Ghost Story (1981)
Two generations of men find themselves haunted by the presence of a spectral woman. When the son of one of the elderly men returns to his hometown after his brothers mysterious death, they attempt to unravel her story.
Holiday Inn (1942)
Holiday Inn (1942) Lovely Linda Mason has crooner Jim Hardy head over heels, but suave stepper Ted Hanover wants her for his new dance partner after femme fatale Lila Dixon gives him the brush. Jim's supper club, Holiday Inn, is the setting for the chase by Hanover and manager Danny Reed. The music'
It Takes a Thief (19681970)
It Takes a Thief (19681970) Alexander Mundy - smooth, suave, sophisticated - is the world's greatest cat burglar. Finally arrested after years of pilfering, he strikes a deal with American agent Noah Bain: a full pardon if Mundy agrees to use his skills to steal for the SIA, an American espionage ag
Funny Face (1957)
Funny Face (1957) Fashion photographer Dick Avery, in search for an intellectual backdrop for an air-headed model, expropriates a Greenwich Village bookstore. When the photo session is over the store is left in a shambles, much to salesgirl Jo Stockton's dismay. Avery stays behind to help her clean
Santa Claus Is Comin to Town (1970)
Santa Claus Is Comin to Town (1970) The Mailman decides to answer some of the most common questions about Santa Claus, and tells us about a small baby named Kris who was left on the doorstep of the Kringle family (toymakers). When Kris grew up, he wanted to deliver toys to the children of Sombertown
Silk Stockings (1957)
Silk Stockings (1957) A musical remake of Ninotchka: After three bumbling Soviet agents fail in their mission to retrieve a straying Soviet composer from Paris, the beautiful, ultra-serious Ninotchka is sent to complete their mission and to retrieve them. She starts out condemning the decadent West,
The Band Wagon (1953)
A pretentiously artistic director is hired for a new Broadway musical and changes it beyond recognition.
On the Beach (1959)
On the Beach (1959) In 1964, atomic war wipes out humanity in the northern hemisphere; one American submarine finds temporary safe haven in Australia, where life-as-usual covers growing despair. In denial about the loss of his wife and children in the holocaust, American Captain Towers meets carewor
The Notorious Landlady (1962)
The Notorious Landlady (1962) When William Gridley arrives from the US in London, he rents part of Carly Hardwicke's house from her and promptly begins to fall in love. Gridley doesn't know that many people think she killed her husband but his boss, the American ambassador, knows and doesn't take th
Top Hat (1935)
Top Hat (1935) Showman Jerry Travers is working for producer Horace Hardwick in London. Jerry demonstrates his new dance steps late one night in Horace's hotel, much to the annoyance of sleeping Dale Tremont below. She goes upstairs to complain and the two are immediately attracted to each other. Co
Youll Never Get Rich (1941)
Youll Never Get Rich (1941) After his wife discovers a telltale diamond bracelet, impresario Martin Cortland tries to show he's not chasing after showgirl Sheila Winthrop. Choreographer Robert Curtis gets caught in the middle of the boss's scheme. Army conscription offers Robert the perfect escape f
Swing Time (1936)
Swing Time (1936) Lucky is tricked into missing his wedding to Margaret by the other members of Pop's magic and dance act, and has to make $25000 to be allowed to marry her. He and Pop go to New York where they run into Penny, a dancing instructor. She and Lucky form a successful dance partnership,
Shall We Dance (1937)
Shall We Dance (1937) Ballet star Pete "Petrov" Peters arranges to cross the Atlantic aboard the same ship as the dancer he's fallen for but barely knows, musical star Linda Keene. By the time the ocean liner reaches New York, a little white lie has churned through the rumor mill and turne
You Were Never Lovelier (1942)
You Were Never Lovelier (1942) The Acunas, a rich Argentine family, have the tradition that the daughters have to get married in order, oldest first. When sister #1 gets married, sisters #3 and #4 put pressure on Maria, sister #2, because they have their husbands picked out already. But Maria hasn't
Easter Parade (1948)
Easter Parade (1948) Don Hewes and Nadine Hale are a dancing team, but she decides to start a career on her own. So he takes the next dancer he meets, Hannah Brown, as a new partner. After a while this new team is so successful, that Florenz Ziegfeld is interested in them, but due to the fact that N
Daddy Long Legs (1955)
Daddy Long Legs (1955) On a trip to France, millionaire Jervis Pendelton sees an 18 year old girl in an orphanage. Enchanted with her, but mindful of the difference in their ages, he sponsors her to college in New England. She writes him letters, which he doesn't read. After 3 years, he goes to visi
The Gay Divorcee (1934)
The Gay Divorcee (1934) Mimi Glossop wants a divorce so her Aunt Hortense hires a professional to play the correspondent in apparent infidelity. American dancer Guy Holden meets Mimi while visiting Brightbourne (Brighton) and she thinks he is the correspondent. The plot is really an excuse for song
The Barkleys of Broadway (1949)
The Barkleys of Broadway (1949) Josh and Dinah Barkley are a successful (though argumentative) musical-comedy team, yet Dinah chafes as Galatea to her husband's Pygmalion. When serious playwright Jacques Barredout envisions her as a great dramatic actress, Dinah is not hard to persuade.
Three Little Words (1950)
Three Little Words 1950 Song and dance man Bert Kalmar cant continue his stage career after an injury for a while, so he has to earn his money as a lyricist Perchance he meets composer Harry Ruby and their first song is a hit Ruby gets Kalmar to marry is former partner Jessie Brown, and Kalmar and J
A Damsel in Distress (1937)
A Damsel in Distress (1937) Lady Alyce Marshmorton must marry soon, and the staff of Tottney Castle have laid bets on who she'll choose, with young Albert wagering on "Mr. X." After Alyce goes to London to meet a beau (bumping into dancer Jerry Halliday, instead), she is restricted to the
Roberta (1935)
Roberta (1935) Football player John Kent tags along as Huck Haines and the Wabash Indianians travel to an engagement in Paris, only to lose it immediately. John and company visit his aunt, owner of a posh fashion house run by her assistant, Stephanie. There they meet the singer Scharwenka (alias Huc
The Pleasure of His Company (1961)
The Pleasure of His Company (1961) San Francisco debutante, Jessica Poole, is marrying Napa Valley cattle rancher, Roger Henderson, and hopes her peripatetic father, "Pogo" Poole, whom she hasn't seen for years, comes to the wedding. He arrives, disrupting the household of his ex-wife, Kat
Finians Rainbow (1968)
Finians Rainbow (1968) Of Glocca Morra, Ireland, Finian McLongeran, who has his own unique belief system of Irish legends, uproots himself and his adult daughter, Sharon McLonergan, and heads for the mythical land of Rainbow Valley, Missitucky, USA where he believes he will become rich. One of those
Royal Wedding (1951)
Royal Wedding (1951) Tom and Ellen Bowen are a brother and sister dance act whose show closes in New York. Their agent books them in London for the same period as the Royal Wedding. They travel by ship where Ellen meets and becomes involved with Lord John Brindale. This causes her to miss a rehearsa
Carefree (1938)
Carefree (1938) Dr. Tony Flagg's friend, Steven, has problems in the relationship with his fiancee, Amanda, so he persuades her to visit Dr. Flagg. After some minor misunderstandings, she falls in love with Dr. Flagg. When he tries to use hypnosis to strengthen her feelings for Steven, things get co
Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940)
Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940) Johnny Brett and King Shaw are an unsuccessful dance team in New York. A producer discovers Brent as the new partner for Clare Bennett, but Brett, who thinks he is one of the people they lent money to gives him the name of his partner.
Yolanda and the Thief (1945)
Yolanda and the Thief (1945) Johnny Riggs, a con man on the lam, finds himself in a Latin-American country named Patria. There, he overhears a convent-bred rich girl praying to her guardian angel for help in managing her tangled business affairs. Riggs decides to materialize as the girl's "ange
Thats Entertainment (1974)
Thats Entertainment 1974 MGM musical numbers from the introduction of sound in the late 20s through to the 1950s, possibly with Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, and Judy Garland getting the most coverage Linked by some of the stars who worked at MGM handing the commentary on one to another
Blue Skies (1946)
Blue Skies 1946 Jed Potter looks back on a love triangle conducted over the course of years and between musical numbers Dancer Jed loves showgirl Mary, who loves compulsive nightclub opener Johnny, who cant stay committed to anything in life for very long
The Skys the Limit (1943)
The Skys the Limit (1943) Flying Tiger Fred Atwell sneaks away from his famous squadron's personal appearance tour and goes incognito for several days of leave. He quickly falls for photographer Joan Manion, pursuing her in the guise of a carefree drifter.
Follow the Fleet (1936)
Follow the Fleet (1936) When the fleet puts in at San Francisco, sailor Bake Baker tries to rekindle the flame with his old dancing partner, Sherry Martin, while Bake's buddy Bilge Smith romances Sherry's sister Connie. But it's not all smooth sailing: Bake has a habit of losing Sherry's jobs for he
Thats Entertainment, Part II (1976)
Thats Entertainment, Part II 1976 Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire present more golden moments from the MGM film library, this time including comedy and drama as well as classic musical numbers
Lets Dance (1950)
Lets Dance 1950 Donald Elwood meets after the war his former USO partner, Kitty McNeil, who is now a rich widow with a little child She tries to evade her paternal grandmother, who wants her to live in a way according to the customs of her dead husbands class
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939)
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle 1939 In 1911, Vernon Castle, minor comic in a stage revue, pursues the leading lady to a New Jersey beach where, instead, he meets stage struck Irene Foote A few misadventures later, theyre married at Irenes insistence, they abandon comedy to attempt a dancing ca