benefit [event]
  • The Blues Brothers picture
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    The Blues Brothers (1980)

    Joliet Jake (John Belushi) and Elwood Blues (Dan Aykroyd), brothers on a mission from God, bomb...

  • The Country Bears picture
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    The Country Bears (2002)

    A runaway cub and his new friends attempt to reunite the former members of a once-popular all-bear...

  • Wattstax picture
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    Wattstax (2000)

    Filmmaker Mel Stuart chronicles a 1972 concert commemorating the 1965 uprising in the Watts section...

  • Say One For Me picture
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    Say One For Me

    The priest of a Times Square church populated by show-biz types decides to hold a charity...

  • The Big Land picture
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    The Big Land

    A bilked cattleman (Alan Ladd) has a boozing architect (Edmond O'Brien) design a new town with rail...

  • The Running Man picture
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    The Running Man (1963)

    An insurance man (Alan Bates) gets chummy in Spain with a couple (Laurence Harvey, Lee Remick) who...

  • Masked & Anonymous picture
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    Masked & Anonymous (2003)

    Authorities release a near-legendary musician (Bob Dylan) from prison to perform during a televised...

  • Too Tough to Die picture
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    Too Tough to Die

    The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Eddie Vedder and other musicians perform a tribute concert to the...

  • The Secret Policeman's Other Ball picture
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    The Secret Policeman's Other Ball

    The highlights of two benefit concerts staged in support of Amnesty International are collected in...

  • The Concert For Bangla Desh picture
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    The Concert For Bangla Desh

    George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Ringo Starr, Eric Clapton, Billy Preston, Leon Russell, Ravi Shankar and...

  • Hard Core Logo picture
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    Hard Core Logo (1998)

    Told like a slice-of-life music documentary, a satiristic chronicle of the seamier side of life as...

  • The Secret Policeman's Third Ball picture
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    The Secret Policeman's Third Ball

    Music and comedy share the stage in this performance film, which records a four-night variety show...

  • Bootmen picture
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    Bootmen (2000)

    Story of two brothers working at a steel factory who risk their financial security by joining a tap...

  • Hey Boy! Hey Girl! picture
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    Hey Boy! Hey Girl!

    Meant primarily as TV fare, this standard, song-filled romantic drama stars Louis Prima as himself,...

  • Babes on Swing Street picture
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    Babes on Swing Street

    At MGM, the studio's youth musicals were more rural than urban -- find a barn, get some friends...

  • Battle for Music picture
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    Battle for Music

    This fascinating, fact-based docudrama chronicles the patriotic efforts of the London Philharmonic...

  • The Beautiful Liar picture
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    The Beautiful Liar

    Katherine MacDonald essayed a dual role in the silent romantic romantic comedy Beautiful Liar. It...

  • Come to the Stable picture
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    Come to the Stable

    Two French nuns (Loretta Young, Celeste Holm) in New England raise funds for a children's hospital...

  • The Ghost Comes Home picture
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    The Ghost Comes Home

    Frank Morgan and Billie Burke, who'd previously costarred in MGM's Wizard of Oz, head the cast of...

  • The Good Old Soak picture
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    The Good Old Soak

    Good Old Soak was based on a story by Don Marquis, creator of the immortal "Archy and Mehitabel."...

  • The Great Garrick picture
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    The Great Garrick (1937)

    Director James Whale, well known for his witty horror films, tackled comedy head-on in this period...

  • The Guinea Pig picture
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    The Guinea Pig

    A widowed rancher (Grainger Hines) squares off against a colonel (Ted Markland) who wants to steal...

  • Nancy Steele Is Missing! picture
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    Nancy Steele Is Missing!

    Nancy Steele was the baby daughter of a munitions tycoon who was kidnapped by an antiwar activist...

  • The Near Lady picture
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    The Near Lady

    This comedy-drama starring Gladys Walton used the stale premise of the suddenly-wealthy working...

  • On the Air picture
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    On the Air

    Little more than a glorified "quota quickie," On the Air showcases the talents of 14 popular radio...

  • Out of This World picture
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    Out of This World

    In this musical, a messenger boy does a remarkable imitation of Bing Crosby and finds himself...

  • Say It with Flowers picture
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    Say It with Flowers

    This British musical showcase presents a number of cockney variety acts as it tells the story of two...

  • Sing a Jingle picture
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    Sing a Jingle

    During WW II, Universal cornered the market on "quickie" musicals, wrapping up songs, laughs and...

  • Sing, Dance, Plenty Hot picture
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    Sing, Dance, Plenty Hot

    In this musical, a con man makes a good living by promoting bogus charity shows. He gets the...

  • Soho Conspiracy picture
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    Soho Conspiracy

    The Soho Conspiracy isn't a movie, it's a crazy quilt. The thin plot strand concerns a group of down...