Category: Musical

2142. HAWAII CALLS (1938-usa). WITH bobby breen, ned sparks, warren huu, Gloria HOLDEN, WARD BOND. This engaging musical drama serves as a showcase for Bobby Breen, popÂular pre-teen singing star who appeared on screen between 1936 and 1942. He stars as Billy Coulter, an orphan who has befriended a Hawaiian lad named Pua. The pair […]

2085. ETERNAL WALTZ (1955-Austria-Cermany). With BERNHARD WICKI, GERT FROBE. A lush and literate biography of the fabled Austrian composer Johann Strauss, who is best-known for writing some of music’s most beloved waltzes. The film highlights two aspects of the composer’s life. First and foremost is his music, which despite an occasional critical failure allows him […]

2088. SHAMROCK HILL (1949-usa). WITH peggy ryan, ray Mcdonald, trudy marshall, JOHN LITEL. Shamrock Hill is a very special place that exists almost everywhere. It is a place for people who believe in wishing wells and magic spells, where they can go to enjoy nature or indulge in their sweet fantasies. One particular Shamrock Hill […]

2089. SING WHILE YOU’RE ABLE (1937-usa). WITH pinky tomun, toby wing. TOY company mogul C.W, Williams sponsors a radio show that is so hokey and out Of touch with its lisÂteners that his sales are dropping with every broadcast. So how do C.W. and flighty society gal daughter Joan respond to this crisis? Why, they […]

2015. THE DUKE IS TOPS (1938-USA). With RALPH COOPER, LENA HORNE. This delightful independently produced all-black-cast musical drama is the motion picture debut of Lena Home. She was all of 21 years-old when cast in the film, but already was a veteran nightclub singer who began her career in the chorus of Harlem’s famed Cotton […]

2017. MANHATTAN MERRY-GO-ROUND (1938-USA). With PHIL REGAN, LEO CARRILLO, ANN DVORAK, JAMES GLEASON, TED LEWIS and HIS ORCHESTRA, CAS CALLOWAY and HIS COTTON CLUB ORCHESTRA, JOE DIMAGGIO, KAY THOMPSON, HENRY ARMETTA, LOUIS PRIMA and HIS BAND, GENE AUTRY. A genuinely once-in-a-lifetime cast makes this musical comedy a real treat. It’s based on the hit radio […]

2051. HARVEST MELODY (1943-usa). WITH rosemary lane, johnny downs, Sheldon LEONARD. You’ll be snapping your fingers and laughing out loud from the opening moments Of this tune-filled comedy-musical. It is the story Of glamorous Gilda Parker, once a great motion picÂture star. Gilda’s contract with Zenith Studios has expired and she is confidently expecting a […]

1874. WITH LOVE AND KISSES (1937-USA). WITH pinky tomlin, toby wing, kane RICHMOND, ARTHUR HOUSEMAN, FUZZY KNIGHT. Pinky Tomlin, composer-comedy star who enjoyed a movie career during the 1930’s and early 40’s, headlines this folksy, entertaining diversion. He plays Homer “Spec” Higgens, an Arkansas farmer and all-around country bumpkin who’s a genius at penning hit […]

1868. TALES FROM VIENNA WOODS (1937-Ausiria). With MAGDA SCHNEIDEr, WOLF ALBACH-RETTY, LEO SLEZAK. Here is a tune-filled musical romance featuring a snappy soundtrack loaded with music by JOHANN STRAUSS, performed by a talented cast accompanied by the famed VIENNA PHILHARMONIST ORCHESTRA. The story concerns a singing auto mechanic named Graf Rudi Waldheim, who learns that […]

1439. MIMI (1935-England). With GERTRUDE LAWRENCE, DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS JR. A liberal adaptation of Puccini’s “La Boheme.” An enjoyable musical with the one and only Miss Lawrence. 61 minutes. Musical