Limelight
May 29, 1936A chorus girl (Anna Neagle) discovers a singer (Arthur Tracy) in the streets and asks her producer to give him a shot at stardom.
Drama
Jack Buchanan
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Tous en scène !
Aug 07, 1953Dans 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
The Happy Ending
Jan 02, 1925A wastrel returns to blackmail his wife who has told her children that he died a hero.
Drama
Monte-Carlo
Aug 27, 1930Une comtesse s'enfuit à Monte-Carlo pour échapper à un mariage, elle se retrouve vite à court d'argent.
Comedy
As Long as They're Happy
Mar 15, 1955The suburban peace of the Bentley household is shattered when John Bentley is informed by his wife Stella that their two married daughters, Pat and Corrine are in trouble and need funds to come home and bring their husbands, Peter, a penniless Parisian artist and Barnaby, a Texas cowboy, with them. And the youngest daughter, Gwen, has tricked an American singer, Bobby Denver, into visiting them on the pretext that it is the home of a noted British film magnate. When all the women in the household --- including the maid --- fall for the singer's charms, Bentley consults a crackpot psychiatrist, Dr. Schneider, who almost succeeds in ousting, not the singer, but Bentley's wife, with his advice to Bentley to make her jealous by living it up with Pearl, a showgirl recruited for the purpose.
Music
Josephine and Men
Nov 09, 1955The trouble with Josephine is that her ever-loving and over-sympathetic nature leads her to switch from needful men to even more needful men...
Comedy
Come Out of the Pantry
Nov 22, 1935A Duke's son plays the part of a footman and shows himself amusing in the pantry.
Music
When Knights Were Bold
Feb 18, 1936Happy-go-lucky soldier Guy De Vere must leave India and return to the family seat at Little Twittering, for he has inherited the family title. Sir Guy finds all his relatives to be frozen stuffed shirts... except lovely cousin Rowena, who is mad about knighthood and chivalry. Struck in the head by a falling suit of armor, Guy dreams he and Rowena are back in 1400, as the unabashed farce continues...
Comedy
Elstree Story
Jan 01, 1952Starting in 1927 when the first film, The White Sheik, was made there, Elstree Story features excerpts from over forty productions – including Hitchcock’s Blackmail, the first feature-length British talkie ever shown – with early appearances by some of cinema’s greatest stars; it is a most memorable and evocative journey through the years.
Documentary
Break the News
Jan 02, 1938Two small-time song-and-dance men come up with what they believe is a surefire publicity stunt, guaranteed to keep their names in the public eye--one of them will "disappear" in what looks like a murder, and the other will be convicted of the crime. Then the "dead man" will suddenly show up at his partner's murder trial. Unfortunately, things don't quite go as planned. For one thing, no one seems to much care that the "dead man" is missing, and for another thing he's mistaken for the leader of a Balkan revolutionary group and is kidnapped by the other side.
Music
The Gang's All Here
Mar 04, 1939John Forrest is anticipating a quiet retirement spent penning detective fiction when he learns that a priceless collection of jewels belonging to a foreign potentate, Prince Homouska, has just vanished from the safekeeping of the Stamford Assurance Company. Aided by his butler, his Cockney assistant and his (initially) unwilling wife, Forrest sets out on the trail of the thieves.
Comedy
Yes, Mr. Brown
May 25, 1933The manager of a foreign branch of an American toy company attempts to entertain his visiting American boss to obtain a partnership.
Music
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
Jan 01, 1973Documentary
Get Aboard! 'The Band Wagon'
Mar 15, 2005The Middle Watch
May 11, 1940Through a series of unforeseen events, two glamorous young ladies find that they are obliged to spend the night on board the battleship HMS Falcon, where they have been attending a 'bon voyage' reception. At first it seems that Captain Randall will be able to keep them concealed, but then the Admiral unexpectedly arrives on board and orders the ship to sea.
Comedy
That's a Good Girl
Sep 29, 1933That's a Good Girl is a 1933 British comedy film directed by Jack Buchanan and starring Buchanan, Elsie Randolph and Dorothy Hyson. The film was based on a musical show of the same title that opened at the Lewisham Hippodrome on 19 March 1928, in which Jack Buchanan also starred. The music was written by Joseph Meyer and Phil Charig, with lyrics by Douglas Furber. The film omitted much of music of the original show, but popularised one song in particular, Fancy our Meeting. The song remained a Jack Buchanan favourite and a version of it was also recorded by Al Bowlly shortly after the film's release.
Il était une fois à Hollywood
Jun 21, 1974Cette nostalgique leçon d'histoire recèle les trésors cachés des plus grandes comédies musicales de la MGM ainsi que de nombreux autres extraits merveilleux mais moins célèbres, avec Esther Williams, Jimmy Durante, Eleanor Powell et même Clark Gable chantant et dansant. « Il était une fois Hollywood » est une véritable gourmandise pour cinéphiles et amateurs de comédies musicales.
Documentary
Bulldog Drummond's Third Round
Nov 01, 1925Merchants hire a foreign criminal to kidnap a scientist for the secret of manufacturing diamonds.
Thriller
Jack Buchanan with the Glee Quartet
Feb 17, 1930Early Vitaphone-Warner Bros. short film introduced as part of the Vitaphone Varieties series featuring Jack Buchanan who announces to the audience that he will be replacing a member of the Glee Quartet though he has had little time to rehearse. He doesn't know the lyrics, any of the coordinated movements and is generally out of sync with the others to the point of losing his shoes.
Smash and Grab
Sep 20, 1937John Forrest, an insurance investigator with a weakness for model railways, is on the trail of a gang of smash-and-grab thieves targeting Europe's most prestigious jewellers. As the chase leads him to Ireland, Forrest finds he needs help and who better to call upon than his impossibly elegant, highly capable wife, Alice?
Comedy
The Sky’s the Limit
Jan 01, 1937Romance of an absent minded designer of planes and a famous singer to whom he tries to sell his friends' songs.
Music
Brewster's Millions
Jan 01, 1935Jack Brewster is a pennyless English lad who learns that he has inherited 6 million pounds sterling from a recently deceased relative. But soon learns that he must spend 500,000 pounds in 60 days to inherit the rest of the money, or forfeit the entire inheritance.
Music
Les Carnets du Major Thompson
Dec 09, 1955
Show of Shows
Nov 21, 1929Now hear this. The studio that gave the cinema its voice offered 1929 audiences a chance to see and hear multiple silent-screen favorites for the first time in a gaudy, grandiose music-comedy-novelty revue that also included Talkie stars, Broadway luminaries and of course, Rin-Tin-Tin. Frank Fay hosts a jamboree that, among its 70+ stars, features bicyclers, boxing champ Georges Carpentier, chorines in terpsichore kickery, sister acts, Myrna Loy in two-strip Technicolor as an exotic Far East beauty, John Barrymore in a Shakespearean soliloquy (adding an on-screen voice to his legendary profile for the first time) and Winnie Lightner famously warbling the joys of Singing in the Bathtub. Watch, rinse, repeat!
Music
That's Entertainment! III
Jul 01, 1994Troisième 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
Settled Out of Court
Oct 01, 1925
This'll Make You Whistle
Nov 01, 1936A filmed version of the stage musical from London's West End, Jack stars in a frothy tale of a bachelor who finds himself engaged to two girls simultaneously. Elsie Randolph, Jack's long standing stage partner co-stars with him, along with Jean Gillie who was rapidly establishing her career in films as a bubbly comic player. Songs include the title song & "There isn't any limit to my love", both quite popular hits in the UK at the time.
Man of Mayfair
Nov 30, 1931'Lord poses as workman to win dancer who works as waitress in her mother's tea garden.' (British Film Catalogue)
Comedy
Good Night, Vienna
Mar 28, 1932Max is an Austrian officer in the army and son of a highly placed general. His father wants him to marry a Countess but he has fallen in love with Vicki. Attending a party given in his honour, they are informed that war has broken out. Max writes a note to Vicki and goes off to war. Unfortunately the note is lost. Some time after the war, Max is just a shoe shop assistant while Vicki is now a famous singer. They meet and at first she snubs him but then falls in love with him again
Music
Hollywood, Hollywood
May 16, 1976Gene Kelly et Fred Astaire présentent les meilleurs moments des films de la MGM.
Documentary
Paris
Nov 07, 1929Irène Bordoni is cast as Vivienne Rolland, a Parisian chorus girl in love with Massachusetts boy Andrew Sabbot (Jason Robards Sr.) Andrew's snobbish mother Cora (Louise Closser Hale) tries to break up the romance. Jack Buchanan likewise makes his talking-picture debut as Guy Pennell, the leading man in Vivienne's revue. No film elements of Paris are known to exist, although the complete soundtrack survives on Vitaphone disks. The sound tape reels for this film survives at UCLA Film and Television Archive.
Romance
Toni
Jan 01, 1928Depressive Toni is diagnosed with idlesness by his doctor who recommends more excitement and danger. Another patient, a celebrated detective who bears a striking resemblance to Toni, is diagnosed with exhaustion and told to rest. The two swap places but Toni's first client turns out to be an exiled princess whose jewels are about to be stolen by a ruthless gang and the amateur detective finds more thrills than he bargained for.
Thriller
Confetti
Oct 15, 1928Drama
Her Heritage
Mar 01, 1919Crime
The Audacious Mr. Squire
Oct 10, 1923Comedy
That's a Good Girl
Sep 29, 1933That's a Good Girl is a 1933 British comedy film directed by Jack Buchanan and starring Buchanan, Elsie Randolph and Dorothy Hyson. The film was based on a musical show of the same title that opened at the Lewisham Hippodrome on 19 March 1928, in which Jack Buchanan also starred. The music was written by Joseph Meyer and Phil Charig, with lyrics by Douglas Furber. The film omitted much of music of the original show, but popularised one song in particular, Fancy our Meeting. The song remained a Jack Buchanan favourite and a version of it was also recorded by Al Bowlly shortly after the film's release.
That's a Good Girl
Sep 29, 1933That's a Good Girl is a 1933 British comedy film directed by Jack Buchanan and starring Buchanan, Elsie Randolph and Dorothy Hyson. The film was based on a musical show of the same title that opened at the Lewisham Hippodrome on 19 March 1928, in which Jack Buchanan also starred. The music was written by Joseph Meyer and Phil Charig, with lyrics by Douglas Furber. The film omitted much of music of the original show, but popularised one song in particular, Fancy our Meeting. The song remained a Jack Buchanan favourite and a version of it was also recorded by Al Bowlly shortly after the film's release.
Yes, Mr. Brown
May 25, 1933The manager of a foreign branch of an American toy company attempts to entertain his visiting American boss to obtain a partnership.
Music
The Sky’s the Limit
Jan 01, 1937Romance of an absent minded designer of planes and a famous singer to whom he tries to sell his friends' songs.
Music
The Sky’s the Limit
Jan 01, 1937Romance of an absent minded designer of planes and a famous singer to whom he tries to sell his friends' songs.
Music
The Sky’s the Limit
Jan 01, 1937Romance of an absent minded designer of planes and a famous singer to whom he tries to sell his friends' songs.
Music
The Ed Sullivan Show
May 30, 1971The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June 20, 1948 to Sunday June 6, 1971, and was hosted by New York entertainment columnist Ed Sullivan. It was replaced in September 1971 by the CBS Sunday Night Movie, which ran only one season and was eventually replaced by other shows.
In 2002, The Ed Sullivan Show was ranked #15 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.
Comedy
