Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec frequently visits the Moulin Rouge, where he drinks cognac and draws sketches of the dancers and singers. Read More »
Musical
The Jazz Singer (1952) Michael Curtiz, Danny Thomas, Peggy Lee, Eduard Franz
Jerry dreams to become a famous jazz singer. But in order to accomplish that, he must defy his father, a Jewish Cantor, who is opposed to such dream as a future for his son. Read More »
The Magic Bow (1946) Bernard Knowles, Stewart Granger, Phyllis Calvert, Jean Kent
The dazzlingly handsome Stewart Granger is at least physically well cast as the charismatic 18th century violinist Paganini. Read More »
Kentucky Kernels (1934) George Stevens, Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, Mary Carlisle
The Great Elmer and Company, two out-of-work magicians, help lovelorn Jerry Bronson adopt Spanky Milford, to distract him. Read More »
A Little Night Music (1977) Harold Prince, Elizabeth Taylor, Diana Rigg, Len Cariou
Fredrik Egerman is very happy in his marriage to a seventeen-year-old virgin, Anne. Read More »
Orchestra Wives (1942) Archie Mayo, George Montgomery, Ann Rutherford, Glenn Miller
Connie Ward is in seventh heaven when Gene Morrison’s band rolls into town. She is swept off her feet by trumpeter Bill Abbot. Read More »
Good Times (1967) William Friedkin, Sonny Bono, Cher, Sonny & Cher
Done in a similar style to the musical duo’s TV show “The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour”, this film is more a series of unconnected skits and parodies than a single running plot. Read More »
April Showers (1948) James V. Kern, Jack Carson, Ann Sothern, Robert Alda
A married couple who have a song-and-dance act in vaudeville are in trouble. Their struggling act is going nowhere Read More »
Chasing Rainbows (1930) Charles Reisner, Bessie Love, Charles King, Jack Benny
The road-show troupe of a top Broadway show go cross-country while taking the audience along on the on-stage scenes as well as what happens and is happening back stage of the production. Read More »
Blues Busters (1950) William Beaudine, Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Adele Jergens
After undergoing a throat operation, Sach discovers that he now possesses a beautiful singing voice. Read More »