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1. It All Came True (1940)

Approved | 97 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

After crooked nightclub owner Chips Maguire murders a police informant, he blackmails his piano player to allow him to stay at his eccentric mother's boarding house.

Director: Lewis Seiler | Stars: Ann Sheridan, Humphrey Bogart, Jeffrey Lynn, Zasu Pitts

Votes: 1,471

2. Two Tickets to Broadway (1951)

Approved | 106 min | Musical, Romance

Nancy Peterson and her friends want to get a spot on Bob Crosby's TV show, but their agent has linked them.

Director: James V. Kern | Stars: Tony Martin, Janet Leigh, Gloria DeHaven, Eddie Bracken

Votes: 615

3. Ghosts, Italian Style (1967)

G | 92 min | Comedy, Fantasy

Married couple Pasquale and Maria live in a palace supposedly haunted by ghosts and pay no rent. When Pasquale finds some food in the cupboard. he thinks the ghosts are at work, but it is ... See full summary »

Director: Renato Castellani | Stars: Sophia Loren, Vittorio Gassman, Mario Adorf, Aldo Giuffrè

Votes: 589

4. Broadway Melody of 1938 (1937)

Passed | 110 min | Musical, Romance

Steve Raleigh wants to produce a show on Broadway. He finds a backer, Herman Whipple and a leading lady, Sally Lee, however his wife Caroline Whipple forces Steve to use a known star, not a... See full summary »

Director: Roy Del Ruth | Stars: Robert Taylor, Eleanor Powell, George Murphy, Binnie Barnes

Votes: 1,358

5. The Wild Man of Borneo (1941)

Passed | 78 min | Comedy, Romance

In 1902, medicine show con man Dan Thompson settles down with the daughter he hardly knows in a New York theatrical boarding house full of eccentric characters. Forced to take a job in an ... See full summary »

Director: Robert B. Sinclair | Stars: Frank Morgan, Mary Howard, Billie Burke, Donald Meek

Votes: 200

6. Sweet Adeline (1934)

Approved | 87 min | Musical, Romance

In 1898, composer Sid Barnett manages to get his sweetheart, Adeline the beer-garden singer, to sing the lead in his new Broadway operetta; this infuriates Elysia, the erstwhile star. But ... See full summary »

Director: Mervyn LeRoy | Stars: Irene Dunne, Donald Woods, Hugh Herbert, Ned Sparks

Votes: 317

7. Swing Hostess (1944)

Passed | 76 min | Action, Comedy, Music

Rags-to-riches-to-rags story features Benny Goodman vocalist Martha Tilton as an unemployed big band singer who takes a job as an operator at a jukebox company. After falling in love with a... See full summary »

Director: Sam Newfield | Stars: Martha Tilton, Iris Adrian, Charles Collins, Cliff Nazarro

Votes: 221

8. Grand Slam (1933)

Passed | 67 min | Comedy

Because the Stanislavsky method of playing bridge has no rules, it promotes marital harmony for those who stick with it.

Directors: William Dieterle, Alfred E. Green | Stars: Paul Lukas, Loretta Young, Frank McHugh, Glenda Farrell

Votes: 365

9. An Angel Comes to Brooklyn (1945)

Approved | 70 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Music

An angel returns to Earth to help a Broadway producer put on a show, so a struggling young actress will have a job.

Director: Leslie Goodwins | Stars: Kaye Dowd, Robert Duke, David Street, Barbara Perry

Votes: 20

10. Smoked Hams (1934)

Passed | 19 min | Comedy, Short

A vaudeville team convinces an agent to book their new act, which uses a Civil War theme.

Director: Lloyd French | Stars: Daphne Pollard, Shemp Howard, Lionel Stander, Harry Shannon

Votes: 120

11. Take Me Home (1928)

Passed | 60 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A 1928 silent comedy produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It was directed by Marshall Neilan and starred Bebe Daniels and Neil Hamilton. It is now considered lost.

Director: Marshall Neilan | Stars: Bebe Daniels, Neil Hamilton, Lilyan Tashman, Doris Hill

12. Crashin' Broadway (1933)

Not Rated | 59 min | Drama, Western

When Tad Wallace's act flops on Broadway, he joins a troop heading west. In a small town they run into Jeffries who has just burned down the theater. When Jeffries kills Griswold, Tad has a plan to trap him by using the talents

Director: John P. McCarthy | Stars: Rex Bell, Doris Hill, Harry Bowen, George 'Gabby' Hayes

Votes: 36