Two young women from England’s northern counties; the plain Brenda and the flamboyant Yvonne, arrive in London to find fame and fortune. Read More »
Musical
Mammy (1930) Michael Curtiz, Al Jolson, Lois Moran, Lowell Sherman
Center stage, singing his heart out – that’s how fans love Al Jolson. And that’s what they get in Mammy. Read More »
Appointment in Bray (1971) André Delvaux, Anna Karina, Mathieu Carrière, Roger Van Hool
In 1917, the First World War is raging. Julien is from Luxemburg, so instead of having to go to war he studies piano in Paris. Read More »
The T.A.M.I. Show (1964) Steve Binder, The Beach Boys, The Barbarians, Chuck Berry
Chuck Berry opens the show and performs “Johnny B Goode” and his 1955 hit “Maybelline”. Read More »
The Benny Goodman Story (1956) Valentine Davies, Steve Allen, Donna Reed, Berta Gersten
Bio of swing band leader ‘Benny Goodman’ from age 10 (1919) to his landmark Carnegie Hall band concert in 1938. Read More »
High Fidelity (2000) Stephen Frears, John Cusack, Iben Hjejle, Todd Louiso
Rob Gordon is the owner of a semi-failing record store in Chicago where he sells music the old fashioned way- on vinyl. Read More »
Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949) Busby Berkeley, Frank Sinatra, Esther Williams, Gene Kelly
The Wolves baseball team gets steamed when they find they’ve been inherited by one K.C. Higgins, a suspected “fathead” who intends to take an active interest in running the team. Read More »
Half a Sixpence (1967) George Sidney, Tommy Steele, Julia Foster, Cyril Ritchard
Arthur Kipps, an orphan apprenticed to a tyrannical owner of a mercantile Read More »
Down to Earth (1947) Alexander Hall, Rita Hayworth, Larry Parks, Marc Platt
Upset about a new Broadway musical’s mockery of Greek mythology, the goddess Terpsichore comes down to earth and lands a part in the show. Read More »
My Dream Is Yours (1949) Michael Curtiz, Jack Carson, Doris Day, Lee Bowman
Conceited singer Garry Mitchell refuses to renew his radio contract, so agent Doug Blake decides to find a new personality to replace Garry. Read More »
Its a Great Feeling (1949) David Butler, Doris Day, Dennis Morgan, Jack Carson
A waitress at the Warner Bros. commissary is anxious to break into pictures. Read More »
Nob Hill (1945) Henry Hathaway, George Raft, Joan Bennett, Vivian Blaine
The owner of a San Francisco saloon yearns to rank among the upper crust of Nob Hill. Read More »
Where Do We Go from Here? (1945) Gregory Ratoff, George Seaton, Fred MacMurray, Joan Leslie, June Haver
Bill wants to join the Army, but he’s 4F so he asks a wizard to help him, but the wizard has slight problems with his history knowlege Read More »
Victims of Sin (1951) Emilio Fernández, Ninón Sevilla, Tito Junco, Rodolfo Acosta
In México City, a Cuban dancer from “Cabaret Changó” rescues a baby from a garbage can and decides to raise him, but her pachuco pimp gets in her way. Read More »
The Girl of the Golden West (1938) Robert Z. Leonard, Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy, Walter Pidgeon
Mary Robbins is a moderately educated, beautiful, young woman who owns the saloon called “The Poker”. Read More »