Cinderella (1965)
Cinderella (1965) Rodgers & Hammerstein's musical retelling of the classic fairy tale. Cinderella is a teenage girl forced to do all of the menial tasks in the home she shares with her coldhearted stepmother and homely stepsisters. One day when home alone, Cinderella shares a cup of water with a
Vivacious Lady (1938)
Vivacious Lady (1938) On a quick trip to the city, young university professor Peter Morgan falls in love with nightclub performer Francey Brent and marries her after a whirlwind romance. But when he goes back home, he can't bring himself to tell his conservative, ultra-respected family about it.
Black Widow (1954)
Black Widow (1954) A married Broadway producer is taken with an innocent young woman who wants to be a writer and make it on Broadway. He decides to take her under his wing, but it's not long before the young lady is found dead in his apartment. At first thought to be a suicide, it is later discover
Bachelor Mother (1939)
Polly Parrish, a clerk at Merlins Department Store, is mistakenly presumed to be the mother of a foundling. Outraged at Pollys unmotherly conduct, David Merlin becomes determined to keep the single woman and
Stage Door (1937)
Stage Door (1937) A chronicle of the ambitions, dreams, and disappointments of aspiring actresses who all live in the same boarding house.
The Major and the Minor (1942)
New York working girl Susan Applegate is desperate to go home to Iowa but does not have the railway fare so she disguises herself as a child to ride half fare. Enroute she meets Philip Kirby, an Army major teaching at a military school.
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
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
Tight Spot (1955)
Tight Spot (1955) Sherry Conley, a street tough and cynical woman with an unhappy family background, is taken from prison to a hotel, where the DA tries to convince her to testify against a mobster. Sherry is reluctant because the last witness was murdered before he made it to the stand, and why sho
Monkey Business (1952)
Monkey Business (1952) Barnaby Fulton is a research chemist working on a fountain of youth pill for a chemical company. While trying a sample dose on himself, he accidentally gets a dose of a mixture added to the water cooler and believes his potion is what is working. The mixture temporarily causes
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
Star of Midnight (1935)
Star of Midnight (1935) Friend Tim Winthrop asks criminal lawyer and amateur detective Clay Dalzell to find his girl, Alice, who disappeared a year earlier without a trace. When they go to the theater with Clay's would-be fiancée, Donna Mantin, Tim recognizes the star, Mary Smith, as his girl, and
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.
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
Romance in Manhattan (1935)
Romance in Manhattan (1935) Czech immigrant Karel Novak fulfills his dream of coming to America only to learn at Ellis Island the entrance fee has been raised from $50 to $200. Unable to pay, he is put on a ship going back to Holland, but jumps off, swimming to Manhattan, and losing his wallet on sh
Ill Be Seeing You (1944)
Ill Be Seeing You (1944) Mary Marshall, serving a six year term for accidental manslaughter, is given a Christmas furlough from prison to visit her closest relatives, her uncle and his family in a small Midwestern town. On the train she meets Zach Morgan, a troubled army sergeant on leave for the ho
Twist of Fate (1954)
Twist of Fate (1954) Ginger Rogers is in love with an international businessman, Stanley Baker, who is actually the head of a syndicate that mints illegal coins for the Continental market. But she soon learns that Baker has been deceiving her and has no intentions of divorcing his wife. So she meets
Once Upon a Honeymoon (1942)
Once Upon a Honeymoon 1942 At the start of WWII, Katie OHara, an American burlesque girl intent on social climbing, marries Austrian Baron Von Luber Pat OToole, an American radio reporter, sees this as a chance to investigate Von Luber, who is suspected of having Nazi ties As country after country f
Magnificent Doll (1946)
Magnificent Doll (1946) Dolly Payne is adored by two leaders of the fledgling American government, James Madison and Aaron Burr. She plays each against the other, not only for romantic reasons, but also to influence the shaping of the young country. By manipulating Burr's affections, she helps Thoma
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
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
Kitty Foyle (1940)
Kitty Foyle 1940 A white collar worker from a blue collar family, Kitty Foyle has spent her so far short adult life in her hometown of Philadelphia or New York City She has had two serious relationships, one associated with each city and each man with who she falls in love but in vastly different wa
Primrose Path (1940)
Primrose Path 1940 Ellie Mae lives on Primrose Hill with her good hearted and fancy free mother, her drunken father, her younger sister and a mean spirited grandmother The Hill is not a good part of town, however When she meets and falls for a hard working man, they marry and she hides her past from
Heartbeat (1946)
Heartbeat 1946 A young female escapee from a reform school joins a pickpocket academy in Paris She is caught red handed on her first attempt at stealing by an upper class man He recruits her to do him a favor at a society party where she meets and falls in love with a young, handsome, rich diplomat
Chance at Heaven (1933)
Chance at Heaven 1933 Blackstone Blacky Gorman, rising service station owner, is blessed with the devotion of supremely sweet and noble Marje Harris, but he meets coquettish and silly debutante Glory Franklyn and, between Glorys charm and his social ambition, is snared into an upscale marriage that
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