The Joker Is Wild (1957)
2h 6min. // Set in Chicago in the late 1920s, during the days of Prohibition, the film tells the story of Joe E. Lewis (played by Frank Sinatra), a rising singer of the Club 777, a […]
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Down Argentine Way (1940)
1h 29min. // Glenda Crawford (played by Betty Grable) purchases a horse from Ricardo Quintana (Don Ameche), who hails from Argentina. However, the transaction is annulled due to the disapproval of Ricardo’s father, Casiano (J. Carrol […]
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 […]
The Lady Objects (1938)
2h 12min. // Ann Adams and William Hayward start having marital turmoils when she is promoted to junior partner in her law firm while he cannot succeed in his career as an architect. During a […]
The Inspector General (1949)
1h. 42min. // A town’s corrupt officials think a fool is actually an investigator in disguise. Directed by: Henry Koster Writing Credits: Philip Rapp (screenplay), Harry Kurnitz (screenplay) Starring: Danny Kaye (as Georgi), Walter Slezak (as Yakov) and Barbara Bates (as Leza). […]
Road to Rio (1947)
1h 40min. // Bing Crosby and Bob Hope join together to make you laugh in this musical comedy. Two inept vaudevillians stow away on a Brazilian-bound ocean liner and foil a plot by a sinister […]
With a Song in My Heart (1952)
1h 57min. // Susan Hayward plays the story of the musical career of a talented singer that soars up. Directed by: Walter Lang Writing Credits: Lamar Trotti (screenplay) Starring: Susan Hayward (as Jane Froman), […]
In Old Chicago (1938)
1h 35min. // The O’Leary brothers — honest Jack and roguish Dion — become powerful figures, and eventually rivals, in Chicago on the eve of its Great Fire. Directed by: Henry King Writing Credits: […]
Curly Top (1935)
1h 15min. // Wealthy Edward Morgan becomes charmed with a curly-haired orphan and her pretty older sister Mary and arranges to adopt both under the alias of “Mr. Jones.” As he spends more time with […]
Jolson Sings Again (1949)
1h 36min. // In this sequel to The Jolson Story, we pick up the singer’s career just as he has returned to the stage after a premature retirement. But his wife has left him and the […]