Jenny Lamour wants to succeed in music hall. Her husband and accompanist is Maurice Martineau, a nice but jealous guy. Read More »
Musical
The Daughter of Rosie O’Grady (1950) David Butler, June Haver, Gordon MacRae, James Barton
Patricia O’Grady is the daughter of Irish Vaudeville performer, Rosie O’Grady Read More »
Starstruck (1982) Gillian Armstrong, Joey Kennedy, Ross O’Donovan, Margo Lee
Young woman wants to become the next big singer with the help of her friends and despite the wishes of her working class family. Read More »
Carnival in Moscow (1956) Eldar Ryazanov, Igor Ilyinsky, Lyudmila Gurchenko, Yuri Belov
This Russian musical manages to satirize Soviet life without ever offending the Politburo. Read More »
I’ll Get By (1950) Richard Sale, June Haver, William Lundigan, Gloria DeHaven
Updated version of “Tin Pan Alley” concerns two songwriters Read More »
Donkey Skin (1970) Jacques Demy, Catherine Deneuve, Jean Marais, Jacques Perrin
The education of a princess wrapped in a love story. Read More »
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964) Jacques Demy, Catherine Deneuve, Nino Castelnuovo, Anne Vernon
The lives of Geneviève Emery and Guy Foucher of Cherbourg, France are presented in four acts. Read More »
The White Horse Inn (1935) Carl Lamac, Christl Mardayn, Hermann Thimig, Willi Schaeffers
Screen adaptation of the Ralph-Benatzky operetta: love, humor Read More »
Kansas City (1996) Robert Altman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Miranda Richardson, Harry Belafonte
Robert Altman’s jazz-scored film explores themes of love, crime, race, and politics in 1930s Kansas City. Read More »
Ornette: Made in America (1985) Shirley Clarke, Ornette Coleman, John Giordano
Ornette: Made In America captures Ornette’s evolution over three decades. Read More »
Crespià, the Film not the Village (2003) Albert Serra, Jaume Badia, Lluís Carbó, Anna Darné
Loving cult film and idiosyncratic musical portrait of summer festivities in the Catalan village of Crespià Read More »
Blonde from Brooklyn (1945) Del Lord, Bob Haymes, Lynn Merrick, Thurston Hall
In Blonde from Brooklyn, Bob Haymes (credited as Robert Stanton) plays ex-G.I. Dixon Harper Read More »
Renegades of the West (1932) Casey Robinson, Tom Keene, Roscoe Ates, Betty Furness
Tom Bagby has gone to prison to learn of his father’s killer. Read More »
Smithereens (1982) Susan Seidelman, Susan Berman, Brad Rijn, Richard Hell
An restless and abrasive young woman eschews the affections of a sensitive young portrait artist Read More »
Beautiful But Broke (1944) Charles Barton, Joan Davis, John Hubbard, Jane Frazee
Theatrical agent Waldo Main (John Eldredge) is inducted into the army Read More »