Author Archive: Retro

College football player gets ousted from the team when he dates a woman with a “reputation”. Songs include: “Must Be Love”, “You for Me”, “Wanna Find a Boy” & more. Dir. Norman Taurog

Doting niece agrees to accept a sum of money to help her financially troubled uncle. The catch? She has to answer “No” to every question she’s asked for 24 hours! Songs include: “I Want to Be Happy”, “Tea for Two” & “No, No, Nanette”. Dir. Herbert Wilcox

Orphan tries to take over his late father’s plantation from corrupt lawyer and an evil slave driver. Co-written by Clarence Muse with poet Langston Hughes. Songs include: “Good Ground”, “Louisiana”, “Peter, Go Ring Dem Bells”, “Send One Angel Down” & more. Dir. Bernard Vorhaus

In his debut, Vallee plays an out of work saxophone player who impersonates a band leader to avoid going to jail, and ends up accepting an invitation to play at a swanky party. Songs include: “I Love You Believe Me I Love You”, “If You Were the Only Girl in the World”, “A Little Kiss Each Morning” & more. Dir. Marshall Neilan

Vaudeville couple Joe and Sally split on bad terms. Sally, a beautiful and talented young woman, gets a break as a chorus girl in a musical production, and then hits the big time with a song she wrote, which is then used in the big time production. The producer Pat falls in love with her and proposes. Meanwhile the less talented Joe falls on hard times and resorts to selling soap tar in a sailor suit!. But Sally has a secret that is about to change everything!

Breen is a Civil War orphan, raised by a former slave, who saves money to send him to a private school. But when the local priest finds Phillip?s family, he sends the boy to New York to live with them. When they refuse to accept him as their own, Breen must rely on charm and his singing ability to win them over. Songs include: “Rainbow on the River”, “You Only Live Once”, “A Thousand Dreams of Love”, “Ave Maria” & more. Dir. Kurt Neumann

Movie actress visits a friend in South America, but her publicity agent spreads the rumor that she has been abducted. Written by Crane Wilbur. Songs include: “So Divine”, “Out of the Hills”, “The Love Fiesta”, & “Oh Bella Mia.” Dir. Crane Wilbur

During World War II, a plane crashes on an island full of dominating women.