Gutsy lass Gracie rallies fellow stall-holders at Birkenhead Market to prevent its takeover and demolition by a department store chain. Read More »
Musical
A Perilous Journey (1953) R.G. Springsteen, Vera Ralston, David Brian, Scott Brady
Francie Landereaux is one of 29 women on a voyage to California on a barter-bride deal in which any qualified man can buy a wife. Read More »
A Song of Lisbon (1933) José Cottinelli Telmo, Vasco Santana, Beatriz Costa, António Silva
Vasco is a medical student in Lisbon, supported by his rich aunts, whom he had falsely told he had already graduated. Read More »
Cinderfella (1960) Frank Tashlin, Jerry Lewis, Ed Wynn, Judith Anderson
This was Jerry Lewis’ answer to the classic Cinderella story. Read More »
Rich, Young and Pretty (1951) Norman Taurog, Jane Powell, Danielle Darrieux, Wendell Corey
Jim Stauton Rogers, a Texas rancher turned international diplomat, take his young daughter, Elizabeth Rogers, on a trip to Paris. Read More »
The Woman of My Dreams (1944) Georg Jacoby, Marika Rökk, Wolfgang Lukschy, Walter Müller
In this musical heavily influenced by Busby Berkeley, a revue star falls in love with an engineer who takes a dim view of light entertainment. Read More »
Yes, Giorgio (1982) Franklin J. Schaffner, Luciano Pavarotti, Kathryn Harrold, Eddie Albert
A famous opera singer, Giorgio Fini, loses his voice during an American tour. Read More »
Glory Alley (1952) Raoul Walsh, Ralph Meeker, Leslie Caron, Kurt Kasznar
In New Orleans, prizefighter Socks Barbarrosa suddenly runs out of the ring before his title bout, and swears he’ll never fight again. Read More »
Carefree (1938) Mark Sandrich, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Ralph Bellamy
Dr. Tony Flagg’s friend, Steven, has problems in the relationship with his fiancee, Amanda, so he persuades her to visit Dr. Flagg. Read More »
Hollywood Party (1934) Richard Boleslawski, Allan Dwan, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Jimmy Durante
Jimmy Durante is jungle star Schnarzan the Conqueror, but the public is tiring of his fake lions. Read More »
We’re Going to Be Rich (1938) Monty Banks, Gracie Fields, Victor McLaglen, Brian Donlevy
A drifter Dobbie and his wife Kit leave Australia in the 1880s for South African gold fields. Read More »
Waltzes from Vienna (1934) Alfred Hitchcock, Edmund Gwenn, Esmond Knight, Jessie Matthews
Schani, Johan Strauss Jr., is forced by his father to forget music and to work in a bakery. Read More »
The Show Goes On (1937) Basil Dean, Gracie Fields, Owen Nares, John Stuart
A mill worker is plucked from obscurity and thrust towards fame and fortune when an ailing composer needs a singer to perform his work. Read More »
Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman (1947) Stuart Heisler, Susan Hayward, Lee Bowman, Marsha Hunt
Angie Evans, fast-rising nightclub singer, interrupts her career to marry struggling songwriter Ken Conway. Read More »
Tonite Let’s All Make Love in London (1967) Peter Whitehead, Alan Aldridge, Julie Christie, David Hockney
Peter Whitehead’s disjointed Swinging London documentary, subtitled “A Pop Concerto,” comprises a number of different “movements,” Read More »