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51. Stars on Parade (1944)
Approved | 63 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
Danny Davis (Larry Parks) and Dorothy Deane (Lynn Merrick) are two Hollywood hopefuls out to convince some movie producers that there is a great deal of undiscovered talent in Hollywood's ... See full summary »
Director: Lew Landers | Stars: Larry Parks, Lynn Merrick, Ray Walker, Jeff Donnell
Votes: 11
52. Her Lucky Night (1945)
Approved | 63 min | Comedy, Music, Musical
A fortune teller predicts Connie (Martha O'Driscoll) will find her true love sitting next to her in a movie theatre. Connie buys two tickets on an aisle and tosses one of them away...and hopes for the best.
Director: Edward C. Lilley | Stars: Patty Andrews, Maxene Andrews, Laverne Andrews, Martha O'Driscoll
Votes: 55
53. The End of Dejvice Theatre (2019)
30 min | Comedy
The mystifying Doom of the Dejvice Theater works with elements of absurd-black satire, which made the actors in roles visible as a body. A total of four hours of intelligent humor and excellent performances by the performers.
Stars: Hynek Cermák, Veronika Khek Kubarová, Klára Melísková, Martin Mysicka
Votes: 163
54. Thumbs Up (1943)
Approved | 67 min | Musical
A young American girl sings in an American style night club in London. She's about to quit when she hears about a West End show to be made up of talent culled from war factory workers. She ... See full summary »
Director: Joseph Santley | Stars: Brenda Joyce, Richard Fraser, Elsa Lanchester, Arthur Margetson
Votes: 78
55. Woody Herman & His Orchestra (1940)
Approved | 9 min | Short, Music
Woody Herman's orchestra plays five tunes, and guest performers sing and dance.
Director: Roy Mack | Stars: Woody Herman and His Orchestra, Lee Wiley, Hal Abbott, Honey Abbott
Votes: 75
56. Village Barn Dance (1940)
Passed | 74 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
Dan Martin, an unemployed college graduate, drifts into the town of Lyndale, only to learn that the town and everything in it are dominated by Minerva Withers, a tightfisted, old skinflint ... See full synopsis »
Director: Frank McDonald | Stars: Richard Cromwell, Doris Day, George Barbier, Esther Dale
57. Smoky River Serenade (1947)
Passed | 67 min | Action, Adventure, Musical
Developer J. Bricket Armstrong is out to buy up all the land in Hondo Valley. but rancher "Pop" Robinson won't sell his because of a promise he made his son, killed in WWII, and he also is ... See full summary »
Director: Derwin Abrahams | Stars: Ruth Terry, Paul Campbell, Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams, Virginia Hunter
Votes: 23
58. Hi, Neighbor (1942)
Passed | 72 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
On graduation day at the Hattie Greenfield Agricultural College, crabby Hattie, who donated the land and buildings for the college twenty-one years previously, is angered by the students' ... See full synopsis »
Director: Charles Lamont | Stars: Jean Parker, John Archer, Janet Beecher, Marilyn Hare
Votes: 10
59. Carl Hoff and Orchestra (1938)
Approved | 10 min | Short, Comedy, Music
Director: Joseph Henabery | Stars: Carl Hoff, Carl Hoff Orchestra, The Kidoodlers, Minor & Root
60. Columbia Thrills of Music: Buddy Rich and His Orchestra (1949)
Approved | 10 min | Short, Music
Jack Eigen is the disc jockey and Buddy Rich , with some incredible mugging, leads his orchestra, playing "Kicks With Sticks." Steve Condos tap dances, sometimes with Rich, to "Great Head",... See full summary »
Director: Harry Foster | Stars: Buddy Rich, Buddy Rich Orchestra, Betty Bonner, Steve Condos
61. Henry King and His Orchestra (1937)
Approved | 10 min | Short, Comedy, Music
In this entry of Vitaphone's long-running "Melody Masters" shorts, Henry King and his group are shown as yokels taking music lessons from a correspondence school. After winning their ... See full summary »
Director: Lloyd French | Stars: Henry King, Betty Allen
62. Musical Airwaves (1936)
Approved | 10 min | Short, Comedy, Music
Another of the many Mentone Productions, Inc. (practically a one-man operation for Milton Schwarzwald) musical shorts filmed in New York, and made for Universal Pictures distribution, who ... See full summary »
Director: Milton Schwarzwald | Stars: Sybil Bowan, Cappy Barra, Cappy Barra's Harmonica Band, Audrey Catri
63. Swing Styles (1939)
Approved | 10 min | Short, Music
The Vitaphone short features the Adrian Rollini Trio and the Milt Herth Trio. The Frazee Sisters (Jane and Ruth) provide the vocals, while Charles Troy and Joe Lynn do the dancing.
Director: Lloyd French | Stars: Adrian Rollini Trio, Milt Herth and His Trio, Tito and His Swingtette, The Frazee Sisters
64. Rhythm Saves the Day (1937)
Approved | 11 min | Comedy, Short, Music
Buddy Page hires the Cabin Kids (young singers and dancers) to lock up the old band maestro who has the band in uniforms and playing boring music. The Kids also walk the town with signs advertising a new swing band.
Director: Raymond Kane | Stars: The Cabin Kids, Alice Dawn, Ed Cole, Buddy Page and His Orchestra
65. The Stars Can't Be Wrong (1936)
Approved | 21 min | Short, Music
Stars: O'Donnell & Blair, Tom Emerson, Emerson's Mountaineers, Dale Winthrop
66. The Star Reporter in Hollywood (1936)
Approved | 10 min | Short, Music
In this entry to the Hollywood Star Reporter series (reporting only on stars with Paramount contracts or connections at the time), Ted Husing drops in on Bennie Bartlett and is surprised to... See full summary »
Director: Leslie M. Roush | Stars: Benny Bartlett, Dorothy Lamour, Joey Rardin, Vera Marshe
67. Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Goes a Fishin' (1956)
Approved | 11 min | Short, Sport
Dana Andrews and director Fritz Lang join Ralph Staub in this edition of Screen Snapshots, discuss their own fishing exploits and watch film on other Hollywood personalities, Glenn Ford, ... See full summary »
Director: Ralph Staub | Stars: Ralph Staub, Dana Andrews, Fritz Lang, Glenn Ford
68. Cavalcade of Broadway: Leon and Eddie's (1950)
Approved | Short, Comedy
Broadway columnist Earl Wilson drops by NYC's "Leon and Eddie's" night club and watches owner host Eddie Davis sing "It's That Friendly Spirit" and crack a few jokes. Jean Carroll does a ... See full summary »
Stars: Earl Wilson, Jean Carroll, Clymas, Eddie Davis
69. Thrills of Music: Miguelito Valdez and Orchestra (1949)
Approved | 10 min | Short, Music
The Miguelito Valdez Orchestra, with the DeCastro Sisters lending a musical hand, perform "Negro", "The Cat's Whiskers" and "Cumbachero" in this Columbia musical short L. A. disc jockey Barry Gray has a comment or two.
Director: Harry Foster | Stars: Miguelito Valdés, The De Castro Sisters, Babette De Castro, Cherie De Castro
70. The Naggers Go Rooting (1931)
Passed | 8 min | Short, Comedy, Sport
The nagging Norworths continue their ways when they go to a football game and husband Jack has to explain everything to wife Dorothy, who isn't that interested to begin with. They have a ... See full summary »
Director: Alfred J. Goulding | Stars: Jack Norworth, Dorothy Adelphi
71.
The Roy Rogers Show (1951–1957)
Episode:
Hard Luck Story
(1954)
Approved | 30 min | Family, Western
The Hard Luck Insurance Company claims that it will insure a rancher for the rest of his life for just one payment. Roy suspects the company is a racket, and sets out to investigate.
Director: Don McDougall | Stars: Roy Rogers, Trigger, Dale Evans, Pat Brady
Votes: 20