Marjorie Woodworth

Ralph Bellamy

Mary Carlisle

Lucille Ball

Judy O'Brien is an aspiring ballerina in a dance troupe. Also in the company is Bubbles, a brash man trap who leaves the struggling troupe for a career in burlesque. After the company disbands, Bubbles gives Judy a thankless job as her stooge. The two eventually clash when both fall for the same man.—Daniel Bubbeo

Dance, Girl, Dance

Dance, Girl, Dance (1940)

Bob Hope

Arthur Space

Mary Jane Saunders

A young girl is left with the notoriously cheap Sorrowful Jones as a marker for a bet. When her father doesn't return, he learns that taking care of a child interferes with his free-wheeling lifestyle. Sorrowful must also evade crooked gangsters and indulge in a bit of horse-thieving.—Erica Schulman

Sorrowful Jones

Sorrowful Jones (1949)

Dennis O'Keefe

Fred Astaire

Ginger Rogers

Showman Jerry Travers is working for producer Horace Hardwick in London. Jerry demonstrates his new dance steps late one night in Horace's hotel, much to the annoyance of sleeping Dale Tremont below. She goes upstairs to complain and the two are immediately attracted to each other. Complications arise when Dale mistakes Jerry for Horace.—Anonymous

Top Hat

Top Hat (1935)

Ruth Lee

John Logan

Keenan Wynn

Nicky and Tacy are going to be married. Nicky wants to save up money for a house, but Tacy dreams of starting off with their own home on wheels--a trailer. After the two are hitched, they hitch up their trailer and begin their honeymoon. The humor comes from several disastrous adventures the couple has while traveling including Tacy's awkward attempt to cook dinner in a moving trailer, and a cliffhanging ride through the mountains that nearly destroys their marriage.—Daniel Bubbeo

The Long, Long Trailer

The Long, Long Trailer (1954)

Kitty Carlisle

Ann Sheridan

Shortly before the curtain goes up the first time at the latest performance of "Earl Carroll's Vanities," someone attempts to injure the leading lady Ann Ware, who wants to marry leading man Eric Lander. The stage manager in charge, Jack Ellery, calls in his friend, policeman Bill Murdock, to help him investigate. Bill thinks that Jack is offering to let him see the show from an unusual viewpoint after he forgot to get him tickets for the performance, but then they find the corpse of a murdered women. Bill suspects Eric of the crime, especially after the second female lead, Rita Ros,s told him she saw the women leaving from Eric's room. Then Rita is shot onstage with Eric's gun. Jack and Bill decide not to stop the show, but Bill prepares to arrest Eric. Is he on the right track?—Stephan Eichenberg

Murder at the Vanities

Murder at the Vanities (1934)

Norma Varden

Bruce Cabot

An American actor impersonating an English butler is hired by a woman from New Mexico to refine her husband and headstrong daughter. The complications increase when the town believes Arthur to be an Earl, and President Roosevelt decides to pay a visit.—SMDH

Fancy Pants

Fancy Pants (1950)

Paulette Goddard

Fay Wray

Jackie Cooper

"In the Gay Nineties New York had grown up into bustles and balloon Sleeves ... but The Bowery had grown younger, louder and more rowdy until it was known as the 'Livest Mile on the face of the globe' ... the cradle of men who were later to be famous." The scene opens in a saloon named "Nigger Joe's" ...—Michael Crew

The Bowery

The Bowery (1933)

Edward G. Robinson

Jean Arthur

Wallace Ford

Ordinary man-on-the-street Arthur Ferguson Jones leads a regular life, but one day everything changes when he is mistaken for a criminal named Mannion--and is arrested. The resemblance is so striking that the police give him a special pass to avoid a similar mistake. The real Mannion sees an opportunity to steal the pass, and chaos results.—Col Needham

The Whole Town's Talking

The Whole Town's Talking (1935)

Edward Arnold

Theresa Harris

A kind-hearted young man is thrown out of his corrupt home town of West Rome, Oklahoma. He falls asleep and dreams that he is back in the days of olden Rome, where he gets mixed up with court intrigue and a murder plot against the Emperor.

Roman Scandals

Roman Scandals (1933)

Lloyd Nolan

Shelley Winters

Hugo Haas

Criminal Ace Connors agrees to return to New York and stand trial for stealing $500,000 worth of bonds so he can serve a light five-year sentence and enjoy his loot (safely stowed away in the cover of a cook book) when he gets out. Detective Bob Simms is tasked with escorting Connors back to New York. With five days for the cross-country trip, Connors plans for stops in Texas and New Orleans to have a few final days of fun before he goes to prison. Ricki Woodner, a con artist who met Connors at his hotel, is persuaded by Fly Feletti (a bitter colleague of Connors) to get close to Connors and take the bonds. She joins Connors and Simms on the train and Ricki and Ace start falling for each other. Feletti wants the bonds and keeps an eye on Ricki to make sure she doesn't double-cross him. After a romantic detour into Mexico, Ace, Ricki, and Simms head to New Orleans for the Mardi Gras celebration, with Feletti close behind.—Jimmy L.

Two Smart People

Two Smart People (1946)

Hazel Brooks

Gloria Grahame

Patricia Morison

In WWII Pat Jamieson is a scientist working, with Government support, on a high-altitude oxygen mask for fighter pilots. But he has nowhere to conduct his research in secret until he meets Jamie Rowan, a woman with an unused house with a scientist's basement. Jamie has no hopes of marrying for love (and neither does Pat) but Jamie wants to help the war effort and she likes this quirky scientist and his dog, so to satisfy the proprieties they agree on a business arrangement: a marriage of convenience and partnership. They happily work on oxygen mixes instead of honeymooning. But as the footing of their relationship begins warm up, Jamie is courted by another man and the old flame that broke Pat's heart is back in his life. It will take a sleepwalking ruse, dodging in and out of doors, and a working oxygen mask to get them together again.—Kathy Li

Without Love

Without Love (1945)

George Sanders

Alan Napier

Cyril Delevanti

A serial killer in London is murdering young women he meets through the personal columns of newspapers. He announces each of his murders to the police by sending them a cryptic poem. After a dancer disappears, the police enlist an American friend of hers, Sandra Carpenter, to answer advertisements in the personal columns, and lure the killer.—David Levene

Lured

Lured (1947)

Randolph Scott

Tony Martin

When the fleet puts in at San Francisco, sailor Bake Baker tries to rekindle the flame with his old dancing partner, Sherry Martin, while Bake's buddy Bilge Smith romances Sherry's sister Connie. But it's not all smooth sailing: Bake has a habit of losing Sherry's jobs for her; and despite Connie's dreams, Bilge is not ready to settle down.—Diana Hamilton

Follow the Fleet

Follow the Fleet (1936)

Clifton Webb

William Bendix

Ellen Corby

Private investigator Bradford Galt has moved to New York from San Fransisco after serving a jail term on account of his lawyer partner Tony Jardine. When he finds someone is tailing - and possibly trying to kill him, Galt believes Jardine is behind it. As he finds there is rather more to it, he is increasingly glad to have his attractive new secretary Kathleen around, for several reason.—Jeremy Perkins {J-26}

The Dark Corner

The Dark Corner (1946)

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