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- DirectorRay EnrightStarsDick PowellDoris WestonLee DixonBob Brent (Dick Powell) recruit from Arkansas is a marine who is shy, reserved and modest. Despite these handicaps, he is a big help to his corps buddies. On moonlit nights and sun-kissed days, he croons for the "girls", who fall for the singing and, in turn, also for the marines. Bob's own heart interest is a beautiful blonde cashier, Peggy Randall (Doris Weston), in a restaurant he patronizes but he is too shy and bashful to tell her. In order to show their appreciation, his buddies take up a collection among themselves to send the bashful Bob to New York City to appear on the popular "Amateur Hour" radio program. broadcast over a national hook-up. He wins First Place. In no time at all, he is besieged by agents and sponsors, is signed for profession engagements, and becomes America's Idol of the Air Waves, making big money and at the height of his glory and popularity as a radio star. He also has gained a highly-developed ego. But he still belongs to the Marine Corps and is shipped to Shanghai. Where, in time, his buddies welcome him again after he has redeemed himself. As does his cashier heart-throb.
- DirectorNorman Z. McLeodStarsJohnny DownsBetty BurgessJack HaleySouthern California's Hotel Coronado caters to, and is frequented by, members of the social upper-crust. Although she lives on the wrong side of the San Diego tracks, in a tent-city with her father Otto and ditzy sister Violet, June Wray is a singer with the Eddy Duchin Orchestra who play at the hotel. Johnny Marvin, an aspiring songwriter and the son of a wealthy automobile manufacturer, is staying at the hotel, and the moment June and Johnny meet, they fall instantly in love. Trouble arises when Johnny's father objects to the romance, and complications and help arrive in the form of two Marine-hating sailors, Chuck Hornbostel and "Pinky" Falls, when Chuck marries June's sister Violet.
- DirectorDudley MurphyStarsAnn SothernBruce CabotIrving PichelA reformed gambler returns to his old ways despite the fact that it means losing his wife.The Nicholas Brothers, but credited separately
- DirectorAllan DwanStarsClaire TrevorSally BlaneDouglas FowleyA newspaper woman believes she has a Scoop when she finds a 'Quadroon-Mulatto' woman who is thought by all to be the mother of a 'White' child.Bill Robinson, but not in his soundtracks
- DirectorRoy Del RuthStarsJames CagneyLoretta YoungGeorge E. StoneIndependent cabbie Matt Nolan is primed to let his fists and handgun deliver payback after a big taxi firm uses intimidation and violence to squeeze out small-timers.
- DirectorMichael CurtizStarsJames CagneyDennis MorganBrenda MarshallInspired by Churchill's Dunkirk speech, brash, undisciplined bush pilot Brian MacLean and three friends enlist in the RCAF but are deemed too old to be fliers.
- DirectorS. Sylvan SimonStarsDennis O'KeefeFlorence RiceJohn HubbardA loud-mouthed Texas cowpuncher tries his hand at polo, finding himself at odds with high society and trying to save a floundering Wild West show.
- DirectorLeslie GoodwinsJack HivelyStarsMaureen O'HaraJames EllisonAlberto VilaA Texas oil millionaire, after failing to secure oil lands in Argentina, seeks out a famous race horse in Buenos Aires and orders his representative to buy the nag at any price. Ellison has a love affair with Maureen O'Hara, the beautiful daughter of the prize horse's owner.
- DirectorFrederick De CordovaStarsSonja HenieOlga San JuanDorothy HartThis musical tells the tales of two movie extras who abscond to an expensive resort with their costumes and pretend to be aristocrats. Included in the film are ice skating numbers and songs.
- DirectorJoseph SantleyStarsBen LyonJoan MarshEdward J. NugentPeyton Wells (Ben Lyon) rescues Judy Jones (Joan Marsh) from a very dull young man, at a sedate party given for her by her multi-millionaire grandfather Silas P. Jones (Purnell Pratt.) Judy refuses to accompany Peyton on a slumming trip to a cheap dance hall, and Peyton dances with several of the dowagers and tells them that Silas is practically dying of scarlet fever. The guests hastily depart and Joan joins Peyton at the Dreamland Dance Hall. She is mistaken by Jimmy Cassidy (Edward J. Nugent) as one of the hostesses and decides to dance with him as a lark. One thing follows another and Judy gets disinherited and takes a job at the dance hall through Jimmy and his friend Mabel(Isabel Jewell.) Jimmy confides to Judy his ambition to become a dance instructor over the radio and Judy decides to help him but can't get the needed financial backing. She gets Peyton to front the money, promising him she will reconsider his offer of marriage if Jimmy's plan fails. The dance school of the air proves to be a flop because of Silas Jones, who threatens to withdraw his large advertising account unless the dance school is taken off.
- DirectorRay EnrightStarsVera ZorinaEddie AlbertAlan HaleA young hoofer quits vaudeville to become a composer and hooks up with a Russian ballet troupe.Donald O'Connor
- DirectorCharles LamontStarsGloria JeanDonald O'ConnorJane FrazeeOrphan prodigy singer runs away from her oppressive aunt and tricks a rural couple into adopting her.Jivin' Jaclcs and Jills, Donald O'Connor, Peggy Ryan
- DirectorEdward F. ClineStarsLaverne AndrewsPatty AndrewsMaxene AndrewsPeggy (Peggy Ryan)), a messenger, delivers a telegram to The Flamingo Club where the Andrews Sisters (The Andrews Sisters) and Bob Edwards' Orchestra are appearing. Peggy learns that the club's owner, Harrison (William Frawley), intends to enlarge his show and she persuades him to give her and her friends a tryout. If they make good, they can save the dancing school run by Professor Woof ('Charles Butterworth')) and Gribble (Walter Catlett)) . Press agent Kendall (Richard Davies) recognizes the leader of the group as Gracie Waverly ('Grace MacDonald'), the niece of three millionaire aunts. When Gracie's picture appears in the newspaper, Harrison immediately signs the group, the Waverly sisters, order Gracie never to dance again or she will be disinherited. Professor Woof, using the Andrews Sisters to pose as the Wavely sisters, as a ruse to allow Gribble to bring Harrison to get permission to sign Gracie; this works until the real Waverly sisters show up, and with two sets of Waverly's, complications arise.Dan Dailey, Jivin' Jacks and Jills, Grace McDonald, Donald O'Connor, Peggy Ryan
- DirectorCharles LamontStarsGloria JeanIan HunterDonald O'ConnorVictoria Peabody (Gloria Jean) and her younger sister, Constance (Mary Lou Harrington), go to New York City to live with with their father, Tom Peabody (Ian Hunter). The two girls become involved with his love life, in which two rivals are competing to become his wife.Gloria Jean, Jivin' Jack and Jills, Donald O'Connor
- DirectorEdward F. ClineStarsThe Andrews SistersPatty AndrewsMaxene AndrewsA group of entertainers visit a radio singer's home to try to get her to book them on her show.Jivin' Jacks and Jills, Donald O'Connor, Peggy Ryan, Susan 'Tag-a-long' Levine
- DirectorCharles LamontStarsAllan JonesJane FrazeeGloria JeanWar hero Johnny Kovacs works with his superiors to hide from a star crossed lover while on leave and falls in love while living at a boarding house.Four Step Brothers, Gloria Jean, Donald O'Connor, Peggy Ryan
- DirectorCharles LamontStarsDonald O'ConnorGloria JeanPeggy RyanAt the Davis School of the Theatre, run by Jeremy Taswell, where teenagers study drama and the serious arts, instructors Johnny Hanley and Alice Taswell are in love. The students, including Donald, Patricia and Peggy, secretly want to become singers. Patricia's aunt, Mrs. Davis, who owns the school, disapproves. Donald has written a musical comedy for the year's class play, which the students want to do; but Mrs. Davis has selected and insists they do Sophocles' "Antigone." Taswell agrees to let the kids do Donald's show. Donald manages to keep Mrs. Davis away on the day of the show, and when Broadway producers in attendance rave about Donald's play, she becomes a backer.Jivin' Jacks and Jills, Donald O'Connor, Peggy Ryan
- DirectorCharles LamontStarsDonald O'ConnorSusanna FosterLillian GishMusical in which a family puts on a show to boost the morale of the local factory workers.Donald O'Connor, Peggy Ryan
- DirectorCharles LamontStarsMaria MontezJack OakieSusanna FosterIn the Gay 90s, Michael O'Rourke (Jack Oakie) and Dennis Dugan (Donald Cook) are owners of rival night spots in the Bowery. They both move uptown and continue to compete in establishments, each tossing many trials and tribulations and dirty tactics against the other, before joining forces to produce a long series of hit Broadway shows.Jack Oakie, Donald O'Connor, Peggy Ryan
- DirectorCharles LamontStarsDonald O'ConnorPeggy RyanAnn BlythThe son of a strict Navy officer falls for the daughter of a musical-comedy star.Donald O'Connor, Peggy Ryan
- DirectorCharles LamontStarsDonald O'ConnorPeggy RyanJack OakieThe Merry Monahans are a vaudeville family act bouncing from circuit to circuit reconnecting with past friends and loves, creating new friends and romances, and dealing with personal vices.Jack Oakie, Donald O'Connor, Peggy Ryan
- DirectorFrank RyanStarsDonald O'ConnorPeggy RyanFrances DeeTalented youngster Pat Donahue is working in the Berkshires. He learns of a great part in New York City and auditions. But after winning the role he finds out it was originally intended for his father Patrick. The son is reluctant to do what's right.Jivin' Jacks and Jills, Donald O'Connor, Peggy Ryan
- DirectorJack HivelyStarsDonald O'ConnorOlga San JuanMartha StewartMilton Haskins, a math genius known for his infallibility with numbers, quits his job with an insurance company after he discovers he made a mistake, and hooks up with a traveling carnival. His knowledge of mathematics makes him a natural as an assistant at the wheel of fortune. His fiancée Vivian begs him to return to his job but he refuses, so she joins the carnival and becomes a striptease artist. When Milton attempts to drag her off the stage, a brawling mêlée breaks out and the entire troupe is arrested by the local police. The carnival is sold but Milton reveals that the new owner has conspired to defraud the insurance company. The firm has to accept the carnival in lieu of the money owed, and they allow Milton and Vivian to stay with, and help run, the carnival.Louis DaPron, Donald O'Connor, George O'Hanlon
- DirectorGeorge ShermanStarsDonald O'ConnorCharles CoburnGloria DeHavenAt a college, a group of ex-GIs clash with their wives about over playing football.Donald O'Connor
- DirectorArchie MayoStarsTed LewisAlice DayAnn PenningtonThis is the story of Ted Lewis, popular band leader and clarinettist.Ann Pennington
- DirectorJosef von SternbergStarsGeorge BancroftFay WrayRichard ArlenA criminal known as Thunderbolt is imprisoned and facing execution. Into the next cell is placed Bob Moran, an innocent man who has been framed and who is in love with Thunderbolt's girl. Thunderbolt hopes to stave off the execution long enough to kill young Moran for romancing his girl.Nina Mae McKinney; avail from ioffer vendor
- DirectorThornton FreelandHarry LachmanGeorge WhiteStarsRudy ValleeJimmy DuranteAlice FayeOpening with a credit line that reads "Entire production conceived, created and directed by George White," a film evolves where the only plot line is a thin backstage romance between Jimmy Martin and Kitty Donnelly in and around a dozen or more sketches, revues, black-outs and singing and dancing turns. Made before the birth of the production code, reviewers of the day found much to object about in the implications of Alice Faye's "Nasty Man" song with the Meglin Kiddies, and the dog action in the "Your Dog Loves My Dog" number by Vallee, Faye, Jimmy Durante and Dixie Dunbar. The geometric dance arrangements used in the Vallee, Durante and Cliff Edwards "Every Day Is Father's Day" was not cause for Busby Berkeley to lose any sleep.Dixie Dunbar
- DirectorNorman Z. McLeodStarsJohn BolesDixie LeeJack HaleyA film star finds herself in trouble with her co-star when she has to flirt with the backer to prevent him withdrawing his support. But all ends well.Dixie Lee
- DirectorMitchell LeisenStarsJack BennyGeorge BurnsGracie AllenThe employees of a failing radio station must put on a huge ratings winner to have any chance of continued operation.Louis DaPron and Eleanore Whitney
- DirectorVictor SchertzingerStarsHarry RichmanRochelle HudsonWalter ConnollyOn a leave of absence from Broadway, Harry Wallace (Harry Richman), the star of a musical comedy, encounters a troupe of untalented showboat players and takes them to New York City. Without letting them in on the joke, he then features them in a new revue, hoping that an unintentionally-funny act will bring down the house.Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson and Johnny Taylor, Ananias Berry
- DirectorRay McCareyStarsEleanore WhitneyRobert CummingsWilliam FrawleyCharles Dormant, head of the Miracle Pictures Corporation, whose motto is "If it's a good picture, it's a miracle," is convinced by his wife Consuelo to send his daughter, Sharon, who is known as Skippy, to boarding school. Skippy is displeased with her stepmother's idea, but puts on a good face for her father. Unknown to the Dormants, Wilma Chester's School for Girls is bankrupt and is about to close when Wilma's friend, Milton Shakespeare, moves in with his theatrical troupe. The actors and actresses impersonate students in the hope that Charles will attend their Thanksgiving show and give them work at the studio. Skippy refrains from entering the show, believing that her parents want her to do more scholarly work, but composer Jimmy Tuttle's romantic wooings prove too much for her. After they fall in love, she agrees to do the show, but when she wires her father to invite him to come, Consuelo responds to the wire, advising Skippy to stick to her studies, and signs Charles' name. Surprised by the coldness of the telegram, Skippy calls her father, who tells her he will be happy to come to the show. The show's title in the program is "Three Cheers For Love; a review with music, staged by Sharon Dormant." In the midst of the production, Jimmy's former girl friend, Eve Bronson, tells Skippy that she has been duped by all of them as they are not really faculty and students of the school. Although Skippy has been aware of the deception all along, she is surprised when Eve also tells her that she is marrying Jimmy that night, and that Jimmy only made love to her to get her into the show. This announcement breaks Skippy's will, and she runs out on the show and straight into her father's arms outside the auditorium. Her father insists she continue the show, and Jimmy bodily carries her backstage. During the musical-tap-fencing number, Jimmy proposes to Skippy, thus proving his love, and is happily accepted.Louis DaPron, Eleanore Whitney
- DirectorHerbert SmithStarsBert AmbroseCarroll GibbonsEvelyn DallThere is no plot it is basically a review featuring the bands, stars and acts listed.Buck and Bubbles, Nicholas Brothers
- DirectorWilliam A. SeiterStarsJoe PennerGene RaymondHarry EinsteinDr. Molnac and his musical troupe; Beggs, the manager; Mitzi Martos, a singer; Mitzi's agent Pauline; society scion Barry Saunders and his "keeper" Oliver Goodwin, are en route to Santa Barbara. Barry falls for Mitzi while trying to loosen her slipper caught between two railroad cars, but she mysteriously leaves before he can learn her name. Barry and Oliver take a suite at the Casa Barbara, where they hire the house detective, Parkyakarkus to find the slipper's owner but he bungles the job. Oliver reminds Barry that he will lose his mother's $3,000,000 inheritance if he weds before the age of thirty. Mitzi and Pauline also register at the hotel, hoping to induce Dr. Molnac, performing there, to give Mitzi an audition. Also arriving are Mitzi's mother, Countess Martos and her wealthy friend Mrs. Penner and her son Joe, and the mothers have intentions of Joe marrying Mitzi. Barry finally meets Mitzi, and proposes marriage at a date three years in the future. To break up the romance, Joe and Parky steal Mitzi's shoe wardrobe and she, thinking Barry did it, rushes to his room in her negligee, upbraids him and stalks out. He, in his dressing gown, follows her to her room and they are about to reconcile when Mitzi's mother and Joe and his mother enter. Barry hides in another room and overhears Mitzi's mother blandly suggesting that Mitzi marry Joe. Mitzi, not pleased at this prospect, tells them she is already married and Barry, taking the cue, enters and plays the role of the new husband. Mitzi's mother promptly has them booked into the bridal suite. Pauline and Oliver arrange a wedding party with Dr. Molnac's troupe performing and Pauline, still scheming to get Mitzi an audition, hires Joe and Parky to kidnap Molnac's singer, Susan. Mitzi is a smash hit, and Barry's mother arrives and announces she had lied about his age and he is really thirty, and can get married without losing his inheritance.Ann Miller
- DirectorHal MohrStarsVirginia BruceKent TaylorWalter BrennanAn aspiring opera singer from rural America goes to New York to make it big. Through a series of disappointments and serendipity her aspirations take a rather successful turn at singing popular hits on Broadway.Nick Long, Jr.
- DirectorDavid ButlerStarsAlice FayeGeorge MurphyKen MurrayHal Adams tries to win the heart of Broadway star Betty Bradley.Alice Faye, George Murphy
- DirectorBenjamin StoloffStarsBob BurnsJack OakieKenny BakerA songwriter uses the songs one of his pupils writes while sleeping for his own contract.Ann Miller
- DirectorLeslie GoodwinsStarsSally EilersLee BowmanAnn MillerThe ex-fiancée of a young rich man becomes the companion of a jewel thief, forming a vaudeville act with face "cure", but after she discovers, that she can really cure people, she decides to quit.Ann Miller
- DirectorAlfred L. WerkerStarsPreston FosterTony MartinPhyllis BrooksCard sharps Chipper Morgan and Darby Randall pick the wrong victim, Detective Willis, on a transatlantic crossing, and are arrested upon docking in New York and returned up the river to Rockwell Prison, their old alma mater. They had played brilliant football for "dear old Pen" during their prior semesters, and prison coach Slim Nelson is happy to see them back for graduate work, especially with the annual grudge game with Larson State Pen coming up. Willis, who has been named the new warden for Rockwell, gives them soft jobs and then places a large bet on the Larson eleven. Both Chipper and Darby feel badly about the raw deal handed fellow "student" Tommy Grant and his sweetheart, Helen, who were innocently caught up in a phony pension racket ran by swindlers Jeffrey Mitchell and Ray Douglas, and were both jailed. When Phyllis is released from Stillwell Prison for Women, she tells Tommy about the two men and their racket, and he decides to escape, even though he has only a month more to serve, and put an end to their scheme. He plans his break for the night of the prison's "varsity show" and tells Chipper and Darby, who promise to help him. But the pair tie up Tommy and make the break themselves, dressed as women. They go to Springfield, save the victim's money, get a confession from Mitchell and Douglas clearing Tommy and Helen, turn them over to the sheriff... and race back to Rockwell to find their team behind 14-9 late in the game. Can they lead old Rockwell to a comeback victory?Bill Robinson
- DirectorNorman FosterStarsClaire TrevorPhyllis BrooksLeah RayFive closely knit showgirls sign a pact to reunite one year after the closing of their Broadway production, but the lives of all five take many different turns, often for the worse.Dixie Dunbar
- DirectorCharles BartonStarsBruce CabotJulie BishopHarry CareyHonest cop Tim Kerry struggles to keep his son Ritzy from becoming involved in a crime ring.Nicholas Brothers
- DirectorJohn H. AuerStarsKenny BakerFrances LangfordHugh HerbertA small radio station is saved of getting bankrupt by a backer, who invests money for a TV equipment, if the owner allows, that his dancing daughter Annabelle can dance and sing on the screen, but due to her voice, her singing had to be dubbed by the owner's girl friend Pat Abbott.But problems start, when the owner starts dating Annabelle.Ann Miller
- DirectorJoseph SantleyStarsGene AutryJimmy DuranteAnn MillerHis Arizona hometown of Torpedo invites Gene back to be the honorary sheriff of the Frontier Days Celebration.Ann Miller
- DirectorJack HivelyStarsRay BolgerAnne ShirleyJune HavocFour struggling musicians lose their vocalist at the insistence of her gangster boyfriend. They find a replacement in an innocent young woman being courted by a cabbie pretending to be a king.Ray Bolger
- DirectorEdward DmytrykStarsRuby KeelerOzzie NelsonHarriet NelsonA college Principal objects to a nightclub opening near his campus.Ruby Keeler
- DirectorS. Sylvan SimonStarsFrank MorganAnn RutherfordKent TaylorA newsman links his fiancee's millionaire father to a chorus girl's murder.Dan Dailey, Virginia Grey
- DirectorEdward LudwigStarsVirginia WeidlerRay McDonaldLeo GorceyShow promoter Cartwright has stolen the songs that Frank wrote while he was in the big house. The boys go to Cartwright to get Frank credit for his work, and Cartwright has them arrested for extortion, of which they are innocent. Luckily, they are in the same paddy wagon as Pete and when his gang springs Pete, the boys are sprung. The only way that they can prove now that the songs are Frank's is to put on a show before Cartwright show 'Melody for You' opens. The boys and Patsy find a theater, paint the scenery and put all the kids in the neighborhood to work on the show. Pete Detroit makes sure that Cartwright's show does not open on the same night and that his cabs bring in an audience.Ray McDonald
- DirectorWilliam A. SeiterStarsGeorge RaftPat O'BrienJanet BlairGeorge Raft, playing himself, recalls his days on Broadway, where he acquired a reputation as a great dancer--and also one as a brawler, a ladies man and an associate of some of the city's most notorious gangsters.Chorus
- StarsBill RobinsonJeanne BayerDeanie GordonBill Robinson
- DirectorJohn H. AuerStarsDennis O'KeefeJane FrazeeBetty KeanBusiness partners plan to gift a third of share to their children, if they marry, the offspring refusing to the marriage loses the portion. The children have other ideas.Three Chocolateers, Eddie Foy, Jr., Betty Kean, Erno Verbes
- DirectorAlbert S. RogellStarsAnn MillerJohnny JohnstonJerry ColonnaTroupers (Ann Miller, Johnnie Johnston, Jerry Colonna) put on a swing show in a World War II aircraft plant.Ann Miller
- DirectorA. Edward SutherlandStarsBert LahrJune HavocBuddy EbsenThis package for comedy and the musical numbers has Luke Brown being drugged by the gangster operators of the swank Boathouse Inn; most notably Roxie a sexy pickpocket. Brown has information that Chow Brewster and his cousin have inherited $3,000,000. The owner of the Inn intends to keep Brown under wraps until they can drive Chow to suicide. He will then marry Chow's cousin before she finds out about her inheritance.Buddy Ebsen
- DirectorAlbert S. RogellStarsJudy CanovaAllan JonesAnn MillerWhile doing her tightrope act in a local circus, Daisy Hawkins (Judy Canova), sees the owner shot by gangsters. The killers are after her to eliminate the only eyewitness and the police chase her to testify against the gangsters. Daisy goes to the nearby army camp where her sweetheart, J. Wethersby "Pinky" Fothergill (Jerry Colonna), is the chief carrier pigeon trainer. Rehearsal for the big army show is being held by Private Stephen Chandler (Allan Jones. Daisy, looking like just another female impersonator to him, is mistaken for one of the boys in the chorus. Pinky sets him straight and they cut Daisy's hair and get her into a uniform, but have to work hard to convince Sergeant Butts (William Demarest) she is one of the boys. Some honest-to-goodness pulchritude comes to the show when Vicki Marlowe (Ann Miller), the daughter of General Marlowe (Clarence Kolb), becomes interested in Chandler. Daisy wins a medal for marksmanship and the soldiers insist on taking "him" to celebrate at the town's hot spot. There, she is spotted by the gangsters when they see him/her polishing his/her nose.Ann Miller
- DirectorErle C. KentonStarsThe Andrews SistersPatty AndrewsMaxene AndrewsA detective working undercover joins a Lonely Hearts Club in order to to expose a swindler using it for nefarious reasons.Patty Andrews, Dean Collins, Jivin' Jack and Jills
- DirectorEdward F. ClineStarsOle OlsenChic JohnsonCass DaleyOlsen and Johnson, stage comedians turned film stars, produce a star-studded musical comedy with an eccentric "millionaire" who hasn't got a dime.Uncredited tap dancer
- DirectorRoy William NeillStarsAllan JonesJane FrazeeAndy DevineOn the only Pacific island untouched by and unaware of World-War-Two, American beachcombers Tommy (Allan Jones) and Eddie Dolan (Andy Devine) sell off Paradise Island to American millionaire Holton (Ernest Truex) who has a daughter, Joan (Jane Frazee), ready to fall in love with Tommy. None of this sets too well with the island natives.Four Step Brothers
- DirectorCharles BartonStarsAnn MillerJoe BesserLarry ParksMusical comedy star Jimmy Leighter wants to get away from show biz and his leading lady Winnie Clark, so he joins the Army. There he gets the order to put on a show. Winnie Clark appears in a camp show, hears about his task and offers him her help. He thinks she's doing it for her publicity only, so he doesn't want to know anything about it, till he finds out that she has no such intentions.Judy Clark, Condos Brothers, Roland Dupree, Joyce Horne, Ann Miller
- DirectorCharles BartonStarsAnn MillerJess BarkerCharles D. BrownTerry Baxter is a never-say-die Hollywood newcomer from Waterfall Kansas, determined to make it big. And does she have talent. Filled, of course, with lots of musical numbers that showcase her many talents.Ann Miller
- DirectorFelix E. FeistStarsGloria JeanHenry StephensonKathleen HowardLinda Wadsworth (Gloria Jean) rebels against her millionaire grandfather, J. H. Wadsworth (Henry Stephenson), and runs away from home. Unknown to Mr. Wadsworth, she gets a job at one of his many five-and-ten-cents stores as a clerk.Harold Nicholas
- DirectorEdward C. LilleyStarsAllan JonesJune VincentSamuel S. HindsAfter his "farewell" performance, radio singing star Ray King learns that he has been rejected by the Army because of an old football injury. Against the wishes of Vera Grant, his fiance, Ray insists on serving his country by secretly going to work at a war plant in Rockville under his real name, Steve Roberts. Due to a housing shortage, many of the new plant workers are unable to find accommodations until Ray suggests to J. P. Crane, owner of the plant, that the townspeople rent their extra rooms to his employees. Ray and his coworker, Bucky, end up living in Crane's home, where Ray immediately runs afoul of Crane's daughter Muriel. Ray and Crane, however, become fast friends, and the new worker soon is made one of Crane's top advisers. When Muriel is challenged to raise five million dollars in war bonds by her sorority and simply asks her father for the money, Ray suggests to Crane that they organize a benefit dance at the factory. During the benefit, Ray boosts the sluggish bond sales by singing for the crowd and having the gentlemen buy bonds in exchange for dances and kisses from the ladies of their choice. The dance then becomes a great success, and Muriel falls in love with Ray, much to the annoyance of her soon-to-be ex-boyfriend, Jeff Abbott. Jeff, in turn, calls Vera and Andrews, Ray's manager, and tells them where Ray is. Meanwhile, Crane organizes a benefit show, but advance ticket sales are slow due to a lack of a big-name attraction. Vera and Andrews then arrive in Rockville, and Ray tells his manager to arrange for "Ray King" to appear at the benefit. With its new star attraction, the show is moved to the large opera house and sells out, but Muriel refuses to speak to "Steve" after he tells her that he will not be at the show. She and her father are shocked, however, when Ray takes the stage as "King," and Jeff, unaware of Ray's stage name, interrupts the performance and announces Ray as an impostor. Jeff then takes Muriel out a side exit into a waiting taxi, unaware that the cab driver is Ray. The singer drives back to the opera house, where Andrews has explained all to the audience, and Ray finishes his performance. With both Jeff and Vera out of the picture, Ray and Muriel are reunited.Dean Collins, Betty Kean
- DirectorS. Sylvan SimonStarsEdgar BergenCharlie McCarthyBonita GranvilleChild film star Jane Powell, fed up with her every move being stage managed by her stage mother, runs away and joins the U.S. Crop Corps, a small army of young folks staying at youth hostels and picking crops while adult farmworkers are at war. Totally clueless about the real world, befuddled Jane is embroiled in teen-romance complications while Mother frantically searches. Will her stardom help or hinder her new friends? W.C. Fields does a short act with Bergen and McCarthy.Condos Brothers
- DirectorBenjamin StoloffStarsPhil BakerEdward RyanMadge MeredithYoung sailors Eddie Collins and Herb Gordon eagerly begin their shore leave in New York City, where they are greeted at the dock by Eddie's wife Kate. Kate, who is pregnant for the first time, is fearful about her condition, as her mother had problems in childbirth, and she tearfully tells Eddie that her regular doctor has joined the Army. Kate wants to be seen by noted doctor Edward Preston, but when Eddie goes to Preston's office, he is told by the secretary that Preston, who commands fees of up to one thousand dollars, is too busy to see new patients. Hoping that if he can obtain the fee, Preston will see Kate, Eddie tells his worried wife that Preston has already agreed to deliver their baby. Eddie, Kate and Herb then attend an airing of Phil Baker's famous Take It or Leave It radio show, in which contestants answer questions in an attempt to win sixty-four dollars. Eddie is chosen as a contestant, and after two other players drop out, gets his turn. He chooses "scenes from motion picture hits of the past" as his category and as the film clips are projected, correctly answers the first question about Shirley Temple. Baker quickly takes to the nervous young sailor, who reveals that he has a pregnant wife. As Eddie continues to answer questions about such films as Tin Pan Alley , Orchestra Wives and One in a Million , Baker gives him broad hints to help him and allows him to go above the usual limit on winnings. When Baker asks Eddie about his wife's doctor, Preston, who is listening with his wife, is stunned to hear his name, as his secretary did not inform him of Eddie's visit. Mrs. Preston chastises her husband for charging a serviceman so much money, but Preston insists that the radio program is fixed and that the Collinses are not real people. Eddie, who is about to answer a question for $384, is forced to stop when Kate goes into labor. Before leaving for the hospital, Eddie confesses to Baker that Preston is not really Kate's doctor, but that he lied to keep her from being frightened. Mrs. Preston asks her husband to attend Kate, but he instead leaves for a previously planned vacation. Mrs. Preston then calls Baker's show and states that she does not know where her husband is. Baker urges Preston to help the young couple, and Preston, who is listening to the show in a taxi, tells the driver to take him to the hospital. Preston arrives after the uncomplicated birth of Kate and Eddie's healthy son, but promises Eddie that he will look in on Kate. Baker announces to his audience that Eddie and Kate's son is doing well, then goes to the hospital to visit them. There, he learns that the infant has been named "Phil Baker Collins" in his honor. Herb then arrives and tells them that he and his girl friend, touched by Kate and Eddie's story, have decided to get married, and Baker laughingly tells him to have his babies on the radio show too.Nicholas Brothers
- DirectorArthur DreifussStarsAnn MillerJoe BesserWilliam WrightEdithea Alden, a college girl from a wealthy family, is working at night as dancer in a nightclub. When the leading lady Rose is loosing the customers attractiong, Editha gets her job, but due to the fact that her double life could be discoverd, she quits, the nightclub is forced to close. In college she gets a role in the annual college show. The ex-nightclubowner finds out who his star really was, and gets her back, but on opening night they are arrested, because the former star has found out the truth about the job offer. After that the college wants to expell her.Ann Miller
- DirectorReginald Le BorgStarsAllan JonesGrace McDonaldRaymond WalburnThe Blackmore Prison choir, led by inmate Orpheus, is about to gain radio sponsorship, when Orpheus is pardoned and the deal falls through. Determined to appear on the radio, the prisoner choir members hire released crook Knuckles to frame Orpheus so he will be returned to prison. Meanwhile, Orpheus, who is hitchhiking back to his hometown of Oaks Corners, spots a stalled vehicle belonging to small theater-troupe owner Roland T. "Rollie" Mack, his daughter Evelyn, who is also his business manager and leading-lady, and singers Vincent Welles and Rosita. As Orpheus helps them with the car, Evelyn sees a letter in his coat pocket with the prison's address on it, and is concerned when her father offers him a job with their troupe. Orpheus promises to meet them the next day and returns home to Oaks Corners, where his former landlady presents him with four hundred dollars she has saved from his rabbit-raising business while he was in jail. That night, Knuckles hires two henchmen, Spike and Georgie, to commit a robbery and frame Orpheus for it. They then steal ten thousand dollars from the Oaks Corners National Bank and hide the money in Orpheus' suitcase. When Orpheus leaves town the next morning, bank president Ephraim to assumes that he is guilty of the robbery. Arriving at Rollie's, Orpheus saves the day's performance by stepping in as Rosita's partner when Vinnie comes down with laryngitis. Despite her suspicions about him, Evelyn sings with Orpheus at rehearsal and agrees to let him join the troupe and when Rollie tells the troupe they are broke, Orpheus offers all his money to save the floundering show. Meanwhile, when Spike and Georgie apprise Knuckles of their heist, he angrily tells them that robbing that bank will send Orpheus to the wrong jail, and demands that they retrieve the money. After Evelyn sees a newspaper report of the robbery, she concludes that Orpheus is guilty and tells the troupe. Orpheus then confesses that he had been in jail and offers to leave after explaining about the four hundred dollars. Realizing she is in love with Orpheus, Evelyn apologizes and asks him to stay. Soon after, stage hands find the planted money in Orpheus' suitcase and, assuming it is stage money, throw it into a prop closet. Later, as the troupe rehearses for another show, Sheriff Weeks comes to warn Orpheus that bank detectives are trailing him. That night, Orpheus disguises himself and plays a minor role in the play. Knuckles, Spike and Georgie sit on one side of the audience, while Weeks sits on the other side, and Detectives Caldwell, Ephraim and Browning wait in the wings to grab Orpheus. During the play, Orpheus' mustache falls off, and as soon as Spike and Georgie recognize him, they rush the stage, grab him and put him in their car. As they leave town, Knuckles announces to his henchmen that he will now have to turn them in for the bank robbery in order to clear Orpheus' name. Spike and Georgie, who intend to steal the money, start a fight, and during the melee, Orpheus grabs Spike's gun and brings them all back to the police. The next day, as Sheriff Weeks informs everyone that Orpheus' name has been cleared, Evelyn embraces Orpheus.Grace McDonald
- DirectorLloyd BaconStarsDan DaileyCharles WinningerNancy GuildThe Norwick family has had a successful run on the vaudeville circuit, but now some of the family want out. Mom is ready to retire on the family's farm, and daughter June wants to quit now that she's engaged. That only leaves Dad and his son Bert, who are happy to work as a twosome. Soon Bert's love of baseball overtakes his showbiz ambitions, especially after he's offered a Major-League contract to play. Now he must figure out how to break the news to his dad.Dan Dailey
- DirectorDavid ButlerStarsRay BolgerAllyn Ann McLerieRobert ShackletonFrom the popular Broadway show, a musical adaptation Brandon Thomas's 1890's farce about an Oxford undergraduate posing as a classmate's aunt from Brazil--"where the nuts come from." Notable mainly for Frank Loesser's score and Ray Bolger's spectacular dance to "Once in Love with Amy."Ray Bolger
- DirectorRichard QuineStarsTony CurtisGloria DeHavenGene NelsonThree sailors on leave (Joe, Al and Davy) head for Paris with one thing on their minds. Joe pursues chanteuse Colette D'Avril who proves to be more than she appears; Davy is pursued by sexy cashier Yvonne; but the blonde Al rescues from a purse snatcher rewards him with kisses, then vanishes without telling him her name. Romantic complications and resolutions follow in true musical comedy fashion.Tony Curtis, Paul Gilbert, Gene Nelson
- DirectorLloyd BaconStarsDonald O'ConnorJanet LeighBuddy HackettWorld War II veteran Clarence "Jigger" Millard forms a band with several other former GIs. The band fails to take off and he is forced to join a minstrel show headed by Colonel Wallace. He soon falls for Wallace's niece Chris Hall.Donald O'Connor
- DirectorRoy MackStarsBill RobinsonErnest WhitmanDusty FletcherA talented tap dancer who can't get an audition uses his prowess at playing craps to gain ownership of a musical show, making himself the star.Bill Robinson
- DirectorCharles BartonStarsAnn MillerEddie 'Rochester' AndersonJohn HubbardFreddy Martin and his band go on a trailer vacation, taking along Rochester as a handy man. They run out of gas in a ghost town and have to spend the night in the deserted Palace Hotel. The next morning, Ann Crawford and her three friends, Josie, Billie and May, arrive as Ann has inherited the hotel and most of the surrounding property, and she and her friends have pooled their savings to pay off the debts and formed a company to run the hotel. Jimmie Ross, singer with the band, decides to help the girls and has the hotel done over at his expense. Rochester, digging in the Victory Garden he has started, finds a gold nugget and the rush is on. Gangster Pete Hartley and his henchmen move in with intentions of taking over. He succeeds, over Ann's protests, in buying the property from her friends. Jimmie returns and thinks Ann has double-crossed him and they quarrel and part. Jimmie discovers that Rochester's gold nugget was his own gold inlay. Later, back on the radio with Freddie's band, Jimmie sings a song especially to Ann, who he hopes is listening.Ann Miller
- DirectorFrank McDonaldStarsWini ShawGenevieve TobinLyle TalbotA woman becomes a successful singer, but can't do as well in love.Oscar nom'd for dance direction
- DirectorRobert PiroshStarsRosalind RussellFernando LamasEddie AlbertKim, a museum worker from Providence, Rhode Island, inherits half ownership of a Las Vegas hotel when her father dies.
- DirectorH.C. PotterStarsOle OlsenChic JohnsonMartha RayeOlsen and Johnson, a pair of stage comedians, try to turn their play into a movie and bring together a young couple in love, while breaking the fourth wall every step of the way.
- DirectorAlan CroslandStarsVivienne SegalAlexander GrayJean HersholtIn 1890, Gus Sascher joins the Austrian Army and romances the impoverished girl Elsa Hofner. Elsa instead marries the wealthier officer Franz von Renner, in an attempt at social climbing. Both Gus and Elsa later have unhappy marriages. They attempt an affair, but Vivienne terminates it quickly. In 1930, Barbara (Elsa's granddaughter) falls in love with Gus' grandson. The elderly Elsa helps them get married, shortly before her own death.
- DirectorNick GrindeStarsMary LawlorStanley SmithBessie LoveTom Marlowe is the star of his college football team and has a promising romance with a female college student, Connie Lane. However, he does not excel in his college studies. A series of bad grades almost convinces the college to exclude Marlowe from the team. Professor Kenyon helps Marlowe improve his grades in order for the youth to have a chance to lead the football team to victory.
- DirectorHerbert RossStarsMikhail BaryshnikovAlessandra FerriLeslie BrowneA successful aging dancer takes a young female protegee.
- DirectorGeorge MarshallStarsJeanne CrainGeorge NaderKitty KallenIn 1880, Osawkie, Kansas is feuding with rival town Mandaroon over which will be county seat, keeping the town's men away from home most of the time. The last straw is when Matt Davis feels compelled to go on a new foray on his wedding night; his bride Liza (just call her Lysistrata) takes teacher Cassie's advice and organizes a marital strike to make the men-folk stop their nonsense.
- DirectorGrey LockwoodStarsFred AstaireMargot FonteynPaul LyndeFred Astaire enters to "Top Hat" surrounded by Go-Go dancers, and then he talks about the new dances, the Suns Family balancing act performs, Paul Lynde and Carmen Phillips appear in Herb Hartig's sketch "Don't," in which Paul attempts to rescue Carmen from a suicide jump, then the Andre Tahon Puppets appear, the We Five sing their hit "You Were On My Mind," Fonteyn and Nureyev dance the Black Swan, Jackie Mason does a monologue about the world situation, Jazz organist Jimmy Smith plays, Fred talks about getting older and then closes the show dancing to "The Cat," accompanied by Smith.
- DirectorDavid HeeleyStarsFred AstaireLeslie CaronBarrie Chase
- DirectorGeorge SeatonStarsFred AstaireLilli PalmerDebbie ReynoldsJessica Poole, is marrying Roger Henderson. When her father arrives, he disrupts the household of his ex-wife and befriends their cook.
- DirectorGrey LockwoodStarsFred AstaireMargot FonteynPaul LyndeFred Astaire enters to "Top Hat" surrounded by Go-Go dancers, and then he talks about the new dances, the Suns Family balancing act performs, Paul Lynde and Carmen Phillips appear in Herb Hartig's sketch "Don't," in which Paul attempts to rescue Carmen from a suicide jump, then the Andre Tahon Puppets appear, the We Five sing their hit "You Were On My Mind," Fonteyn and Nureyev dance the Black Swan, Jackie Mason does a monologue about the world situation, Jazz organist Jimmy Smith plays, Fred talks about getting older and then closes the show dancing to "The Cat," accompanied by Smith.
- DirectorMartin Saint CharlesStarsStanley Donen
- DirectorDavid HeeleyStarsFred AstaireLeslie CaronBarrie Chase
- Episode: (1951)1950–19556.7 (17)TV EpisodeDirectorFred HamiltonStarsDean MartinJerry LewisJane MorganSketches include a hospital bit with Dean as the doctor and Jerry as his intern, and fancy dinner party with Dean and Jerry making a mess of things. Includes special guests Jane Morgan, Bob Fosse and Mary Ann Niles.
- DirectorUlysses D. NicholasViola Harden NicholasStarsFayard NicholasHarold NicholasDorothy Nicholas MorrowA collection of home movies made by the family of Fayard and Harold Nicholas from mid-1930s to the early 1950s.
- DirectorNick GrindeEdward DmytrykStarsBetty GrableJohn HartleyDonald O'ConnorAt Middleton College, controlled by rich donor Melton, only paying sports are allowed. But Freddie Frye, conniving student body president, has to get a letter in some sport to win back his girl Susie; he schemes to revive crew boat racing. Sinking boats, no money, and his own waistline stand in his way. Can they win the big race with State University?
- DirectorRob MasseyStarsJacques d'Amboise
- DirectorJohn H. AuerStarsPhil ReganPenny SingletonBert GordonDaniel Francis O'Toole, singing maestro in a New York restaurant, finds himself the unexpected heir to an estate in Ireland. He doesn't have money enough for the passage to Ireland, but the band members decide to incorporate him, advancing him the fare for equal shares in the estate. In Ireland, Danny finds that his is only a half-share, and the other half belongs to Mavourneen Kerrigan and she has the exclusive right to sell or keep the property...which, despite his pleas, she refuses to do. She also declares him an undesired guest, objects to his presence and insists that he prepare his own meals. He does so in a large main hall, but can only make hamburgers. During a rainstorm, Dorothy Stonewall and her parents, seek shelter in the castle, meet Danny there, and are invited to dine with him...on hamburgers. They find hamburgers to be a delicious novelty, and the inspired Danny establishes Ireland's first fast-food operation (in a castle, at least), and soon he has a thriving operation . His band members from New York show up, and provide music for the customers while Danny Sings---and there is no doubt that this IS Ireland's first castle-housed fast-food operation providing live music and hamburgers. Mavouneen has taken a liking to Danny, but gets jealous when she thinks he is paying too much attention to Dorothy and decides to sell the castle, and this is not good news to the band members who are doing a thriving business selling white-castle hamburgers. So they contrive to reunite Danny and Mavourneen.
- DirectorMarc BreauxStarsFred AstaireDon AmecheDana AndrewsFred Astaire hosts this compilation film of highlights from some of 20th Century Fox's best musicals. Among the performers included are Barbra Streisand, Carmen Miranda, Maurice Chevalier, Frank Sinatra and the Ritz Brothers.
- DirectorSidney LanfieldStarsSonja HenieTyrone PowerRudy ValleeA studio publicist discovers a Minnesota skating teacher and takes her to Hollywood. She goes back to Minnesota but he follows her.
- DirectorVictor SchertzingerStarsDon AmecheMary MartinOscar LevantBroadway director Lloyd Lloyd (Don Ameche) and composer Dick Rayburn (Oscar Levant) search for talent down South and discover singer Cindy Lou Bethany (Mary Martin) who surprises them with her voice and striptease.
- DirectorEdward BuzzellStarsEleanor PowellRed SkeltonBert LahrMiss Winters is a dancer with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra and is asked to secretly transport a prototype magnetic mine to Puerto Rico. She thinks that she is working for the US Government, but fails to see why she would be involved.
- DirectorCurtis BernhardtStarsMary MartinDick PowellBetty HuttonA gold-digger hopes to land a rich husband in Trinidad, but gets mixed up with a beach boy and voodoo.
- DirectorAndrew L. StoneStarsEleanor PowellDennis O'KeefeC. Aubrey SmithFather and son press agents fail to see things eye to eye, in the final screen appearance of comedian W.C. Fields.
- DirectorSidney LanfieldStarsVeronica LakeSonny TuftsEddie BrackenA millionaire joins the Navy hoping to find a girl who'll marry him for himself, not for his money. A beautiful gold-digger who works at a resort hotel sets out to get him.Johnny Coy