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Royal wedding: A musical set during Princess Elizabeth's wedding to Philip Mountbatten. A brother-sister dance team go to London and get caught up in romance.
Pied Piper of Hamelin: The famous children's fairy tale is retold with warmth and understanding as the mysterious ratcatcher comes to the town of Hamelin and promises to rid the town of its unwelcome guests for a price.
Wild guitar: Bud Eagle leaves rural South Dakota on his motor scooter...
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Classic musicals volume 1
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English
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The fabulous Dorseys: With encouragement from home, the Dorsey brothers leave Pennsylvania's coal mines for the concert halls and success.
Calendar girl: Set in a New York City boarding house in which reside aspiring actors, dancers and artists trying to make it big. A songwriter becomes upset when his girlfriend becomes the model for an artist living next door.
Sunny: Circus star meets the son of a weathly automobile manufacturer and they promptly...
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Classic musicals volume 5
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English
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Second chorus: Two trumpeters compete for the same girl and a job with the Artie Shaw Orchestra.
Trocadero: Two young people a nightclub that's on the brink of bankruptcy in this musical from the 1940's. Resolved to bring the nightclub back as a success, the duo instill some of their youthful energy into the place. They start signing a variety of entertaining acts and some exciting jazz performers. Through their efforts, the young couple makes a...
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Classic musicals volume 3
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English
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Paradise in Harlem: This crime drama features an all African-American cast and centers on Lem Anderson, a club singer aspires to be a great dramatic actor. His big chance evaporates when he witnesses a mob hit. Pressure from the mob and the death of his ill wife forces Lem to leave town, drifting from place to place in an alcoholic stupor. An opportunity to play Othello draws Lem back to Harlem despite the risk leads to an interesting climax.
The...
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Classic musicals volume 6
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English
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The Great Gabbo: A temperamental ventriloquist who can only express himself through his dummy. He becomes tortured by the conflicting nature of his personality, which eventually drives him insane.
The dancing pirate: Musical about a timid dancing master mistaken for a pirate in early 19th-century Boston. One of the first live-action color films made.
Road show: An elusive, rich bachelor wiggles off the hook on his wedding day for the umpteenth time...
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Classic musicals volume 9
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English
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Soundies festival: Three musical shorts, Mr. Atom's Bomb, Bubbling Over, Open the Door Richard.
Soundies cavalcade: Three musical shorts, Answer to open the door Richard, Murder in swing town, Boogie woogie dream.
Reaching for the moon: A businessman falls in love with a beautiful woman on an ocean liner.
Mr. Imperium: A beautiful singer/dancer turned actress and a playboy crown prince turned monarch secretly fall in love, only to face a succession...
7) Fiesta
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Classic musicals volume 12
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English
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Fiesta: A girl returns to her father's hacienda from Mexico City with her fiancé, a radio star, breaking the heart of her hometown boyfriend who's been waiting to propose. A plot develops to scare the big city man out of town.
Let's go collegiate: Musical-comedy about a college crew team that enlists the help of a truck driver when their best oarsman is drafted.
Up in the air: This murder mystery takes place at a radio station where an unpopular...
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Classic musicals volume 8
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English
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Till the clouds roll by: This Technicolor musical is loosely based upon the life of composer Jerome Kern, showing Kern's struggles to break into writing songs for Broadway, his moving to London for the sake of his work and his eventual triumph on Broadway as the composer of one of the biggest musicals ever, Show Boat.
All-American co-ed: Two colleges, all-male Quinceton University and all-female Marr Brynn University. After some Marr Brynn students...
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Classic musicals volume 7
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English
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Rock, Rock, Rock: A must-have for anyone who considers themselves a fan of early rock and roll music. The story centers on Dori who is trying to get enough money together for a prom dress after her father cuts off her charge account. DJ Alan Freed introduces the acts and music at the prom.
King Kelly of the U.S.A.: James "King" Kelly is a theatrical producer traveling to Europe to put on his latest show. While aboard ship, Kelly falls in love with...
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Classic musicals volume 2
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English
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Dixiana: The son of the owner of a cotton plantation and a singer fall in love, but a gambler interferes with their plans.
Palooka: Boxing manager Knobby Walsh cons Joe Palooka into a middleweight fight with champion Al McSwatt. After knocking the champ out with luck, Joe enjoys the perks of living as a prizefighter until his manager schedules another match with McSwatt.
Glorifying the American girl: A department store song-girl dances her way to...
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Classic musicals volume 11
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English
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Jack and the beanstalk: When babysitting, Costello falls asleep and dreams he is Jack of the fairy tale, Jack and the Beanstalk. Dink, played by Abbott, and Jack declare their intentions to rescue the princess and bring back the hen that lays the golden eggs. Instead, they are captured by a "man-eating" giant and threatened with great punishment until Jack effects a swashbuckling escape and, after his friends have followed, Jack the giant killer chops...
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