Random Harvest (1942), Quai des Orfevres (1947), Cold War (2018), Chaplin (1992), Phantom of the Paradise (1974), Hangover Square (1945), Stormy Weather (1943), Super Duper Alice Cooper (2014) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Music Hall movies.
Storyline: The true story of a young teacher who fights against the board of education in her bid to teach underprivileged kids in a Harlem school the beauty of music through the violin. In her struggle she loses everything as the system comes down on her with all their might but her determination for the kids happiness helps her to battle back with wonderfully inspirational results.
Plot Keywords: violinist, music teacher, student, principal, melodramatic, powerful, harlem, n.y. ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: A meek Belgian soldier (Harry Langdon) fighting in World War I receives penpal letters and a photo from "Mary Brown", an American girl he has never met. He becomes infatuated with her by long distance. After the war, the young Belgian journeys to America as assistant to a theatrical "strong man", Zandow the Great (Arthur Thalasso). While in America, he searches for Mary Brown... and he finds her, just as word comes that Zandow is incapacitated and the little nebbish must go on stage in his place.—Dan Navarro <daneldorado@yahoo.com>
Plot Keywords: young man, vaudevillian, gold digger, strong man, pen pal, soldier, playful ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Life story of the musical star from her discovery in 1890 by band leader Tony Pastor till her retirement in 1912 when she married newspaperman Alexander Moore.
Plot Keywords: opera singer, political candidate, mother, husband, composer, spirited, uplifting ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Richard Hannay witnesses a hit-and-run involving a woman pushing a pram. Looking in the pram he sees a gun instead of a baby. He tracks the woman down and she reveals that she is a secret agent trying to stop foreign spies leaving the country with important military secrets. Later that night she is murdered in Hannay's flat. Hannay takes it on himself to thwart the enemy agents. This involves travelling to Scotland and keeping one step ahead of the police who are looking for him in connection with the murder of the woman.—ledostef, blackpool
Plot Keywords: man, diplomat, spy, assassin, schoolteacher, police officer, spectacular ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Music-hall star Madeleine Marlowe leaves London engaged to the Duke of Trippingham only to find back home that Police Gazette hack Samuel A. McGee has exposed her as former burlesque queen Rosie O'Grady. To get her own back she announces that Sam is in fact her real suitor. He in turn has a song about Rosie published and something of an Irish brawl develops via his paper and her stage show.—Jeremy Perkins {J-26}
Plot Keywords: newspaper reporter, duke, fiancé, fiancée, spirited, engaging, amusing ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Biographical movie about the early 20th century Broadway stars Nora Bayes and Jack Norworth.
Plot Keywords: singer, songwriter, manager, magician, friend, rival, engaging ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Humble Maria (Claire Danes), who outfits top London theater star Ned Kynaston (Billy Crudup), takes none of the credit for the male actor's success at playing women. And because this is the 17th century, Maria, like other females, is prohibited from pursuing her dream of acting. But when powerful people support her, King Charles II (Rupert Everett) lifts the ban on female stage performers. And just as Maria aided Ned, she needs his help to learn her new profession.
Plot Keywords: actor, actress, king, girlfriend, nobleman, spirited, uplifting ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Johnny Jackson, a sleazy talent agent, discovers teenager Bert Rudge singing in a coffee house. Despite Bert's protestation that he really is only interested in playing bongos, Johnny starts him on the road to stardom. The deal they cut, however, is highly exploitative of the young singer, and their relationship soon begins to go bad.—George S. Davis <mgeorges@prodigy.net>
Plot Keywords: promoter, talent scout, pop star, musician, teenager, melodramatic, spirited ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Myles Clarkson, a classical piano player on the rise, befriends Duncan Mowbray Ely, a famous player himself who is at death's door. Unknown to Clarkson, Ely is a Satanist, who arranges to have their souls switch places at his death, so that he can be young again and continue to play piano.—Humberto Amador
Plot Keywords: pianist, wife, journalist, satanist, daughter, uneasy, eerie ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Young Sherry Williams dreams of having a singing career, and she idolizes her older sister Josephine, who has gone to New York to perform on the stage. When Sherry is distraught just before performing at her school, a visiting Broadway producer encourages her by telling her positive things about her sister. Soon afterwards, Sherry decides to make a surprise trip to New York to visit Josephine - but what she finds there is not at all what she expected.—Snow Leopard
Plot Keywords: teen girl, burlesque dancer, theatrical producer, classmate, orchestra conductor, butler, uplifting ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Struggling entertainers who are trying to put on a show pose as servants to wealthy woman in hopes of raising the money.
Plot Keywords: entertainer, agent, cook, socialite, patron, singer, amusing ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Violet is a shy teenager who dreams of escaping her small town and pursuing her passion to sing. With the help of an unlikely mentor, she enters a local singing competition that will test her integrity, talent and ambition. Driven by a pop-fueled soundtrack, Teen Spirit is a visceral and stylish spin on the Cinderella story.
Plot Keywords: teen girl, singer, mentor, manager, reality show contestant, pr person, confident ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: 1937. A renowned stage singer leaves the theatre to become a gypsy after his voice weakens. Arthur Tracy (The Street Singer) and Lilli Palmer star in this romantic musical. Also stars Finlay Currie.
Plot Keywords: singer, gypsy, manager, movie star, charming, dreamy, lighthearted ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: "Touring makes you crazy", Frank Zappa says, explaining that the idea for this movie came to him while the Mothers of Invention were touring. The story, interspersed with performances by the Mothers and the Royal Symphony Orchestra, is a tale of life on the road. The band members' main concerns are the search for groupies and the desire to get paid.—George S. Davis
Plot Keywords: rock star, groupie, druggie, ringo starr, quirky, raw, playful ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Franz Roberti is a famous orchestra conductor who has a number of girlfriends. While talking with his old music teacher, Professor Thalma, he meets Constance, an aspiring music composer. They see each other, fall in love and marry. They honeymoon all over Europe and are happy back home until Constance finds him with a society divorcee and leaves him.—Tony Fontana <tony.fontana@spacebbs.com>
Plot Keywords: conductor, composer, teacher, friend, professor, confident, disheartening ...
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