Withers is an immigrant who learns on arrival in the U.S. that her mother is dead. Read More »
Musical
Hollywood or Bust (1956) Frank Tashlin, Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Pat Crowley
The last movie with Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin together, is a satire of the life in Hollywood. Read More »
Hooray for Love (1935) Walter Lang, Ann Sothern, Gene Raymond, Bill Robinson
Young would-be producer Doug Tyler meets singer Pat Thatcher twice, and makes the wrong impression both times. Read More »
City for Conquest (1940) James Cagney, Ann Sheridan, Frank Craven, Anatole Litvak, Jean Negulesco
Cagney is Danny Kenny, a truck driver who enters “the fight game” and Sheridan plays his girlfriend, Peggy. Read More »
Train Ride to Hollywood (1975) Charles R. Rondeau, Willis Draffen Jr., Charles Love, Charles McCormick
Harry Williams, member of the rhythm & blues band, Bloodstone, is about to go onstage for a concert when he is hit on the head. Read More »
Rumba (1935) Marion Gering, George Raft, Carole Lombard, Lynne Overman
A bored society girl sets her sights on a dancer in a Broadway show. Read More »
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 »
The Great Mr. Handel (1942) Norman Walker, Wilfrid Lawson, Elizabeth Allan, Malcolm Keen
The film deals with Handel’s life and work in London between the years 1727 and the composition of Messiah in 1741. Read More »
Why Girls Leave Home (1945) William Berke, Lola Lane, Sheldon Leonard, Pamela Blake
Diana Leslie is rescued from drowning by reporter Chris Williams. The latter believes it is an attempted murder Read More »
Dracula of Exarcheia AKA O Drakoulas ton Exarheion (1983) Nikos Zervos, Konstantinos Tzoumas, Tzimis Panousis, Vangelis Kotronis
A mad scientist creates the band Music Brigades from body parts of dead musicians. Read More »