Musicals

At War with the Army (1950)

Jerry is a hapless private and Dean is the bossy First Sergeant of a slipshod platoon at a stateside training base. Jerry and Dean were friends who grew up in the same neighborhood before Uncle Sam made GIs out of them. All of the stereotypical military comedy characters are present, including the loudmouth drill instructor, the conniving supply sergeant, the doting corporal and the bumbling, hen-pecked company commander.

Director: Hal Walker

Cast: Polly Bergen, Dan Dayton, Jimmie Dundee, Douglas Evans, Tommy Farrell, Kenneth Forbes, Angela Greene, Frank Hyers, Mike Kellin, Jerry Lewis, Paul Livermore, Dean Martin, William Mendrek, Steve Roberts, Dewey Robinson, Jean Ruth, Dick Stabile

Comedy, Musical, Black & White, Runtime: 91 minutes.

The Big Show-Off (1945)

Joe Bagley (Lionel Stander), owner of the Blue Heaven Club, tries to foster a romance between shy pianist Sandy Elliott (Arthur Lake)and band vocalist June Mayfield(Dale Evans.).

Director: Howard Bretherton

Cast: Arthur Lake, Dale Evans, Lionel Stander, George Meeker, Paul Hurst, Marjorie Manners, Sammy Stein

Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance, Black & White, Runtime: 60 minutes.

Boy! What A Girl! (1946)

Delightful musical comedy stars Tim Moore as a female impersonator who is hired by two smooth-talking producers to pose as a financial backer for their fledgling revue. But when their scheme backfires, Moore is forced to show off his cross-dressing skills on the Great White Way.

Director: Arthur Leonard

Cast: Beryl Booker, John Collins, Sheila Guyse, Al Jackson, Gene Krupa, Sybil Lewis, Betti Mays, Tim Moore, Warren Patterson, Elwood Smith, Slam Stewart, Lorenzo Tucker, Duke Williams, Milton Wood

Musical, Black & White, Runtime: 70 minutes.

Breaking the Ice (1938)

Boy soprano Bobby Breen dons a pair of skates in the oddball musical Breaking the Ice. Escaping his super-strict Mennonite relatives, our hero gets a job singing at a Philadelphia ice-skating rink.

Director: Edward F. Cline

Cast: Bobby Breen, Charles Ruggles, Dolores Costello, Irene Dare

Musical, Black & White, Runtime: 90 minutes.

Calendar Girl (1947)

Around the turn of the century, two young men, Johnnie Bennett, a composer and Steve Adams, an artist, go to New York City to make their fortune. They both fall in love with the same girl.

Director: Allan Dwan

Cast: Jane Frazee, William Marshall, Gail Patrick, Kenny Baker, Victor McLaglen, Irene Rich, James Ellison, Janet Martin, Franklin Pangborn, Gus Schilling, Charles Arnt, Lou Nova, Emory Parnell

Musical, Black & White, Runtime: 88 minutes.

Dancing Pirate  (1936)

A dancing instructor is kidnapped by pirates, and manages to escape in a charming little Mexican village.

Director: Lloyd Corrigan

Cast: Charles Collins, Frank Morgan, Steffi Duna, Luis Alberni, Victor Varconi, Jack La Rue, Alma Real, William V. Mong, Mitchell Lewis, Julian Rivero, John Eberts, Eduardo Cansino

Musical, Color, Runtime: 84 minutes.

Delightfully Dangerous (1945)

Nimble and, well, delightful musical stars Jane Powell as an aspiring singer who travels to New York City to visit the sister she believes to be a Broadway star. Before you can say "Gypsy Rose Lee," Powell discovers that her sibling (Constance Moore) is actually a stripper. Now, both women vie for the love of handsome single Ralph Bellamy. With Arthur Treacher and Morton Gould.

Director: Arthur Lubin

Cast: Louise Beavers, Ralph Bellamy, Andre Charlot, Chris Drake, Morton Gould, Earle Hodgins, Robert Homans, Constance Moore, Jane Powell, Ruth Robinson, Nicodemus Stewart, Ruth Tobey, Arthur Treacher, Shirley Hunter Williams

Musical, Black & White, Runtime:89 minutes.

Dixie Jamboree (1944)

A medicine man on the last show boat on the Mississippi is mistaken by two gangsters as a bootleger, and has to envade them.

Director: Christy Cabanne

Cast: Frances Langford, Eddie Quillan, Charles Butterworth, Fifi D'Orsay

Musical, Black & White, Runtime: 69 minutes.

Doll Face (1945)

Stripper Vivian Blaine tries to make the jump to Broadway stardom, but her manager gets jealous when she falls for a writer hired to create her "biography," in this lively musical based on a play by Gypsy Rose Lee. With Dennis O'Keefe, Perry Como, Carmen Miranda; songs include "Chico-Chico," "Dig You Later," "Red Hot and Beautiful." AKA: "Come Back to Me."

Director: Lewis Seiler

Cast: Lex Barker, Vivian Blaine, Les Clark, Perry Como, Jimmy Cross, Boyd Davis, Hal K. Dawson, Michael Dunne, Reed Hadley, Alvin Hammer, Ted Jordan, George Melford, Carmen Miranda, Philip Morris, Edgar Norton, Dennis O'Keefe, Steve Olsen, Frank Orth, Stanley Prager, Harry Seymour, Martha Stewart, George E. Stone, Charles Tannen, Valerie Traxler, Charles Williams

Musical, Black & White, Runtime: 78 minutes.