Gene Kelly
Language
English
Formats
Description
With fame, fortune and fans galore, silent screen idol Don Lockwood thought he had it all. But one look at aspiring actress Kathy Seldon, and he knew exactly what he was missing. Now he's swinging from lampposts, singing in the raindrops and ready for love. With talking pictures on the rise, Don sets out to make musical with the woman of his dreams, but one thing stands in his way, his jealous co-star who wants Don - and the leading role - all to...
Language
English
Formats
Description
Jerry Mulligan is an ex-G.I. and a struggling American painter in Paris. He is 'discovered' by an influential heiress with an interest in more than Jerry's art. Jerry in turn falls for Lise, a young French girl already engaged to a cabaret singer. Jerry jokes, sings and dances with his best friend, an acerbic would-be concert pianist. Romance between Jerry and Lise becomes complicated.
Pub. Date
[2004]
Edition
Expanded cut.
Language
English
Description
Presents an overview of the Marx Brothers laughs and lunacy from their days in vaudeville to their rise to Hollywood superstars and beyond. Includes highlights from their movies, newsreels, etc., and interviews with fellow comedians and family members.
5) Brigadoon
Pub. Date
[2005]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Description
Two Americans stumble upon a Scottish village which comes to life for only one day a century. One of the men falls in love with a townswoman, and has to decide where his heart lies.
6) Brigadoon
Pub. Date
2005.
Edition
Cinemascope edition
Language
English
Description
Two American hunters lost in the highlands of Scotland stumble upon a small town not listed on any map.
10) Inherit the wind
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
A small Tennessee town gained national attention in 1925 when a biology schoolteacher was arrested for violating state law and teaching Darwin's theory of evolution in the classroom.
11) Anchors aweigh
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Two lovesick sailors on shore leave in Hollywood fall hard for the same beautiful singer. The race for Susie's heart leads them both into a series of comical and musical adventures.
13) Gigot
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Though the more 'upstanding' members of the Parisian community may shun him, the lovable oaf named Gigot is a favorite among the neighborhood children. Gigot finds a sense of purpose when a young girl, the child of a cold-hearted woman of the night, seeks refuge with him.
14) Xanadu
Pub. Date
1980.
Language
English
Description
Danny, an aging musician who wants to open a nightclub, and Sonny, a young artist, are both searching for inspiration. Kira, a beautiful mythical muse, is brought to earth in order to help both men fulfill their dreams.
Series
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Capt. Jeff Eliot (Gene Kelly) roams the tawdry dives of post-war Munich searching for a delicate young beauty named Wilhelmina (Pier Angeli), the only survivor of the family that hid him from the Nazis after his plane was shot down during the war. He wants to help her. She wants to use him to smuggle contraband into Austria. But what looks like a small-time black market scheme hides something far more sinister: a vicious, well-financed conspiracy...
17) That's dancing!
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
From Baryshnikov to break dancing, from Fred and Giner to Shirley and Bojangles, from movement depicted on Grecian urns to the kaleidoscopic pizzazz of Busby Berkely spectaculars.