
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 »
Musical
Strictly Dishonorable (1951) Melvin Frank, Norman Panama, Ezio Pinza, Janet Leigh, Millard Mitchell, Comedy, Romance, Musical

Strictly Dishonorable is a musicalized version of Preston Sturges’ cynical Broadway comedy of the same title, previously filmed sans songs in 1931. Read More »
Vitaphone Cavalcade of Musical Comedy – Disc One (1926-1931) Vitaphone Pioneers – Stars of Broadway, Vaudeville and Nightclubs

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 »
Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould (1993) François Girard, Colm Feore, Derek Keurvorst, Katya Ladan, Biography, Drama, Music

As the title suggests, this dramatised documentary about the eccentric Canadian pianist Glenn Gould is broken up into thirty-two short films Read More »
Oklahoma! (1955) Fred Zinnemann, Gordon MacRae, Gloria Grahame, Gene Nelson

In the Oklahoma territory at the turn of the twentieth century, two young cowboys Read More »
Mr. Dodd Takes the Air (1937) Alfred E. Green, Kenny Baker, Frank McHugh, Alice Brady, Comedy, Musical

In the small town of Pewamo, Claude Dodd, an electrician singing baritone in the local Strawberry Festival is heard by the owner of the Morpheus Mattress Company Read More »
Dixiana (1930) Luther Reed, Bebe Daniels, Everett Marshall, Bert Wheeler, Comedy, Musical, Romance

The film tells the story of a circus performer who falls in love with the son of a plantation owner in antebellum New Orleans. Read More »
Hold On! (1966) Arthur Lubin, Peter Noone, Karl Green, Keith Hopwood, Musical, Comedy

British beat group Herman’s Hermits, on tour in the USA, is offered an opportunity to have a spaceship named after the group. Read More »
Gold Diggers of 1937 (1936) Lloyd Bacon, Dick Powell, Joan Blondell, Glenda Farrell, Comedy, Musical, Romance

Stage-producer J.J. Hobart, is going to put on a new show, but he doesn’t know that his two partners lost the money at the stock market. Read More »
Duck Soup (1933) Leo McCarey, Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, Comedy, Musical, War

The country of Freedonia is in the middle of a financial crisis and on the brink of revolution. Read More »