Too expensive for a “quota quickie” but not quite costly enough to qualify as an “A” picture Read More »
Musical
Coney Island (1943) Walter Lang, Betty Grable, George Montgomery, Cesar Romero
Set at the turn of the century, smooth talking con man Eddie Johnson weasels his way into a job at friend Read More »
Summer Stock (1950) Charles Walters, Judy Garland, Gene Kelly, Eddie Bracken
As a favor to her actress sister Abigail, New England farmer Jane Falbury allows a group of actors use her barn as a theater for their play. Read More »
Buck Benny Rides Again (1940) Mark Sandrich, Jack Benny, Ellen Drew, Eddie ‘Rochester’ Anderson
Radio star Jack Benny, intending to stay in New York for the summer Read More »
Dancing on a Dime (1940) Joseph Santley, Grace McDonald, Robert Paige, Virginia Dale
Director Ted Brooks and comedians Jack Norcross, Dandy Joslyn and Phil Miller are part of a troupe of promising young players rehearsing Read More »
Bridal Suite (1939) Wilhelm Thiele, Annabella, Robert Young, Walter Connolly
Affording a happy variation from the more serious problems of life Read More »
Chip Off the Old Block (1944) Charles Lamont, Donald O’Connor, Peggy Ryan, Ann Blyth
The son of a strict Navy officer falls for the daughter of a musical-comedy star. Read More »
Ali Baba Goes to Town (1937) David Butler, Eddie Cantor, Tony Martin, Roland Young
A movie company is doing the Arabian Nights when a hobo enters their camp Read More »
Pennies from Heaven (1978) Piers Haggard, Cheryl Campbell, Bob Hoskins, Gemma Craven
Arthur, a sheet music salesman, has an ear for the hit tunes, but nobody will trust it. Read More »
A Lady’s Morals (1930) Sidney Franklin, Grace Moore, Reginald Denny, Wallace Beery
Largely fictionalized biopic of turn-of-the-century nightingale Jenny Lind Read More »