Music Movies
Summer Stock (1950)
To Jane Falbury’s New England farm comes a troup of actors to put up a show, invited by Jane’s sister. At first reluctant she has them do farm chores in…
The Toast of New Orleans (1950)
Snooty opera singer meets a rough-and-tumble fisherman in the Louisiana bayous, but this fisherman can sing! Her agent lures him away to New Orleans to teach him to sing opera…
Fancy Pants (1950)
An American actor, impersonating an English butler, is hired by a rich woman from New Mexico to refine her husband and headstrong daughter. The complications increase when the town believes…
Duchess of Idaho (1950)
Ellen Hallit is in love with her playboy boss, Douglas Morrison, but is too timid to do anything about it. To help her, her roommate Chris decides to step in,…
Three Little Words (1950)
Song-and-dance man Bert Kalmar can’t continue his stage career after an injury, so he has to earn his money as a lyricist. By chance, he meets composer Harry Ruby and…
Annie Get Your Gun (1950)
Gunslinger Annie Oakley romances fellow sharpshooter Frank Butler as they travel with Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show.
Nancy Goes to Rio (1950)
Mother and daughter compete over same singing role and, unbeknownst to each other, the same man.
Young Man with a Horn (1950)
Taken in by the musical world as a young orphan, Rick Martin grows up with a desire to play pure jazz instead of the commercial gigs he lands, whilst also…
On the Town (1949)
Three sailors wreak havoc as they search for love during a whirlwind 24-hour leave in New York City.
Riders in the Sky (1949)
When asked about the Ghost Riders song he sings, Gene Autry tells this legend: Gene is about to resign as an investigator for the county attorney and go into the…
Trottie True (1949)
Tottie True is a gay-90s British music-hall performer who has her sights set on moving from rags to riches, who loses her heart to the pure-and-true blue balloonist, Sid Skinner,…
That Midnight Kiss (1949)
Opera singer Prudence Budell, overhears truck driver Johnny Donnetti singing opera, and persuades her opera company to give him a chance in her new opera. They fall in love, but…
It’s a Great Feeling (1949)
A waitress at the Warner Brothers commissary is anxious to break into pictures. She thinks her big break may have arrived when actors Jack Carson and Dennis Morgan agree to…
In the Good Old Summertime (1949)
Two co-workers in a music shop dislike one another during business hours but unwittingly carry on an anonymous romance through the mail.
You’re My Everything (1949)
In 1924, stage-struck Boston blueblood Hannah Adams picks up musical star Tim O’Connor and takes him home for dinner. One thing leads to another, and when Tim’s show rolls on…
Neptune’s Daughter (1949)
Scatterbrained Betty Barrett mistakes masseur Jack Spratt for Jose O’Rourke, the captain of the South American polo team. Spratt goes along with the charade, but the situation becomes more complicated…
Mississippi Rhythm (1949)
On board a riverboat bound for Creek City, singer Jimmie Davis, who is going to become half-owner of a land development company willed to him by his uncle, shares a…
Across The Rio Grande (1949)
Outlaws attempting to kidnap Steve Blaine from a stagecoach are ran off by the sharpshooting of his sister, Sally and rescuers Jimmy Wakely and Cannonball Taylor. Steve is investigating his…
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court (1949)
A bump on the head sends Hank Martin, 1905 auto mechanic, to Arthurian England, 528 A.D., where he is befriended by Sir Sagramore le Desirous and gains power by judicious…
My Dream Is Yours (1949)
Conceited singer Garry Mitchell refuses to renew his radio contract, so agent Doug Blake decides to find a new personality to replace him. In New York, he finds Martha Gibson,…
Riders of the Whistling Pines (1949)
While trailing Forest Ranger Charles Carter, who is suspected of permitting lumber man Henry Mitchell to cut restricted timber, Gene fires at a dangerous mountain lion and apparently kills Carter….
Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949)
The Wolves baseball team gets steamed when they find they’ve been inherited by one K.C. Higgins, a suspected “fathead” who intends to take an active interest in running the team….
Slightly French (1949)
A film director, in bad standing with his studio, tries to turn a local carnival dancer into a “French” movie star and pass her off as his big new discovery.
Words and Music (1948)
Encomium to Larry Hart (1895-1943), seen through the fictive eyes of his song-writing partner, Richard Rodgers (1902-1979): from their first meeting, through lean years and their breakthrough, to their successes…
Ladies of the Chorus (1948)
Former burlesque star May and her daughter Peggy dance in the chorus. When May has a fight with featured dancer Bubbles, Bubbles leaves the show and Peggy takes her place….
One Sunday Afternoon (1948)
The third film version of James Hagan’s play, this time with songs added, starring Dennis Morgan as a dentist who marries patient and loyal Dorothy Malone despite his constant infatuation…
A Song Is Born (1948)
The story of seven scholars in search of an expert to teach them about swing music. They seem to have found the perfect candidate in winsome nightclub singer Honey Swanson….
Boarding House Blues (1948)
In order to save their home, tenants of a boarding house put on a show.
That Lady in Ermine (1948)
Circa 1861, Angelina, ruling countess of an Italian principality, is at a loss when invaded by a Hungarian army. Her lookalike ancestress Francesca, who saved a similar situation 300 years…
One Touch of Venus (1948)
A window dresser’s kiss brings a statue of the Roman goddess of love to life.
A Date with Judy (1948)
Best friends Judy and Carol compete for the affection of an older man during their high school dance. As Carol tries to rekindle Judy’s relationship with Carol’s bumbling brother, Oogie,…
Up in Central Park (1948)
A newspaper reporter and the daughter of an immigrant maintenance man help expose political corruption in New York City.
Easter Parade (1948)
On the day before Easter in 1911, Don Hewes is crushed when his dancing partner (and object of affection) Nadine Hale refuses to start a new contract with him. To…
The Emperor Waltz (1948)
At the turn of the 20th century, travelling salesman Virgil Smith journeys to Vienna in the hope he can sell a gramophone to Emperor Franz Joseph, whose purchase of the…
The Pirate (1948)
A girl is engaged to the local richman, but meanwhile she has dreams about the legendary pirate Macoco. A traveling singer falls in love with her and to impress her…
Melody Time (1948)
In the grand tradition of Disney’s great musical classics, Melody Time features seven timeless stories, each enhanced with high-spirited music and unforgettable characters. You’ll be sure to tap your toes…
On an Island with You (1948)
A young navy lieutenant is brought in as technical adviser on a song-dance-and-swim film being made by screen star Rosalind Reynolds. Having once done a number with her at a…
Casbah (1948)
Pepe Le Moko leads a gang of jewel thieves in the Casbah of Algiers, where he has exiled himself to escape imprisonment in his native France.
April Showers (1948)
A married couple who have a song-and-dance act in vaudeville are in trouble. Their struggling act is going nowhere, they’re almost broke and they have to do something to get…