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Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 4,133 films · Page 88.
musical film
In fifteenth-century France, King Louis XI (Walter Hampden) is besieged in Paris by Charles, Duke of Burgundy, and his allies. Even within the city, Louis' reign is disputed. The irreverent, persuasive beggar poet François Villon (tenor Or…
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musical film
Video synopsis: Chapters 1–12 Chapter 1 Sylvester wakes up in bed with a woman who is not his wife. As he prepares to leave, the woman tells him her husband is coming up the stairs and tells Sylvester to hide in the closet. The couple begi…
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Horror, horror film, musical film
The physician at the Vienna Royal Theatre, Dr. Hohner (Karloff) murders his fiancée, a prima donna, out of obsession and jealousy. Ten years later, he hears another young singer (Foster) who reminds him of the late diva, and is determined …
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Musical, comedy drama, drama film, musical film, romantic comedy
Tony West performs in vaudeville in a group with his father Nick and sister Kitty, The decline of vaudeville forces the group to split up and Tony goes to Hollywood to try to make it in movies. He works at Universal Pictures, where he beco…
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Ghost-Movie, Horror, Musical
At La Casa di Sol, an ancient Venezian home of various composers through the ages, a young violinist practices a piece by Paganini and then inexplicably electrocutes her bathing mother with a hairdryer. A female rock band recording in a st…
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musical comedy, musical film
Two American friends, Tommy and Jeff, are stranded in Scotland when their car breaks down. They see a girl, Fiona, and follow her to her home village of Brigadoon. Everyone is preparing for Jennie Maclaren's wedding.
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Fairy-Tale Film, Komödie, Musical, musical film
In the Louisiana countryside, Kermit the Frog begins his narration with Mordecai Sledge and Leroy the Donkey, as they approach their residence after stealing items in a boxcar from a railroad yard. When they arrive, Mordecai finds the item…
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Drama, Musical, drama film, musical film, romance film
Helen Chernen is an ambitious woman, determined to escape poverty in a dirty steel town. She pushes her younger sister Katie into a marriage with singer/dancer Albert Runkel. Katie has no interest in the man, but she is desperate for a bet…
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Komödie, Musical, Romantic Comedy, comedy film, musical film
Popular crooner Russ Raymond abandons his career at its peak and joins the Navy using his real name, Tommy Halstead. However, Dorothy Roberts, a reporter, discovers his identity and follows him in the hopes of photographing him and reveali…
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documentary film
The film follows the life of Bill Withers, from his roots in West Virginia to his career in the United States Navy, to his famed musical career and post-retirement family life.
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Western film, comedy film, musical film
Down-on-their-luck song-and-dance duo Steve Carroll and Danny Foster run out of gas in what seems like the middle of the Texas wilderness. Fortunately, a tony dude ranch is a short walk ahead. A chance meeting with an old friend, singer Ma…
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musical film, romantic comedy, spy film
American Homer Smith is the star reporter of a small newspaper, which is named the best small town newspaper in the country. As a reward for his contributions, he is sent to North Africa to report on the war. In the Mediterranean, however,…
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Romantic Comedy, musical film, romantic comedy
The renowned New York City millionaire Jonathan Reynolds is dying, and his son Johnny returns from Mexico City to his deathbed. The attending physician, Dr. Harvey, informs Johnny that his father does not have much time to live and that hi…
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musical film
Molly Mahoney forms a vaudeville act with her fiancé Eddie Kerns. Working at a local dance school in small-town Nebraska, she longs to become a star performing on Broadway. Eddie persuades her to leave town for New York City, and after the…
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Komödie, Musical, musical film, romantic comedy
At a nightclub, Jimmy Dorsey and his orchestra perform "One O'Clock Jump", attended by Broadway star Constance "Connie" Shaw and her fiancé Larry West. Shaw's obsessive fan Joseph "Joe" Renolds also attends, having constantly following her…
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musical film, romantic comedy film
Jeannie McLean is 28 and lives in rural Vermont. Inheriting a few thousand dollars from her Scottish-born grandfather she was looking after in his old age, she decides to travel to Scotland to see her ancestral country. On the journey by a…
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musical film
Act I Attorney and friend John Utterson and future father-in-law Sir Danvers Carew introduce Dr. Henry Jekyll to the audience. Beside his comatose father's bed, Jekyll tells the audience that man is both good and evil ("Lost in the Darknes…
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musical film
Welder William "Swanee" Swanson works at a shipyard in Morganville, Delaware. One day he sees the brightly shining Broadway star Julie Hampton speak in front of a crowd of workers at the yard, and he instantly falls in love with her. Lucki…
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Drama, Road Movie, drama film
In Tennessee, Bailey, a debt-straddled blues guitarist, is escorted across the state by a man named Augy so that he can collect his inheritance from his recently deceased grandfather.
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Horror, Musical, horror film, silent film, vampire film
In 1897, a visitor from the East, Count Dracula, arrives in London and is inadvertently invited into the home of Lucy Westenra. She is bitten by Dracula, and taken by his curse. Lucy's behavior becomes more erratic leading her to bite her …
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LGBTQ-related film, Romance Film, romance film
18-year-old Rachel arrives home one morning after staying out all night with her boyfriend Jason. Jason has decided to break up with Rachel since they have both just graduated from high school and are going off to college. She and Jason ha…
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Komödie, Musical, musical comedy, musical film, operetta
Larry Martin (Don Ameche) is an American entertainer in the Casino Samba in Rio de Janeiro. He has a skit in his show, making fun of the womanizing Baron Manuel Duarte (also Ameche). On one particular evening, the Baron and his wife, Baron…
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pop music
dance film, drama film, musical film
The story revolves around a ballet dancer who is planning to make a film version of the ballet Giselle, and how his romance with a young woman parallels the plotline of the ballet.
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