Yelena (Mariya Strelkova), a well-off would-be singer who can’t carry a tune Read More »
Musical
April in Paris (1952) David Butler, Doris Day, Ray Bolger, Claude Dauphin
Miss Ethel ‘Dynamite’ Jackson is a chorus girl who mistakingly receives an invitation from the State Department Read More »
Cheer Up (1936) Leo Mittler, Stanley Lupino, Sally Gray, Roddy Hughes
A couple of out of work songwriters try to persuade a wealthy stockbroker to back them. Read More »
Shall We Dance (1937) Mark Sandrich, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Edward Everett Horton
Ballet star Pete “Petrov” Peters arranges to cross the Atlantic aboard the same ship as the dancer Read More »
This is the Army (1943) Michael Curtiz, George Murphy, Joan Leslie, George Tobias
In WWI dancer Jerry Jones stages an all-soldier show on Broadway, called Yip Yip Yaphank. Read More »
The Crowning Experience (1960) Marion Clayton Anderson, Rickard Tegström, Muriel Smith, Ann Buckles, Louis Byles
Inspired by the accomplishments of Mary McCleod Bethune, who made and sold so many sweet potato pies that Read More »
Vampiresas 1930 (1962) Jesús Franco, Mikaela, Antonio Ozores, Lina Morgan
As the era of silent films finds itself at a close, four down-and-out silent film actors and musicians struggle to find work. Read More »
Show Boat (1951) George Sidney, Kathryn Grayson, Ava Gardner, Howard Keel
The “Cotton Blossom”, owned by the Hawk family, is the show boat where everyone comes for great musical entertainment down south. Read More »
Jupiter’s Darling (1955) George Sidney, Esther Williams, Howard Keel, Marge Champion
Fabius loves his beautiful but vulnerable city, Rome, and he also loves his beautiful but invulnerable fiancée, Amytis. Read More »
1776 (1972) Peter H. Hunt, William Daniels, Howard Da Silva, Ken Howard
The film version of the Broadway musical comedy of the same name. In the days leading up to July 4, 1776 Read More »