Martin and Lewis' first starring vehicle has the duo as army recruits who get mixed up in all kinds of wild situations at their army base. Alvin Corwin is low man on the totem pole, and goes from one mishap to another at an army training camp in World War II. Great musical comedy, featuring Jerry Lewis at his slapstick best. Dir. Hal Walker.

Black And Tan 1935
B&W 19 mins Black Interest Musical
Duke Ellington

Early jazz featuing the Duke Ellington Orchestra.

Black Tights 1960
Color 120 mins French Musical
Cyd Charisse, Zizi Jeanmaire, Moira Shearer, Roland Petit.

Four stories told in dance: "The Diamond Cruncher", "Cyrano de Bergerac", "A Merry Mourning", & the Bizet opera, "Carmen". Narrated by Maurice Chevalier. Dir. Terence Young

Breaking The Ice 1938
B&W 79 mins Musical
Charles Ruggles, Dolores Costello.

When his widowed mother is forced to move in with her domineering brother and his family, Bobby Breen runs away from home and joins a travelling ice revue to earn money for her. Song-filled tale.

Charm Of La Boheme, The 1936
B&W 97 mins German Musical (Subtitled)
Jan Keipura

Musical based on the Puccini opera of the lives and loves of four 19th Century Parisians.

Dance Hall 1941
B&W 70 mins Musical Biography
Carole Landis

Dance hall singer Carole Landis is smitten with dance hall manager Cesar Romero until she learns he's something of a Casanova. When he realizes she's no longer interested in his charms, he coaches his pal, composer William Henry, on winning her over. Enjoyable comic tuner features the songs "There's a Lull in My Life" and "There's Something in the Air." Dir. Irving Pichel.

Dance Of Life 1929
B&W 115 mins Musical
Hal Skelly, Nancy Corroll, Oscar Levant, Al St. John, Dorothy Revier.

Backstage at a burlesque theatre as a star performer loses his wife when he begins hitging the bottle and carousing with women. Dir. John Cromwell, Edward Sutherland

Dancing Pirate 1936
Color 83 mins Musical
Frank Morgan, Charles Collins, Steffi Duna, Luis Alberni, Jack LaRue, Rita Hayworth, Eduardo Cansino.

Mild-mannered waltz instructor is kidnapped by pirates whose ship lands at Las Palamos, where the landlubbers assume the dancer is a pirate cheiftan. Dir. Lloyd Corrigan

Delightfully Dangerous 1945
B&W 92 mins Musical
Jane Powell, Ralph Bellamy, Constance Moore, Arthur Treacher, Louise Beavers.

Innocent young Cheryl (Powell) visits her sister in New York, who is supposedly a Broadway star. In reality, she's a stripper in a burlesque show, and when Cheryl finds out, she tries to marry her off to a Broadway producer. Dir. Arthur Lubin

Devil On Horseback, The 1936
B&W 71 mins Musical
Del Campo, Fred Keating, Lily Damita.

Movie actress visits a friend in South America, but her publicity agent spreads the rumor that she has been abducted. Written by Crane Wilbur. Songs include: "So Divine", "Out of the Hills", "The Love Fiesta", & "Oh Bella Mia." Dir. Crane Wilbur

Dixie Jamboree 1944
B&W 69 mins Musical
Francis Langford, Guy Kibbee, Louise Beavers, Charles Butterworth, Eddie Quillan, Lyle Talbot.

The captain of the Last Showboat on the Mississippi accidentally picks up a shipment of whiskey and is mistaken for a bootlegger by two con artists, who plan to hijack the booze. Songs include: "You ain't Right With The Lord", "Dixie Showboat", "No, No, No", "If It's a Dream", and more. Dir. William Christy Cabanne

Dizzy Dames 1936
B&W 65 mins Musical
Marjorie Rambeau, Florine McKinney, Lawrence Gray, Inez Courtney, Fuzzy Knight.

Rambeau runs a boardinghouse for has-been actors, which is turned upsidedown when her daughter visits unexpectedly. Songs include: "Love Is the Thing", "I Was Taken by Storm", "Let's Be Frivolous", & "Martinique." Dir. William Nigh

Dollface 1945
B&W 79 mins Musical
Vivian Blane

Stripper Vivian Blaine tries to make the jump to Broadway stardom, but her manager gets jealous when she falls for a writer hired to create her biography, in this lively musical based on a play by Gypsy Rose Lee. With Dennis O'Keefe, Perry Como, Carmen Miranda; songs include "Chico-Chico," "Dig You Later," "Red Hot and Beautiful." Includes "Hubba Hubba Hubba" by Perry Como, as well as many other songs. Based on the play "The Naked Genius" by Gypsy Rose Lee.

Dream Of Jeanie, I 1952
B&W 90 mins Musical Biography
Ray Middleton

A musical biography of American composer Stephen Foster.

Duke Is Tops, The 1938
B&W 80 mins Musical Black Interest
Lena Horne, Ralph Cooper, Monte Hawley.

In Horne's film debut, she plays a woman who gets her big break but must choose between love and fame. A great look at the black entertainment industry in 1938. A young Lena Horne shines in her performance as Ethel, a singer who makes her way to the 'big time'.

Evergreen 1934
B&W 90 mins British Musical
Jessie Matthews,Sonnie Hale

Evergreen's breezy plot, lilting music, and stylish dancing routines all come together to highlight the talents and beauty of British musical queen, Jessie Matthews. The willowy, long-legged Mathews is a singing and dancing revelation, as charming and lovable a musical comedy heroine as ever seen on either side of the Atlantic."Evergreen" was an original Rodgers and Hart creation, both in story and music, successfully produced on stage in 1930 in Glasgow and London by British impresario,C. B. Cochran. Gaumont British Picture loosely adapted the show into a Hollywood style musical in this 1934 version. Three Rodgers and Hart songs were retained, most notably, "Dancing on the Ceiling." In addition, three songs by the American composer, Harry Woods were interpolated, including the movie's main theme, "When You've Got a Little Springtime in Your Heart."

Everything Is Rhythm 1950
B&W 57 mins British Musical, Black Interest
Harry Rory

Charming story about a bandleader who falls in love with a Princess.

Fabulous Dorseys, The 1947
B&W 87 mins Musical
Tommy Dorsey, Jimmy Dorsey, Sara Allgood, Janet Blair, William Bakewell, Charlie Barnet.

Many live performances highlight this biography of the famous battling, bandleading brothers. Songs include: "Green Eyes", "Everybody's Doin' It", "Marie", & "I'll Never Say Never Again." Dir. Alfred E. Green

Fiesta 1943
Color 40 mins Musical
Antonio Moreno, Armida, Anne Ayars, Jorge Negrete, George Givot.

Tall talking radio cowboy star goes to a Mexican village, where he must pretend he's the real deal and frighten away some bandits. Songs include: "I'll Never Forget Fiesta", "Ride Mi Caballeros", "Never Trust a Jumping Bean", "The Two Bravest Hombres In All Mexico" and more. Produced by Hal Roach. Dir. LeRoy J. Prinz

Fisherman's Wharf 1939
B&W 72 mins Musical
Bobby Breen, Lee Patrick

A boy adopted by a San Francisco fisherman decides to leave his home when the fisherman's sister-in-law moves in with her annoying son. Efforts are on to find Breen...but first, some musical numbers! Leo Carillo, Lee Patrick and Slicker the Seal also star.
Songs include: "Sell Your Cares For a Song", "Fisherman's Chanty", "Return To Sorrento", "Santa Lucia" & more. Dir. Bernard Vorhaus

Follow Your Heart 1936
B&W 80 mins Musical
Marion Talley, Nigel Bruce, Michael Bartlett, John Eldridge, Luis Alberni, Clarence Muse.

Recalling her own rocky road to success, a former opera singer refuses to allow her daughter to take the stage, so it's up to singer Michael Bartlett to convince her otherwise. Dir. Aubrey Scotto

Forget Me Not 1936
B&W 72 mins British Musical
Joan Gardner

Young British woman, tricked into believing she was used during a whirlwind romance, marries a gentle widowed Italian opera star, whose songs she and her first love shared. Dir. Zoltan Korda, Stanley Irving.

Frolics On Ice 1940
B&W 65 mins British Musical Comedy
Roscoe Karns, Lynne Roberts, Edgar Kennedy, Irene Dare.

Musical comedy about a family man saving to buy the barber shop he works at. Dir. Basil Dearden.

Girl Said No, The 1937
B&W 72 mins Musical
Robert Armstong, Irene Hervey, Paula Stone, William Danforth, Vivian Hart.

To get back at a thieving dancer, a bookie becomes her manager, gets her into a Gilbert & Sullivan show and forces her to give him her income. Written by Andrew L. Stone. Songs by Gilbert & Sullivan include: "The Mikado", "Patience", "Pirates of Penzance", and "Ruddigore". Dir. Andrew L. Stone

Glorifying The American Girl 1929
B&W 96 mins Musical
Mary Eaton, Eddie Cantor, Rudy Vallee, Helen Morgan, Noah Beery, Billie Burke, Irving Berlin, Johnny Weissmuller, Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.

Chorus girl performing in the Ziegfeld Follies must choose between her boyfriend and stardom. Music by Irving Berlin. Dir. Millard Webb, John W. Harkrider

Good News 1947
Color 93 mins Musical
June Allyson, Peter Lawford, Mel Torme

At fictitious Tait University in the Roaring 20's, co-ed and school librarian Connie Lane (June Allyson) falls for football hero Tommy Marlowe (Peter Lawford). Also features very young Mel Torm?.

Happy Go Lovely 1951
Color 95 mins British Musical
David Niven, Vera Ellen, Cesar Romero, Bobby Howes, Diane Hart.

American music troupe have trouble finding backers for a Edinburgh show, but a rich bachelor who has fallen for one of the dancers decides to help out. Written by Val Guest. Dir. H. Bruce Humberstone

Happy-Go-Lucky 1937
B&W 69 mins Musical
Phil Regan, Evelyn Venable, Jed Prouty, Jonathan Hale.

After her Marine pilot husband is accused of treason and disappears, Venable goes to Shanghai and spots a man who is a dead ringer for him. Dir. Aubrey Scotto

Harmony Lane 1935
B&W 84 mins Musical
Douglas Montgomery, Evelyn Venable, William Frawley, Adrienne Ames, Smiley Burnette, Hattie McDaniel.

Semi-biograghy of composer Stephen Foster, from his early studies for the clergy and his songwriting success just before the Civil War, to his eventual death in drunken poverty. Songs include "Oh Susanna", "My Old Kentucky Home", & "Swanee River". Dir. Joseph Santley

Hats Off 1937
B&W 65 mins Musical
John Payne, Mae Clarke, Richard Skeets Gallagher, Franklin Pangborn, Luis Alberni, George Irving.

Texas towns vying for business plan competing carnivals, hiring rival press agents who eventually fall in love. Songs include: "Twinkle Twinkle Little Song", "Let's Have Another", "Little Odd Rhythm". Produced by Boris Petroff, Written by Samuel Fuller. Dir. Boris Petroff

Jazz Ball 1956
B&W 56 mins Musical
Cab Calloway, Rudy Valle, Red Nichols, Duke Ellington, Mills Brothers, Louis Armstrong, Peggy Lee, Ina Rae Hutton, Russ Morgan, Louis Prima, Bob Crosby, Betty Hutton

Art Gilmore narrates an assemblage of jazz greats

Kickerbocker Holiday 1944
B&W 85 mins Musical
Nelson Eddy, Charles Coburn, Shelly Winters

Kurt Weill-Maxwell Anderson musical of New York's early days, with smash hit "September Song."

King Kelly Of The U.S.A. 1934
B&W 640 mins Musical
Guy Robertson, Edgar Kennedy, Irene Ware, Franklin Pangborn, Joyce Compton.

American performer falls in love with a princess travelling incognito aboard a trans-atlantic line, and must try to save her bankrupt country. Dir. Leonard Fields

Laughing Lady 1947
Color Musical
Francis L. Sullivan

Let's Sing Again 1936
B&W 70 mins Musical
Bobby Breen, Henry Armetta, George Houston, Inez Courtney, Lucien Littlefield, Grant Withers, Ann Doran.

Breen's screen debut as a talented youngster who runs away from his orphanage and joins a travelling circus, which eventually leads to a shot at singing opera in New York. Songs include: "Let's Sing Again", "Lullaby", "Farmer in the Dell", "La Donna e Mobile," (from Verdi's "Rigoletto"). Dir. Kurt Neumann

Make A Wish 1937
B&W 80 mins Musical
Bobby Breen, Basil Rathbone, Henry Armetta, Marion Claire, Leon Errol.

At summer camp, Breen befriends a famed composer who has writer's block. He finds his muse in Bobby's mom, a popular singer whose fiance refuses to let her return to the stage. Dir. Kurt Neumann

Manhattan Merry-Go-Round 1938
B&W 90 mins Musical
Phil Regan, Leo Carrillo, Ann Dvorak, Cab Calloway, Joe DiMaggio, Luis Alberni, Henry Armetta, Max Terhune, Smiley Burnette, Gene Autry.

Gangsters take over a record company, using strong-arm tactics to acquire contracts with various singing acts. Songs include: "Mamma I Wanna Make Rhythm", "Manhattan Merry-Go-Round", "Heaven?", "I Owe You", & "It's Round-up Time in Reno". Dir. Charles Reisner

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Murder With Music 1941
B&W 57 mins Black Interest Musical
Bob Howard.

Crime drama where a reporter tries to get the story on a notorious gangster.

New Faces 1952
Color 98 mins Musical
Eartha Kitt, Alice Ghostley, Paul Lynde, Ronny Graham, Robert Clary.

The Show Must Go On...despite financial problems--Based on the hit Broadway revue. Songs include "C'est si Bon" performed by Eartha Kitt. Written by Ronny Graham, Paul Lynde, and Mel Brooks. Dir. Harry Horner

No, No, Nanette 1940
B&W 96 mins Musical
Anna Neagle, Richard Carlson, Victor Mature, Roland Young, ZaSu Pitts, Eve Arden, Billy Gilbert, Leo Carrilo.

Doting niece agrees to accept a sum of money to help her financially troubled uncle. The catch? She has to answer "No" to every question she's asked for 24 hours! Songs include: "I Want to Be Happy", "Tea for Two" & "No, No, Nanette". Dir. Herbert Wilcox

Pajama Game 1957
Color 101 mins Musical
Doris Day, John Raitt, Carol Haney, Eddie Foy Jr, Reta Shaw.

Day heads a grievance committee to get a seven-and-a-half cent raise for her coworkers, and ends up falling in love with the boss. Songs include: "I'm Not At All In Love", "Small Talk", "Hey There", "I'll Never Be Jealous Again", "Seven and a half Cents" & several more. Dir. George Abbott, Stanley Donen

Perils Of Pauline, The 1947
Color 96 mins Musical Biography Comedy
Betty Hutton, John Lund, William Demarest, Frank Faylen, William Farnum, Snub Pollard, Creighton Hale, James Finlayson.

Musical biographical account of Pearl White's life as the silent serial queen. Color. Dir. George Marshall.

Private Buckaroo 1942
B&W 70 mins Musical

Harry James & orchestra get drafted and put on shows for the soldiers, while a rebellious recruit falls in love with a retired officer's daughter. Songs include: "Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree with Anyone Else but Me". Dir. Edward F. Cline

Rainbow On The River 1936
B&W 86 mins Musical
Bobby Breen, May Robeson, Louise Beavers, Eddie Rochester Anderson, Charles Butterworth.

Breen is a Civil War orphan, raised by a former slave, who saves money to send him to a private school. But when the local priest finds Phillip?s family, he sends the boy to New York to live with them. When they refuse to accept him as their own, Breen must rely on charm and his singing ability to win them over. Songs include: "Rainbow on the River", "You Only Live Once", "A Thousand Dreams of Love", "Ave Maria" & more. Dir. Kurt Neumann

Rainbow Over Broadway 1933
B&W 72 mins Musical
Joan Marsh, Frank Albertson, Lucien Littlefield, Grace Hayes, Gladys Blake.

Selfish stepmother moves family from Kansas to New York to revive her career in theatre. Songs include: "I Must Be in Love with Love" & "Dance My Blues Away". Dir. Richard Thorpe

Reet Petite And Gone 1947
B&W 67 mins Black Interest Musical
Louis Jordan And His Band

Old-time musical star Schyler Jarvis, now wealthy, is dying. His last act is a visionary plan for the future happiness of his son, swing bandleader Louis Jarvis, and Honey Carter, daughter of his long-lost love. But crooked lawyer Talbot has a nefarious scheme to get his hands on the Jarvis money. Plenty of swing from Louis Jordan's Tympany Five.

Road To Hollywood, The 1938
B&W 56 mins Musical
Bing Crosby

Compilation of early shorts featuring Bing Crosby.

Rock, Rock, Rock! 1956
B&W 78 mins Musical
Chuck Berry, Tuesday Weld, Fats Domino, Alan Freed, La Vern Baker, Johnny Burnette, Frankie Lymon, Voice of Connie Francis.

After her allowance is cut off by her father, Tuesday Weld desperately tries to earn enough money for a prom dress. Features many big acts of the era. Weld's screen debut. Dir. Will Price