She, in turn, accuses him of adultery with dancer Lilly Adair.
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comedy drama, musical film
Joy is a sex and love addict. At the onset of the film, she tries to kill herself by taking pills and drinking NyQuil, but fails. She is in a questionable relationship with her boyfriend Ben who also works with her as an actor on a childre…
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comedy film, musical film, romance film
It's Tess's graduation day from Miss Drake's School for Girls. During the choir's performance at the ceremony, Tess notices that her beautiful divorcée mother, Louise Rayton Morgan, isn't there. Louise, an editor for Modern Design magazine…
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musical film
A young successful man, Sean Lewis finds himself with the task of turning a group of misfit kids into a team so they can compete in the underground dance competition circuit. With no dance ability, he hires a dance instructor to help him o…
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