Elizabeth, a delivery girl, dreams of being a music-hall singer but she is refused at the first casting she takes part in. Read More »
Musical
The Singing Hill (1941) Lew Landers, Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Virginia Dale
If a young lady gives up her inheritance the local ranchers will lose their free grazing land. Read More »
The Helen Morgan Story (1957) Michael Curtiz
The 1920’s and 30’s career of singer Helen Morgan is followed from her early days singing outdoors in a carnival Read More »
Oh, for a Man! (1930) Hamilton MacFadden, Jeanette MacDonald, Reginald Denny, Marjorie White
Carlotta Manson is a young and beautiful opera star who wants some spice in her personal life. She threatens to forsake opera for a wild, romantic fling. Read More »
Limelight (1952) Charles Chaplin, Claire Bloom, Nigel Bruce
Chaplin’s final American film tells the story of a fading music hall comedian’s effort to help a despondent Read More »
Alexander’s Ragtime Band (1938) Henry King
Roger Grant, a classical violinist, disappoints his family Read More »
Rio, Zona Norte (1957) Nelson Pereira dos Santos, Grande Otelo, Jece Valadão, Malu Maia
A talented songwriter of sambas is forced to face the social injustices of the city around him. Read More »
Million Dollar Ransom (1934) Murray Roth, Phillips Holmes, Edward Arnold, Mary Carlisle
To stop his mother from marrying a man he doesn’t like, a young millionaire hires an ex-con help him fake his own kidnaping. Read More »
Wheres Charley? (1952) David Butler, Ray Bolger, Allyn Ann McLerie, Robert Shackleton
From the popular Broadway show, a musical adaptation Brandon Thomas’s 1890’s farce about an Oxford Read More »
Trouble Brewing (1939) Anthony Kimmins, George Formby, Googie Withers, Gus McNaughton
George has won a lot of money at the races but he’s paid with counterfeit money. Read More »