It’s been said that America has given the world two thoroughly original art forms… jazz and the movie musical. Read More »
Tag Archives: Don Ameche
That’s My Man (1947) Frank Borzage, Don Ameche, Catherine McLeod, Roscoe Karns
A poor young man is finally able to achieve his dream of running a horse at the track Read More »
Sins of Man (1936) Otto Brower, Gregory Ratoff, Jean Hersholt, Don Ameche, Allen Jenkins
Austrian church bell ringer Freyman loves music and wants his two sons (both played by Ameche) to love it too. Read More »
Four Sons (1940) Archie Mayo, Don Ameche, Eugenie Leontovich, Mary Beth Hughes
When the Germans invade Czechoslovakia the four sons of a Czecho-German family Read More »
Fifty Roads to Town (1937) Norman Taurog, Don Ameche, Ann Sothern, Slim Summerville
A man hides out in the country to avoid testifying in his friends’ divorce. Read More »
Its in the Bag! (1945) Richard Wallace, Fred Allen, Jack Benny, Don Ameche
Wealthy Frederick Trumble makes an eccentric new will, secretes much of his wealth in a chair, then, within seconds, is murdered. Read More »
Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults (1997) Michael Matessino, Kevin Burns, Joan Collins, Don Ameche, Phil Baker
Hollywood’s Best Loved Stars in a Cavalcade of of Rare and Long Lost Footage Rescued from the Cutting Room Floor! Read More »
Greenwich Village (1944) Walter Lang, Carmen Miranda, Don Ameche, William Bendix, Musical
In 1922, novice composer Kenneth Harvey arrives in New York from Kansas, hoping to publish his concerto; he meets speakeasy owner Danny O’Mara, who hopes to put on a broadway show. Read More »
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell (1939) Irving Cummings, Don Ameche, Loretta Young, Henry Fonda, Biography, Drama, History
Alexander Graham Bell falls in love with deaf girl Mabel Hubbard while teaching the deaf and trying to invent means for telegraphing the human voice. Read More »
Moon Over Miami (1941) Walter Lang, Don Ameche, Betty Grable, Robert Cummings, Comedy, Musical, Romance
Sisters Kay and Barbara arrive in Miami from Texas looking for rich husbands. Read More »
Happy Land (1943) Irving Pichel, Don Ameche, Frances Dee, Harry Carey, Drama, Romance, War
Down Argentine Way (1940) Irving Cummings, Don Ameche, Betty Grable, Carmen Miranda, Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance, Sport
Midnight (1939) Mitchell Leisen, Claudette Colbert, Don Ameche, John Barrymore, Comedy, Romance
Showgirl Eve, stranded in Paris without a sou, befriends taxi driver Tibor Czerny, then gives him the slip to crash a party. Read More »
Confirm or Deny (1941) Archie Mayo, Fritz Lang, Don Ameche, Joan Bennett, Roddy McDowall, Drama, War
Newsman Mitch and teletype operator Jennifer, whose job is to see he doesn’t send inappropriate stuff out of the country, dodge bombs during the blitz of London while falling in love. Read More »
You Cant Have Everything (1937) Norman Taurog, Alice Faye, The Ritz Brothers, Don Ameche, Comedy, Musical, Romance
Starving playwright Judith Wells meets playboy writer of musicals, George Macrae, over a plate of stolen spaghetti. Read More »