A parody/homage to Gilbert and Sullivan’s Pirates of Penzance, The Pirate Movie is a comedy/musical utilizing both new songs and parodies from the original Read More »
Musical
Sing Your Worries Away (1942) A. Edward Sutherland, Bert Lahr, June Havoc, Buddy Ebsen, Comedy, Musical
This bundle for humor as well as the musical figures has Luke Brown being drugged from the gangster operators of this swank Boathouse Inn; most especially Roxie a hot pickpocket. Read More »
Belle toujours (2006) Manoel de Oliveira, Michel Piccoli, Bulle Ogier, Ricardo Trêpa, Drama, Music
Belle toujours happened to me suddenly and, as I had the will to pay my tribute to Luis Buñuel and Jean-Claude Carrière, I had been happy to have discovered a means to accomplish this, Read More »
Paris Blues (1961) Martin Ritt, Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Sidney Poitier, Drama, Music, Romance
Ram Bowen and Eddie Cook are two expatriate jazz musicians living in Paris where, unlike the US at the time, Jazz musicians are celebrated and racism is a non-issue. Read More »
A Damsel in Distress (1937) George Stevens, Fred Astaire, George Burns, Gracie Allen, Comedy, Musical, Romance
Lady Alyce Marshmorton has to marry soon, along with the team of Tottney Castle have set bets on who she will select, with youthful Albert wagering on”Mr. X.” Read More »
Cinderella Jones (1946) Busby Berkeley, Joan Leslie, Robert Alda, Julie Bishop, Comedy, Musical
Judy Jones, sings with a group and works in an aircraft plant. She participate in a”missing heirs” radio program and can be found to be a heiress to a fortune. Read More »
Just Imagine (1930) David Butler, El Brendel, Maureen O’Sullivan, John Garrick, Comedy, Fantasy, Musical, Romance, Sci-Fi
New York, 1980: planes have substituted automobiles, numbers have substituted titles, tablets have replaced meals Read More »
Vitaphone Cavalcade of Musical Comedy – Disc Six (1935-38) Vitaphone in TECHNICOLOR!, Comedy, Musical, Short
In 1926, Warner Bros.’ Vitaphone branch made movie history with its “sound-on-disc” recording process, and the studio-within-a-studio would go on to make a variety of short subjects Read More »
Marat/Sade (1967) Peter Brook, Patrick Magee, Clifford Rose, Glenda Jackson, Drama, History, Music
July 13, 1808 in the Charenton Insane Asylum just outside Paris. Read More »
The Cannibals (1988) Manoel de Oliveira, Luís Miguel Cintra, Leonor Silveira, Diogo Dória, Musical, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
This odd film is a major representative of an even odder film genre: direct-to-celluloid opera. Read More »