Most Similar Movies to The Five Pennies (1959)
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Young at Heart (1954), The Jazz Singer (1953), You Were Never Lovelier (1942), Round Midnight (1986), Champagne Waltz (1937), Can't Stop the Music (1980), Poor Little Rich Girl (1936) ... Let's take a look at the following list...
Young at Heart (1954)
The lives and romances of three sisters in a musical family; the youngest daughter's life is complicated by the subsequent arrival of a charming composer and a cynical music arranger.
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The Jazz Singer (1953)
Jerry dreams of becoming a famous jazz singer, but to accomplish that, he must defy his father, a Jewish Cantor who opposes such a dream as a future for a son of his.
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You Were Never Lovelier (1942)
In Buenos Aires, a man who has decreed that his daughters must marry in order of age allows an American dancer to perform at his club under the condition that he play suitor to his second-oldest daughter.
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Round Midnight (1986)
A jazz saxophonist (Dexter Gordon) from New York has a friend (François Cluzet) on the Left Bank of 1959 Paris.
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Champagne Waltz (1937)
Champagne Waltz is one of five movies produced by Paramount in the 1930s featuring Gladys Swarthout, a very popular Metropolitan Opera mezzo-soprano. The studio was attempting to build on the popularity of Grace Moore, another opera singer, who had also expanded her talents into movies.
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Poor Little Rich Girl (1936)
The daughter of a wealthy businessman becomes lost in the city while traveling to a new school, and is taken in by a pair of down-on-their-luck performers.
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Everyone Says I Love You (1996)
A New York girl sets her father up with a beautiful woman in a troubled marriage while her stepsister gets engaged.
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Syncopation (1942)
Covering a quarter-century of American 'syncopated" music (Ragtime, Jazz, Swing, Blues, Boogie Woogie)from prior to WWI through prohibition, the stock-market crash, the depression and the outbreak of WWII. A romance between singer Kit Latimer, from New Orleans, and Johnny Schumacher, in which they share and argue over musical ideas ensues. Prior to the making of the f...Read all
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Three Daring Daughters (1948)
It's Tess' graduation day from "Miss Drakes School for Girls". During the choir's performance at the ceremony, Tess notices that her beautiful, divorcee mother, Louise Rayton Morgan isn't there. Louise, an editor for Modern Design Publication, is lying in Dr. Cannon's office from fainting due to being over-worked and stressed-out. At home after the graduation ceremony...Read all
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You Were Meant for Me (1948)
1920's bandleader Chuck Arnold meets hometown girl Peggy at one of the band's dances and next day weds her. Though she loves him, life on the road becomes increasingly difficult for her, but it is the 1929 Crash that makes things really tough for the both of them.
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Ring-A-Ding Rhythm (1962)
Two teens (Helen Shapiro, Craig Douglas) organize a jazz festival despite objections from the mayor (Felix Felton).
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The Girl Next Door (1953)
Attorney's daughter falls for one of his gangster clients.
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Pink Floyd - The Wall (1982)
A confined but troubled rock star descends into madness in the midst of his physical and social isolation from everyone.
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Young Man With a Horn (1950)
A young trumpet player is torn between an honest singer and a manipulative heiress.
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Nashville (1975)
Over the course of a few hectic days, numerous interrelated people prepare for a political convention as secrets and lies are surfaced and revealed.
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American Hot Wax (1978)
The story of Alan Freed, the pioneering disc jockey who was instrumental in introducing and popularizing rock 'n' roll in the 1950s.
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Blues in the Night (1941)
"Jigger' Lane forms a band that includes singer Ginger 'Character' Powell, wife of the trumpeter Leo Powell, and Nickie Haroyen and Peppi. All of them dedicate themselves to work as a unit and to play 'blues' music. The dedication isn't paying off in money and, while riding the rails in a boxcar, they meet and befriend a gangster named Del Davis. He offers them a job ...Read all
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