In old Heidelberg the marriage of a student to a princess is nearly compromised Read More »
Musical
Sparkle (1976) Sam O’Steen, Philip Michael Thomas, Irene Cara, Lonette McKee
Three sisters (Sister and the Sisters) from Harlem become singers. Read More »
Stand by Your Man (1981) Jerry Jameson, Annette O’Toole, Tim McIntire, Cooper Huckabee
The rags-to-riches tale of country western queen, Tammy Wynette Read More »
Black Tigress (1967) Siro Marcellini, Lola Falana, Pietro Martellanza, Germán Cobos
Lola, a saloon dancer arrives in the town of Sant’Anna with some other dancers. Read More »
Gold Diggers of 1935 (1935) Busby Berkeley, Dick Powell, Adolphe Menjou, Gloria Stuart
In a luxury hotel stage director Nicoleff stages a show to get the money to pay his bills. Read More »
Jumping Jacks (1952) Norman Taurog, Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Mona Freeman
Hap Smith, nightclub entertainer, has a new act since his former partner Chick Allen joined the army: with lovely new partner Betsy Carter Read More »
Heidi (1937) Allan Dwan, Shirley Temple, Jean Hersholt, Arthur Treacher
Eight-year-old Heidi is orphaned and her selfish maternal Aunt Dete takes her to the mountains to live with Adolph Kramer Read More »
Howdy Broadway (1929) Charles J. Hunt, Tommy Christian, Ellalee Ruby, Johnny Kane
A story about wild youth is framed in this early musical from Poverty Row company Rayart that includes such songs as “I Want You to Know I Love You” Read More »
The Rainmakers (1935) Fred Guiol, Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, Dorothy Lee
Roscoe the Rainmaker is invited to California (with sidekick “Billy”) to relieve a terrible dry spell Read More »
Brigadoon (1954) Vincente Minnelli, Gene Kelly, Van Johnson, Cyd Charisse
Americans Tommy Albright and Jeff Douglas, on a hunting vacation in Scotland, discover a quaint and beautiful village, Brigadoon. Read More »
Step Across the Border (1990) Nicolas Humbert, Werner Penzel, Jonas Mekas, Julia Judge, John Spacely
This film is a snapshot of the life of Fred Frith, an English-born multi-instrumentalist, composer, and improvisor. Read More »
Lili Marleen (1981) Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Hanna Schygulla, Giancarlo Giannini, Mel Ferrer
In Switzerland, German singer Willie falls in love with Jewish composer, Robert, who offers resistance to the Nazis by helping refugees. Read More »
Mardi Gras (1958) Edmund Goulding, Pat Boone, Christine Carère, Tommy Sands
A military school cadet Boone wins a date with a French movie goddess (Carère) who happens to be the queen of the “Mardi Gras” parade. Read More »
Jolly Fellows (1934) Grigori Aleksandrov, Leonid Utyosov, Lyubov Orlova, Mariya Strelkova
Yelena (Mariya Strelkova), a well-off would-be singer who can’t carry a tune Read More »
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History – The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical (2008) Phillip Dye, Robert S. Birchard, Leslie Caron, Carol Channing
The 1920s was a time of great change in Hollywood. This program tells the story of the advent of sound technology for movies Read More »