Joan Terry is a country girl seeking a career as a Broadway star and finds it’s not as easy as she had imagined. Stars Frances Langford.
Career Girl
Category: Musical
Till The Clouds Roll By
Mammoth musical biopic on the career of pioneering Hollywood composer Jerome Kern. Stars June Allyson, Robert Walker, Lucille Bremer, Judy Garland, Lena Horne, and Frank Sinatra.
Delightfully Dangerous
Younger sister follows older sister to the big city, and finds that things are not what they seemed to be. Stars Jane Powell, Ralph Bellamy, and Constance Moore.
The Stork Club
A hat-check girl saves the life of a drowning man. He repays her by giving her a bank account, luxury apartment, and charge account at the department store. Stars Betty Hutton.
Royal Wedding
Dancing duo Tom and Ellen Bowen travel to merry old England. There, against the backdrop of the wedding of royals, they go about the usual comedic pursuit of love.
Girl O’ My Dreams
A conceited college track star, used to being “big man on campus” gets a jolt when he loses an election to see who is the most popular man in the school. Features Lon Chaney, Jr… singing.
Road To Happiness
Jeff Carter (John Boles), a singer down on his luck, turns to radio acting as a means of supporting his young son Danny (Billy Lee.) A feel-good movie, if you’re looking for one.
Rock Rock Rock!
A rock-n-roll movie from 1956, this features a lot of performers from that era. While the movie plot itself isn’t engrossing, the list of performers is great, if you like old-time rock-n-roll!
The Little Princess
Pampered Sara Crewe is send off to boarding school when her father goes to war. After news arrives of her father’s death, Sarah becomes the attic-dwelling servant to Headmistress Miss Minchin. Starring Shirley Temple.
Second Chorus
Danny O’Neill and Hank Taylor compete to join Artie Shaw’s band. This movie was nominated for two Oscars for the music. Stars Fred Astaire, Paulette Goddard, and Artie Shaw.