Key to the City

1950

English

6.4

♡ 2

62%

Comedy

politician

Romance

George Sidney Director

Victor Sen Yung as Chinese MC at the Blue Duck

Edward Earle as Councilman

Marilyn Maxwell as Sheila the 'Atom' Dancer

Harry Harvey as Top O' Sky Waiter with Pick-Me-Up

At a mayors convention in San Francisco, ex-longshoreman Steve Fisk meets Clarissa Standish from New England. Fisk is mayor of "Puget City" and is proud of his rough and tumble background. Standish is mayor of "Winona, Maine", and is equally proud of her education and dedication to the people who elected her. Thrown together, the two opposites attract and their escapades during the convention get each of them in hot water back home. Written by Ron Kerrigan

Who Was That Lady?

1960

English

6.5

♡ 11

38%

George Sidney Director

Pamela Curran as

Janet Leigh as Ann Wilson

John McIntire as Bob Doyle

Jack Benny as Mr. Cosgrove

In order to get back into the good graces with his wife with whom he has had a misunderstanding, a young chemistry professor concocts a wild story that he is an undercover FBI agent. To help him with his story he enlists the aid of a friend who is a TV writer. The wife swallows the story and the film's climax takes place in the sub-basements of the Empire State Building. The professor and his friend, believing themselves prisoners on an enemy submarine, patriotically try to scuttle the vessel and succeed only in rocking the building.

Annie Get Your Gun

1950

English

6.8

♡ 5

100%

George Sidney Director

Margaret Bert as Bit Role

Keenan Wynn as Charlie Davenport

Edward Earle as Footman

Howard Keel as Frank Butler

Gunslinger Annie Oakley romances fellow sharpshooter Frank Butler as they travel with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.

The Eddy Duchin Story

1956

English

6.8

♡ 2

55%

George Sidney Director

Frieda Inescort as Edith Wadsworth

George Ford as Nightclub Patron

Arthur Tovey as Nightclub Patron

Richard Crane as Seaman

The life story of the famous pianist and band-leader of the 1930s and 1940s.

Show Boat

1951

English

6.8

♡ 5

83%

70%

Action

based on play or musical

Drama

Family

grandparent grandchild relationship

interracial relationship

George Sidney Director

Joyce Jameson as Chorus Girl

Howard Keel as Gaylord Ravenal

Norman Leavitt as George the Calliope Player

Regis Toomey as Sheriff Ike Vallon

A dashing Mississippi river gambler wins the affections of the daughter of the owner of the Show Boat.

Anchors Aweigh

1945

English

7.0

♡ 12

56%

live action and animation

George Sidney Director

Lester Dorr as Assistant Director

Dean Stockwell as Donald Martin

Ruth Lee as Kindergarten Teacher

Forbes Murray as Passerby

Two sailors on shore leave head out for four days of partying – only to become involved in the affairs of an aspiring singer and her precocious nephew.

The Harvey Girls

1946

English

7.0

♡ 5

100%

George Sidney Director

Norman Leavitt as 2nd Cowboy

Edward Earle as Jed Adams

Jack Lambert as Marty Peters

Paul Newlan as Station Agent

On a train trip out west to become a mail-order bride, Susan Bradley meets a cheery crew of young women traveling out to open a "Harvey House" restaurant at a remote whistle-stop.

The Three Musketeers

1948

English

7.1

♡ 10

75%

74%

Action

Adventure

based on novel or book

George Sidney Director

June Allyson as Constance

Norman Leavitt as Mousqueton

Paul Newlan as Musketeer Guard

Keenan Wynn as Planchet

In 17th century France, young D'Artagnan wants to join the King's Musketeers, but instead befriends three legendary musketeers—Athos, Porthos, and Aramis—and together, they become embroiled in the political intrigue surrounding King Louis XIII and his adversaries, particularly the powerful Cardinal Richelieu.

Ziegfeld Follies

1945

English

6.4

♡ 7

69%

George Sidney Director

Keenan Wynn as Caller

Rod Alexander as Chorus Boy

Edward Arnold as Lawyer

Victor Moore as Lawyer's Client

The late, great impresario Florenz Ziegfeld looks down from heaven and ordains a new revue in his grand old style.

Pepe

5.5

George Sidney Director

Ernie Kovacs as Immigration Inspector

Joey Bishop as Joey Bishop

Richard Conte as Richard Conte

Sammy Davis Jr. as Sammy Davis Jr.

Mario "Cantinflas" Moreno is a hired hand, Pepe, employed on a ranch. A boozing Hollywood director buys a white stallion that belongs to Pepe's boss. Pepe, determined to get the horse back (as he considers it his family), decides to take off to Hollywood. There he meets film stars including Jimmy Durante, Frank Sinatra, Zsa Zsa Gabór, Bing Crosby, Maurice Chevalier and Jack Lemmon in drag as Daphne from Some Like It Hot. He is also surprised by things that were new in America at the time, such as automatic swinging doors. When he finally reaches the man who bought the horse, he is led to believe there is no hope of getting it back. However, the last scene shows both him and the stallion back at the ranch with several foals.

Pal Joey

1957

English

6.6

♡ 9

75%

san francisco, california

singer

George Sidney Director

Robert Reed as Boy Friend

John Roy as Guest at Charity Ball

Pierre Watkin as Mr. Forsythe

John Hubbard as Stanley

An opportunistic singer woos a wealthy widow to boost his career.

Bathing Beauty

1944

English

6.4

♡ 7

76%

Comedy

curfew

girls' boarding school

George Sidney Director

Beverly Tyler as Co-Ed

Sarah Edwards as Faculty Member

Janis Paige as Janis

Amzie Strickland as Showgirl

After breaking up with her fiancé, a gym teacher returns to work at a women's college, but a legal loophole allows him to enroll as one of her students.

Bye Bye Birdie

1963

English

6.6

♡ 7

86%

George Sidney Director

Paul Lynde as Harry McAfee

Clyde Howdy as Man

John Roy as Production Crew Member

Kim Darby as Teenager

A singer goes to a small town for a performance before he is drafted.

Kiss Me Kate

1953

English

7.0

♡ 12

93%

75%

Action

based on play or musical

the taming of the shrew

George Sidney Director

Howard Keel as Fred Graham 'Petruchio'

Bobby Van as 'Gremio'

Keenan Wynn as Lippy

Ann Miller as Lois Lane 'Bianca'

A pair of divorced actors are brought together to participate in a musical version of The Taming of the Shrew. Of course, the couple seem to act a great deal like the characters they play, and they must work together when mistaken identities get them mixed up with the mafia.

Till the Clouds Roll By

1946

English

6.3

♡ 2

100%

George Sidney Director

June Allyson as Jane (segment "Leave It to Jane")

Robert Walker as Jerome Kern

Dinah Shore as Julia Sanderson

Margaret Bert as Maid

Light bio-pic of American Broadway pioneer Jerome Kern, featuring renditions of the famous songs from his musical plays by contemporary stage artists, including a condensed production of his most famous: 'Showboat'.

Viva Las Vegas

1964

English

6.4

♡ 15

86%

George Sidney Director

Jack Carter as Casino Performer

Cesare Danova as Count Elmo Mancini

Harry Fleer as Son of the Lone Star State

Lance LeGault as Son of the Lone Star State

Lucky Jackson arrives in town with his car literally in tow ready for the first Las Vegas Grand Prix - once he has the money to buy an engine. He gets the cash easily enough but mislays it when the pretty swimming pool manageress takes his mind off things. It seems he will lose both race and girl, problems made more difficult by rivalry from Elmo Mancini, fellow racer and womaniser.

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Key to the City

Who Was That Lady?

Annie Get Your Gun

The Eddy Duchin Story

Show Boat

Anchors Aweigh

The Harvey Girls

The Three Musketeers

Ziegfeld Follies

Pepe

Pal Joey

Bathing Beauty

Bye Bye Birdie

Kiss Me Kate

Till the Clouds Roll By

Viva Las Vegas