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Un Américain à Paris
7

Un Américain à Paris

Sep 26, 1951

Un Américain à Paris
1951 113 min 584 vues
Installé à Paris, Jerry Mulligan, peintre américain, peine à vivre de son art. En voyant ses toiles exposées dans la rue, une milliardaire tombe amoureuse de lui et décide d'être son mécène. C'est alors qu'il rencontre Lisa, une jeune Française dont il s'éprend, sans savoir que celle-ci est déjà fiancée à Henri Baurel, l'un de ses amis...
Music
Humoresque
7.1

Humoresque

Jan 25, 1947

Humoresque
1947 125 min 60 vues
Issu d’une famille modeste, Paul Boray est un jeune violoniste doué et ambitieux qui rencontre des difficultés à percer. Un soir, il est invité à une réception mondaine donnée par Helen Wright. Femme fortunée et mécène de jeunes artistes, Helen est mariée à un homme d'âge mûr, Victor, qui ferme les yeux sur les infidélités de sa femme. Fascinée par la personnalité de Paul, Helen tente de se rapprocher du jeune violoniste, mais il rejette ses avances. Elle l’aide néanmoins à rencontrer des personnes influentes dans le monde musical afin qu’il réussisse et sa carrière prend enfin de l’essor. Paul répond finalement aux avances de son mécène et les deux amants connaissent un amour passionné. Inquiète de leur relation, la mère de Paul va s’opposer ouvertement à leur liaison. Une autre fois Helen aperçoit dans un bar Paul en compagnie d’une amie d’enfance, amoureuse également de lui. Après une violente scène de jalousie, Helen se pose des questions sur leur relation ...
Drama
Information Please Series 2, No. 2
1

Information Please Series 2, No. 2

Oct 04, 1940

Information Please Series 2, No. 2
1940 10 min 1 vues
This issue of RKO's Information Please series, based on the radio program featuring most of the same people, has Howard Lindsay, co-author and co-star of the then-current Broadway play, "Life With Father", as a visiting guest expert. Questions involved football plays, license plates and plays that dealt with family relationships.
Comedy
Tous en scène !
7.1

Tous en scène !

Aug 07, 1953

Tous en scène !
1953 112 min 209 vues
Dans le train qui l'emmène à New York, Tony Hunter, star à la dérive de la comédie musicale, surprend une conversation entre deux voyageurs, qui l'estiment fini. Abattu, Tony retrouve cependant son optimisme lorsqu'il aperçoit, sur le quai de la gare, une foule de journalistes et de photographes. Hélas, ceux-ci sont venus accueillir Ava Gardner, qui voyageait dans le même train. Le moral de Tony est au plus bas. Il retrouve enfin ses amis, Lester et Lily Marton, qui lui racontent le scénario d'une prochaine comédie musicale, dont la mise en scène sera signée par Cordova, la nouvelle coqueluche de Broadway. L'artiste monte des spectacles résolument dramatiques et pompeux...
Music
Entrons dans la danse
6.8

Entrons dans la danse

May 04, 1949

Entrons dans la danse
1949 108 min 47 vues
À la sortie d’une grande première, Josh (Fred Astaire) et Dinah (Ginger Rogers) Barkley prennent part à une grande réception où ils rencontrent Jacques Barredout (Jacques François), dramaturge français émigré aux États-Unis. Celui-ci, non fervent des comédies musicales, leur conseille de s’orienter vers la tragédie. Après une expérience pourtant réussie, Josh et Dinah décident de retourner à leurs premières amours en enchaînant sur un final dansé.
Comedy
Romance on the High Seas
6.7

Romance on the High Seas

Jun 25, 1948

Romance on the High Seas
1948 99 min 29 vues
Georgia Garrett is sent by jealous wife Elvira Kent on an ocean cruise to masquerade as herself while she secretly stays home to catch her husband cheating. Meanwhile equally suspicious husband Michael Kent has sent a private eye on the same cruise to catch his wife cheating. Love and confusion ensues along with plenty of musical numbers.
Comedy
Rhapsody in Blue
6.4

Rhapsody in Blue

Jun 27, 1945

Rhapsody in Blue
1945 151 min 14 vues
Fictionalized biography of George Gershwin and his fight to bring serious music to Broadway.
Music
La Toile d'araignée
5.8

La Toile d'araignée

Jun 07, 1955

La Toile d'araignée
1955 124 min 31 vues
Le comité de direction d'une clinique psychiatrique décide de changer les rideaux du salon réservé aux patients: un enjeu qui va catalyser les passions et révéler des drames individuels et familiaux. La femme de l'un des directeurs et l'administratrice passent commande chacune de leur côté, pensant que la tâche leur incombe naturellement. Le docteur Meg Faverson veut confier le dessin et la fabrication des rideaux aux malades. Résultats: adultère, suicide et démission.
Drama
Le rythme de la rivière
7

Le rythme de la rivière

Aug 28, 1940

Le rythme de la rivière
1940 92 min 2 vues
auteur-compositeur populaire Oliver Courtney a été débrouille depuis des années à l'aide d'un écrivain fantôme pour sa musique et une autre pour ses paroles. Lorsque les deux écrivains se rencontrent dans une auberge, ils tombent amoureux et tentent de vendre leurs chansons sous leur propre nom. Le problème est pense qu'ils sont chaque éditeur chanson copier le style de Courtney.
Comedy
Kiss the Boys Goodbye
5

Kiss the Boys Goodbye

Aug 01, 1941

Kiss the Boys Goodbye
1941 85 min 1 vues
New York chorus girl Cindy Lou Bethany becomes frustrated when she prepares for an audition for a Broadway musical, but the auditions close and her roommate, Gwen Abbott, is hired to be secretary to Top Rumson, the show's financial backer. Gwen tells Cindy that the director, Lloyd Lloyd, and composer, Dick Rayburn, have been sent to the South on a talent search for a classic Southern belle type to star in the show, although their shows usually feature Myra Stanhope, an actress whose style is hopelessly inappropriate for this show. Desperate for work, Cindy returns to her aunt Lily Lou and uncle Jefferson Davis Bethany's home in the South and schemes to get Lloyd and Rayburn to audition her.
Music
The I Don't Care Girl
6.5

The I Don't Care Girl

Jan 14, 1953

The I Don't Care Girl
1953 78 min 1 vues
This semi-film within a film opens in the office of producer George Jessel, who never saw a camera he couldn't get in front of, who is holding a story conference to determine the screen treatment for the life of Eva Tanguay, and Jessel is unhappy with what the writers present him.He tells them to look up Eddie McCoy, Eva's one-time partner, for the real inside story on the lusty and vital Eva. Eddie's version is that he discovered her working as a waitress in an Indianapolis restaurant in 1912, wherein singer Larry Woods and his partner Charles Bennett get into a fight over her and both land in the hospital, and McCoy convinces the manager to put Eva on as a single to fill their spot. She flopped, but McCoy arranges for Bennett to be her accompanist, and she went out of his life. The writers look up Bennett, now head of a music publishing company, who says McCoy's story is phony, and it was Flo Zigfeld who discovered Eva for his Follies.
Music
Night Parade
3.5

Night Parade

Oct 27, 1929

Night Parade
1929 71 min 3 vues
Bobby Martin, a young middleweight champion boxer, is an honest and decent fighter. However, a dishonest but beautiful woman uses every trick to ensnare him.
Drama
The Dance of Life
5.9

The Dance of Life

Aug 16, 1929

The Dance of Life
1929 115 min 7 vues
A vaudeville comic and a pretty young dancer aren't having much luck in their separate careers, so they decide to combine their acts. In order to save money on the road, they get married. Soon their act begins to catch on, and they find themselves booked onto Broadway. They also realize that they actually are in love with each other, but just when things are starting to look up, the comic starts to let success go to his head.
Romance
Public Speaking
7

Public Speaking

Nov 22, 2010

Public Speaking
2010 82 min 57 vues
A feature-length documentary starring Fran Lebowitz, a writer known for her unique take on modern life. The film weaves together extemporaneous monologues with archival footage and the effect is a portrait of Fran's worldview and experiences.
Documentary
That's Entertainment! III
6.9

That's Entertainment! III

Jul 01, 1994

That's Entertainment! III
1994 113 min 35 vues
Troisième volet de "Il était une fois Hollywood", "That's Entertainment III" nous propose un nouveau panorama de l'age d'or de la MGM mais aussi des chutes rarissimes, des séquences coupées lors de la sortie des films et des essais d'autres stars que celles qui furent finalement choisies.
Documentary
Information Please: Series 1, No. 1
5.5

Information Please: Series 1, No. 1

Sep 08, 1939

Information Please: Series 1, No. 1
1939 10 min 6 vues
Information Please: Series 1, No. 1 is a 1939 short film of the famous show from RKO Radio. The segment stars Clifton Fadiman, Rex Stout, and John Kieran.It was nominated for an Oscar for Best Short Subject, One-Reel, a rare instance of a game show being nominated for an Academy Award.
Family
Crime Without Passion
5.8

Crime Without Passion

Aug 30, 1934

Crime Without Passion
1934 70 min 20 vues
Caddish lawyer Lee Gentry is going out with Katy Costello, but carrying on an affair with dancer Carmen Brown. When he wants to end the dalliance with Carmen, she is so distraught that she becomes suicidal. Seizing the gun from Carmen, he accidentally shoots her, and thinking she's dead, concocts a series of increasingly outlandish alibis to cover his tracks under the guidance of a ghostly apparition that is his alter ego.
Crime
Love Comes Along
5

Love Comes Along

Jan 05, 1930

Love Comes Along
1930 77 min 1 vues
An American sailor comes to a seedy banana republic, and finds a fellow yank, a stranded girl, as a saloon singer. They fall in love, but a misunderstanding about her feelings toward the local dictator threatens their happiness.
Drama
Let's Try Again
2.5

Let's Try Again

Jul 06, 1934

Let's Try Again
1934 67 min 2 vues
To divorce, or not to divorce. That is the question pondered by a married couple of 10 years who miss their burning desire for each other (Clive Brook and Diana Wynyard) in this 1934 film directed by Worthington Miner.
Drama
Le lien sacré
6.2

Le lien sacré

Feb 10, 1939

Le lien sacré
1939 92 min 45 vues
A dangerous amnesiac escapes from an asylum, hides in the opera house, and is suspected of getting revenge on those who tried to murder him 13 years ago.
Comedy
The Merv Griffin Show
5.6

The Merv Griffin Show

Dec 29, 1967

The Merv Griffin Show
1967 min 7 vues
The Merv Griffin Show is an American television talk show, starring Merv Griffin. The series ran from October 1, 1962 to March 29, 1963 on NBC, September 20, 1965 to August 15, 1969 in first-run syndication, from August 18, 1969 to February 11, 1972 at 11:30 PM ET weeknights on CBS and again in first-run syndication from February 14, 1972 to September 5, 1986.
Talk
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
6.5

Tonight Starring Jack Paar

Sep 24, 1962

Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1962 min 4 vues
Tonight Starring Jack Paar is an American talk show hosted by Jack Paar under The Tonight Show franchise from 1957 to 1962. It originally aired during late-night. During most of its run it was broadcast from Studio 6B inside the RCA Building. The same studio would also host early episodes of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, and Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. Its theme song was an instrumental version of "Everything's Coming Up Roses", and the closing theme was "So Until I See You" by Al Lerner.
Talk
What's My Line?
6.8

What's My Line?

Sep 03, 1967

What's My Line?
1967 min 25 vues
Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while blindfolded, their identity - by asking only "yes" or "no" questions.
Family