Movies: Ruby Keeler

A producer puts on what may be his last Broadway show, and at the last moment a chorus girl has to replace the star....

During the Great Depression, all Broadway shows are closed down. A group of desperate unemployed showgirls find hope when a wealthy songwriter invests in a musical starring them, against the wishes of his high society brother. Thus start Carol, Trixi...

A fledgling producer finds himself at odds with his workers, financiers and his greedy ex-wife when he tries to produce live musicals for movie-going audiences....

A documentary film about dancing on the screen, from it's orgins after the invention of the movie camera, over the movie musical from the late 20s, 30s, 40s 50s and 60s up to the break dance and the music videos from the 80s....

A reformer's daughter wins the lead role in a scandalous Broadway show....

An irresponsible Broadway star gets mixed up with gambling and gangsters....

This insightful documentary features some of the major and most beautiful actresses to grace the silver screen. It shows how the movie industry changed its depiction of sex and actresses' portrayal of sex from the silent movie era to the present. Cla...

Musical about dingaling millionaire businessman Cedric Ames and his various employees...

A financially-strapped mother and her children relocate from the city to a small rural town....

A rock band is invented by the government as a cover to find hostages in a remote castle in Albania held by communist enemies of the USA....

A private stationed in Hawaii gets involved with the general's engaged daughter. In order to avoid a scandal, the pair break up, but meet again years later when he's at West Point producing the annual play that turns out to star her....

Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American entertainment industry during the Great Depression....

A rich young boy arranges to be kidnapped so he'll get more attention from his parents....

An admiral's son with no interest in carrying on the family tradition is a successful crooner. He finally joins the Navy to prove he can, but with no real love in it....

Making-of documentary about the 1933 musical, 42nd Street....

Short documentary about the Great Depression's impact on film, specifically Berkeley musicals....

Two starving songwriters will only get funding if they get British actress Jane Clarke to star in their show....

A musical which begins with six men and a woman singing; then a dance number; finally, the six men and woman sing again....

Profile of famed dance director Busby Berkeley's career, in particular "The Gang's All Here"...

Broadway actress leaves New York to become a star in Hollywood, and succeeds despite sleazy directors and her own ego....