Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression (2009)
A two-hour in-depth exploration into the Hollywood musicals of the 1930s. ...
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Jeanette MacDonald (June 18, 1903 – January 14, 1965) was an American singer and actress best remembered for her musical films of the 1930s with Maurice Chevalier (Love Me Tonight, The Merry Widow) and Nelson Eddy (Naughty Marietta, Rose-Marie, and Maytime). During the 1930s and 1940s she starred in 29 feature films, four nominated for Best Picture Oscars (The Love Parade, One Hour with You, Naughty Marietta and San Francisco), and recorded extensively, earning three gold records. She later appeared in grand opera, concerts, radio, and television. MacDonald was one of the most influential sopranos of the 20th century, introducing grand opera to movie-going audiences and inspiring a generation of singers.
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Some of MGM'S musical stars review the studios history of musicals. From The Hollywood Revue of 1929 to Brigadoon, from the first musical talkies to Gene Kelly in Singin' in the Rain. ...
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Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire present more golden moments from the MGM film library, this time including comedy and drama as well as classic musical numbers. ...
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Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American entertainment industry during the Great Depression. ...
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Various MGM stars from yesterday present their favorite musical moments from the studio's 50 year history. ...
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Three young girls try to help their divorced mother find the right husband. ...
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Reporter Homer Smith accidently draws Marcia Warren into his mission to stop Nazis from bombing Allied Conwoys with robot-planes. ...
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A count who ignores an infatuated secretary thinks he has met his match when an angel from Heaven shows up. ...
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John Carteret has long been depressed and lonely, because, at his wedding years ago, his bride, Moonyean, was murdered. He accepts into his house Kathleen, the 5-year-old orphaned niece of Moonyean, and she quickly grows up to look just like her aunt. ...
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A woman runs away with her music teacher in order to escape an arranged marriage, but they struggle to make ends meet. ...
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A married singer, pianist/composer team are struggling to hit it big in New York. Finally, they audition before a Broadway producer, but the producer only wants the singer, leaving the husband without a job and feeling a failure. ...
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The team behind a successful Broadway production tries to stop the married stars from transitioning to Hollywood. ...
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This short shows how Hollywood gets ready for the world premiere of an "important" movie. The film celebrated here is Marie Antoinette (1938), which had its premiere at the Carthay Circle Theatre. We see the street leading to the theatre transformed to sug ...
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A bandit disguises himself as an officer in an attempt to woo a saloon singer. ...
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A prince from a small kingdom courts a wealthy widow to keep her money in the country. ...
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A romance between a struggling composer and an American singer. ...
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Stars Jeanette MacDonald, Maurice Chevalier and Ken Maynard. ...
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