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Tag Archives: Don Ameche
Swanee River (1939) Sidney Lanfield, Don Ameche, Andrea Leeds, Al Jolson
More fictional than factual biography of Stephen Foster. Songwriter from Pittsburgh falls in love with the South Read More »
Alexander’s Ragtime Band (1938) Henry King, Tyrone Power, Alice Faye, Don Ameche
Roger Grant, a classical violinist, disappoints his family Read More »
The Feminine Touch (1941) W.S. Van Dyke, Rosalind Russell, Don Ameche, Kay Francis
John Hathaway is a professor of psychology at Digby College. His students are bored as he is with the students. Read More »
Folks! (1992) Ted Kotcheff, Tom Selleck, Don Ameche, Anne Jackson
Jon has it all, great job, beautiful wife and kids, and a dream house. Read More »
One in a Million (1936) Sidney Lanfield, Sonja Henie, Adolphe Menjou, Don Ameche
American theatrical manager (Menjou) discovers Henie preparing for the Olympics in Switzerland and brings her to Madison Square Garden. Read More »
The Three Musketeers (1939) Allan Dwan, Don Ameche, Harry Ritz, Jimmy Ritz
A parodic remake of the story of the young Gascon D’Artagnan, who arrives in Paris, his heart set on joining the king’s Musketeers. Read More »
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History – The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression (2009) Phillip Dye, Shirley Jones, Don Ameche, Fred Astaire
It’s been said that America has given the world two thoroughly original art forms… jazz and the movie musical. Read More »
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 »