Music Movies

In this powerful abstract film with a soundtrack of African drum music, Lye scratched “white ziggle-zag-splutter scratches” on to black leader, using a variety of tools from saw teeth to…

When eccentric English teacher Andrew Larabee needs a raise in order for his fiancée to marry him, his interest in archaeology leads him to an ancient statue’s burial site. But…

A filmed version of Aaron Copland’s most famous ballet, with its original star, who also choreographed.

A live television adaptation of the popular musical about sharpshooter Annie Oakley joining Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show and falling in love with her co-star, Frank Butler.

After serving time for manslaughter, young Vince Everett becomes a teenage rock star.

Torch singer Helen Morgan rises from sordid beginnings to fame and fortune only to lose it all to alcohol and poor personal choices.

A Prohibition-era nightclub crooner has his career is cut short when his throat is slashed by a mob boss.

An ocean-side nightclub owner loves a singer who only has eyes for a gambler.

An Iowa pajama factory worker falls in love with an affable superintendent who had been hired by the factory’s boss to help oppose the workers’ demand for a pay raise.

The life and loves of Music hall singer Vesta Tilley, who married into the nobility

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…

A rags-to-riches tale of a young merchant seaman called Tommy who discovers a certain way with the guitar.

Cloud Nine, the local teen hangout, has been taken over by a pair of escaped killers, who hold the local teens hostage. The bartender realizes it’s up to him to…

Two sisters are arrested for skinny-dipping on their way to Los Angeles and are sentenced to labor work on a farm.

A young woman in search of a lost identity, her long lost mother who abandoned her soon after her birth.

IT’S GREAT TO A YOUNG stars John Mills as Dingle an easygoing high school teacher. When autocratic new headmaster Frome (Cecil Parker) begins imposing all sorts of repressive rules, Dingle…

Rock-and-roller Arnie Haynes returns to his hometown as a hero to the teenagers. However, the mayor and other concerned adults have banned him from performing in his hometown because they…

A group of feisty, talented young performers pool their resources and buy a dilapidated theatre to showcase their acts – but unscrupulous property developers also want the theatre and resort…

Former radio singer Kay learns from her gossipy friends that her husband, Steve, has had an affair with chorus girl Crystal. Devastated, Kay tries to ignore the information, but when…

A TV star meets with opposition from adults who object to the opening of a rock ‘n’ roll palace for teens.

A reporter stumbles on a runaway heiress whose story could salvage his career.

Ray Henderson joins Buddy De Sylva and Lew Brown to form a successful 1920s musical show writing team. They soon have several hits on Broadway but De Sylva’s personal ambition…

Three sisters—Nunung, Nana and Nenny—are being raised by their grandmother in Jakarta after their mother’s death. Though the sisters’ father Sukandar lives with them, he is too involved in his…

The life story of the famous pianist and band-leader of the 1930s and 1940s.

Two young men try to make it big as musicians.

A wealthy woman discovers a vineyard worker with a beautiful operatic singing voice. She helps make him a star but then breaks his heart. He flees in misery to Mexico…

A frustrated big-band promoter runs in to rock-and-rollers Bill Haley and the Comets at a small-town dance. He quickly becomes their manager and, with the help of Alan Freed, hopes…

Chuck Rodwell is a gambling cowboy who discovers that he’s lucky at the roulette wheel if he holds hands with dancer Marie. However, Marie doesn’t like to hold hands with…

He dazzled America for decades with his musical artistry. Now fans as well as those curious about this exciting entertainer’s unique appeal can relive the Liberace magic in his only…

A young actress flirts demurely with a swinging Manhattan bachelor who thinks he has it made.

A silver-tongued poet and self-proclaimed “King of the Beggars” searches old Baghdad for a rich bachelor to marry his dreamy daughter, Marsinah. Along the way, he poses as the renowned…

Vaudeville entertainer Eddie Foy, who has vowed to forever keep his act a solo, falls in love with and marries Italian ballerina Madeleine. While they continue to tour the circuit,…

Ruth and her beautiful sister Eileen come to New York’s Greenwich Village looking for “fame, fortune and a ‘For Rent’ sign on Barrow Street”. They find an apartment, but fame…

Three World War II buddies promise to meet at a specified place and time 10 years after the war. They keep their word only to discover how far apart they’ve…

Ballet performed to Dukas’ “The Sorceror’s Apprentice”.

A fictionalized account of the career of jazz singer Ruth Etting and her tempestuous marriage to gangster Marty Snyder, who helped propel her to stardom.

Ruriko’s father is a well known scientist who’s involved in secret research that even his family doesn’t know about. Ever since he moved up to the research laboratory in Hokkaido,…

Nineteenth-century Paris comes vibrantly alive in Jean Renoir’s exhilarating tale of the opening of the world-renowned Moulin Rouge. Jean Gabin plays the wily impresario Danglard, who makes the cancan all…

The 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…

Rome is on the verge of being conquered by Hannibal. While Rome’s ruler, Fabius Maximus, plots a defense against Hannibal’s armies, Fabius’ fiancée, Amytis, is curious about the fearless conqueror….