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    Fame (1980)

    Leroy, Coco (Irene Cara), Bruno (Lee Curreri) and others of mixed talents and means attend New...

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    The Jazz Singer (1980)

    Against his traditional father's wishes, the son (Neil Diamond) of a Jewish cantor (Laurence...

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    Here Come the Girls

    A chorus boy (Bob Hope) is made the star of a show as bait for a killer who likes the leading lady...

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    The King and I (1956)

    A young Victorian widow (Deborah Kerr) goes to Siam to teach the king's (Yul Brynner) children....

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    The Muppet Movie (1979)

    Kermit and his new found friends trek across America to find success in Hollywood, but a frog-legs...

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    Serenade (1956)

    A vineyard worker (Mario Lanza) becomes an opera singer in love with a socialite (Joan Fontaine) and...

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    Sweet Dreams (1985)

    Country singer Patsy Cline (Jessica Lange) puts up with her husband (Ed Harris) and life on the...

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    Gigi (1958)

    An heir (Louis Jourdan) finds that he wants to marry the teen (Leslie Caron) groomed to be his...

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    Taking Off (1971)

    New Yorkers (Lynn Carlin, Buck Henry) seek their drop-out daughter (Linnea Heacock) and wind up on...

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    Newsies (1992)

    A newsboy (Christian Bale) leads his shortchanged buddies in a strike against publisher Joseph...

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    Cleo From 5 to 7 (1962)

    A French singer (Corrine Marchand) shops, cries, sings and visits friends while awaiting the results...

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    Harum Scarum (1965)

    Assassins kidnap a Hollywood star (Elvis Presley) and throw him into palace intrigue with a Mideast...

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    The Bobo (1966)

    In order to get his big break, a singing matador must woo and win over the most beautiful and most...

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    Mister Rock and Roll (1957)

    To anyone born between 1935 and 1949, Mr. Rock and Roll can mean only one person: Visionary...

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    An American in Paris (1951)

    An American soldier (Gene Kelly) stays in Paris after World War II to paint and falls in love with a...

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    As You Desire Me (1932)

    This complex '30s film is based upon a play by Pirandello which involved a hapless amnesiac. In As...

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    The Emperor Jones (1933)

    A swaggering railroad porter (Paul Robeson) kills a man, escapes from a chain gang and becomes king...

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    The Gay Divorcee (1934)

    A woman (Ginger Rogers) thinks a flirting man (Fred Astaire) is the co-respondent her lawyer has...

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    The Great Ziegfeld (1936)

    The life and times of Broadway showman Florenz Ziegfeld (William Powell) and his two wives (Luise...

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    Show Boat (1951)

    The captain's daughter (Kathryn Grayson) marries a gambler (Howard Keel) who turns performer on a...

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    Svengali (1931)

    Sinister Svengali (John Barrymore) hypnotizes young Trilby (Marian Marsh) to fame as an opera singer...

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    The Canary Murder Case

    This early talkie is the film that destroyed the career of popular silent leading lady Louise...

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    Just Imagine (1930)

    Made in 1930, this well-known sci-fi musical chronicles the adventures of a lightning-struck man who...

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    Kid Nightingale

    A fight promoter induces a singing waiter to box professionally on the pretext it will improve his...

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    Manpower (1941)

    Two high-tension linemen (Edward G. Robinson, George Raft) fight over a clip-joint hostess (Marlene...

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    Music in the Air (1934)

    Constantly quarreling couple decide to try the jealousy angle when a naive young couple comes along.

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    Night Song (1947)

    A socialite (Merle Oberon) pretends to be poor and blind in her plan to help a blinded pianist (Dana...

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    The Singing Fool

    A singing waiter (Al Jolson) loves two women (Betty Bronson, Josephine Dunn), takes Broadway and...

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    The Singing Kid

    Strictly for Al Jolson's most fervent fans, The Singing Kid casts Jolie as neurotic Broadway star Al...

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    Imagine: John Lennon (1988)

    Never-before-seen home movies and the late musician's own narration enhance this portrait of former...