The Road To Hong Kong (1962)
1h 31min. // Mistaken identity and the acquisition of a rare Tibetan herb put two buffoonish con men on the wrong side of a secret organization geared toward world domination. Directed by: Norman Panama Writing […]
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Sitting On The Moon (1936)
1h 6min. // A pair of hit songwriters fall in love with an ex-film star and her friend, but a blackmailer arrives to disrupt the romances. Based on William Field’s short story “Temperamental Lady.” […]
Broadway (1929)
1h. 44min. // A naive young dancer in a Broadway show innocently gets involved in backstage bootlegging and murder. Directed by: Pál Fejös Writing Credits: Phillip Dunning (play), George Abbott (play), Edward T. Lowe Jr. (adaptation), Charles Furthman (adaptation) Starring: Glenn Tryon (as […]
Happy Go Lovely (1951)
1h. 37min. // B.G. Bruno, a rich bachelor, the head of a successful greeting-card company in Scotland, is essentially a kind man but respectable to the point of stodginess and extreme stuffiness. An American troupe […]
The Gang’s All Here (1943)
1h. 43min. // A soldier falls for a chorus girl and then experiences trouble when he is posted to the Pacific. Directed by: Busby Berkeley Writing Credits: Walter Bullock (screenplay) Starring: Alice Faye (as Edie Allen), Carmen Miranda (as Dorita) […]
Jitterbugs (1943)
1h. 15min. // Laurel and Hardy team up with a likable con man to help a pretty singer’s mother who’s been taken in by swindlers. Directed by: Malcolm St. Clair Writing Credits: Scott Darling (screenplay) Starring: Stan Laurel (as […]
Anything Goes (1956)
1h. 46min. // Bill Benson and Ted Adams are to appear in a Broadway show together and, while in Paris, each ‘discovers’ the perfect leading lady for the plum female role. Each promises the prize […]
State Fair (1945)
1h. 36min. // The Frake family attends the annual Iowa State Fair; each member of the clan has their own reason for doing so. Directed by: Walter Lang Writing Credits: Oscar Hammerstein II (screenplay), Philip Stong (novel) Starring: Jeanne […]
Greenwich Village (1944)
1h. 22min. // In 1922, a would-be classical composer gets involved with people putting on a musical revue. Directed by: Walter Lang Writing Credits: Earl Baldwin (screenplay), Walter Bullock (screenplay) Starring: Carmen Miranda (as Princess Querida O’Toole), Don Ameche (as […]
Royal Wedding (1951)
1h. 42min. // Tom and Ellen Bowen are a brother and sister dance act whose show closes in New York. Their agent books them in London for the same period as the Royal Wedding. They […]