Author Archive: Retro

Ambitious girl won’t let anything get in the way of a musical career, until she falls in love. Dir. Wallace Fox

Many live performances highlight this biography of the famous battling, bandleading brothers. Songs include: “Green Eyes”, “Everybody’s Doin’ It”, “Marie”, & “I’ll Never Say Never Again.” Dir. Alfred E. Green

Robespierre sends a duchess’ son (Webster Booth) to London to steal a necklace from the Prince of Wales’ betrothed (Anne Ziegler).

Carroll plays a down-on-his-luck publisher who steals a song from budding songwriter Hayward, who plots revenge. Dir. Albert Rogell

This film is set during the turn of the century. Fred Astaire plays a footloose playboy who falls in love with Salvation Army lass Vera-Ellen. To prove his worth to the girl, Astaire breaks down and gets a job.

Jeff Carter, a singer down on his luck, turns to radio acting as a means of supporting his young son Danny. With the support of his son and his press agent Charley Grady, Jeff ultimately finds radio the means of realizing his professional ambition.

Chorus girl performing in the Ziegfeld Follies must choose between her boyfriend and stardom. Music by Irving Berlin. Dir. Millard Webb, John W. Harkrider

Movita comes up to New York and goes undercover at a nightclub to find out who framed her brother for arson. Dir. Lambert Hillyer

Stripper Vivian Blaine tries to make the jump to Broadway stardom, but her manager gets jealous when she falls for a writer hired to create her biography, in this lively musical based on a play by Gypsy Rose Lee. With Dennis O’Keefe, Perry Como, Carmen Miranda; songs include “Chico-Chico,” “Dig You Later,” “Red Hot and Beautiful.” Includes “Hubba Hubba Hubba” by Perry Como, as well as many other songs. Based on the play “The Naked Genius” by Gypsy Rose Lee.