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musical film
Entertainer Lon Prentice initially is keen to enlist in the US Army but is prevented from this due to his having one flat foot. After having the foot treated, he is accepted for enlistment. Soon after basic training begins, Private Prentic…
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Western film, drama film, musical film, romance film
In a remote mining camp in California, a group of miners seek their fortune during the Gold Rush. The miners frequent a saloon run by Mary, who is known as the "Girl of the Golden West" and is beloved by the miners. Notorious bandit and ou…
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Western film, comedy film, musical film
During his cousin Rusty Williams' absence at Agricultural College, prospector Shorty assumes the role of ranch foreman at Rusty's struggling spread in Reno, Nevada. Shorty, intrigued by the potential of the Wagon Wheel Cafe Casino, forms a…
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Komödie, Musical, musical film
Financier J. B. Allenbury is determined to file a $2 million libel suit against The Morning Star when the newspaper prints a story claiming his daughter Connie was responsible for the breakup of a marriage.
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musical film
comedy of remarriage, musical film, romantic comedy film
Singing-and-dancing stage star Julie (Betty Grable) is told that husband Marty (Jack Lemmon) is reported missing in action during the Korean War. After a long waiting period, she makes plans to marry Vernon (Gower Champion), who is Marty's…
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Komödie, musical film
thumb|left|Buster Keaton, Thelma Todd, and Jimmy Durante in Speak Easily (1932) Professor Timoleon Zanders Post is a shy Classics professor at Potts College, who has lived a sheltered life and has little experience of life outside of acade…
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musical film, romantic comedy
Nicky Nelson is a sidewalk entrepreneur who tries to lure passersby to see his friend Gene Krupa's band. As the strategy fails, he takes the musicians to a club, where he meets singer Lily Racquel. He takes advantage of her while pretendin…
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musical film
Nora, a dresser at Carnegie Hall, is cleaning in preparation for the next evening's concert. Walter Damrosch is rehearsing his Symphony Society of New York in Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1.
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Documentation, documentary film
musical film
Abigail Trent Budell (Ethel Barrymore), a wealthy resident of Philadelphia and patron of the arts, supports her soprano granddaughter Prudence Budell (Kathryn Grayson), just returning from Europe after five years of vocal training. Prudenc…
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road movie
Tara Jane O'Neil is growing weary of her life at the Rocket House, a party pad filled with crashing slackers, artists, and rock bands. She works as a ticket taker at a movie theatre and hangs out with a group of friends who are equally aim…
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musical film
Documentation, documentary film, musical film
comedy film, musical film
Three smart Las Vegas theatrical girls seek husbands. Carol wants a millionaire, Abby is in love with baritone Vince Nichols but is upset with his gambling and June has a crush on dancer Ted Lansing. However, Ted is in love with Abby.
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biographical film, musical film
In 1849, the song "Oh! Susanna" is a nationwide hit, but its author, bookkeeper Stephen Foster, has given his work to several music houses free of charge and without credit. His refined true love Inez McDowell, a classically trained singer…
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comedy of remarriage, musical film, romantic comedy film
George "Hotsy" Hamilton (George Gobel), a very eligible but naive vegetarian heir to a meat-packing fortune, returns home to Connecticut by luxury cruise ship, accompanied by Marty Kennedy (Harry Bellaver), his valet, guardian, and best fr…
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drama film
Marco Torino, king of the gypsies in southern California, is terminally ill. He wants his younger brother to succeed him, but Stephano is determined to become a dancer instead. After turning a potential employer against him, Marco arranges…
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documentary film, musical film
musical film, romantic comedy
Dan Harrow goes to work as a driver for Samson Weaver on the Erie Canal, but his heart is set on buying a farm and settling down, even though his father was a canal man. This ambition and his distaste for fighting puzzle Molly Larkins, the…
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Western film, musical film
Doris Halliday (Frances Farmer), the daughter of a wealthy New York banker, is engaged to wed a rich man she doesn't love. Her Aunt Penelope (Lucile Gleason), an outspoken Arizona rancher, objects to their marriage, claiming people should …
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musical film, romantic comedy
Nora Taylor has a fortune worth $37 million, but fears men only want her for her money. The current man in her life is Paul Chevron, who is even wealthier than she is. Paul delays further discussion of marriage until he returns from a trip…
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comedy drama, musical film
Amalgamated Pictures is seeking new stars for its motion pictures. Talent scout Thomas Brooke hits the road, looking for newcomers to bring back for screen tests, hopefully to impress the studio's boss, Dane Wharton. Brooke discovers a foo…
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Drama, biographical film, drama film, musical film
The family of Stephen Foster (Ameche) insists that he accept a seven-dollar-a-week shipping clerk job in Cincinnati, but he prefers to write songs. Stephen's prospective father-in-law Andrew McDowell has no faith in Stephen, who wants to w…
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