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Series
Pub. Date
2011.
Edition
Remastered edition.
Language
English
Description
The Gershwin musical Girl Crazy finds yet another financially strapped out-West ranch in need of youthful showbiz enthusiasm in a star-studded, '60s-tinged movie redo. Connie Francis and Harve Presnell play the young love and songbirds eager to turn the spread into a moneymaking dude ranch. There's plenty of music making, too, with original Gershwin songs plus an eclectic mix of specialty numbers by Louis Armstrong, Liberace, Sam the Sham and the...
62) Sparkle
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Set in the 1960s, Sparkle and her two sisters form a singing group and dream of becoming stars beyond the affluent Detroit suburb where they come from, and where they are already well-known. But as the sisters become more famous, the close-knit nature of their family begins to fall apart. Features the late Whitney Houston's final screen performance.
63) The old corral
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
As the sheriff of a small western town, Autry sings his way into a relationship with Eleanor, a singer from a Chicago nightclub who earlier witnessed a murder.
64) Country crush
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Brothers Charlie and Cody are doing what they have to in order to get by after the death of their parents. Older brother Cody has enlisted in the army and is about to leave his wife Katherine and their young son. Charlie works as a car mechanic, having put his dream of becoming an engineer on hold when the cost of tuition was too high. When aspiring singer/songwriter Nancy comes to town, she and Charlie find themselves instantly attracted to each...
65) Living out loud
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
A newly divorced woman is consumed by vindictive fantasies of her ex-husband and his young bride until she finds unexpected companionship in a bold and sassy jazz singer and a down-on-his-luck elevator operator in her fashionable Fifth Avenue building.
66) Yaarana
Pub. Date
[2004, 1981]
Edition
Standard format.
Language
Hindi
Description
Childhood friends Kishan and Bishan part ways in adulthood when Bishan leaves their village for the city, where he becomes a ship captain. They reunite many years later, and Bishan helps Kishan start a successful singing career. But their happy reunion is interrupted when Bishan's ship is hijacked and Bishan has to run away in order to save his life after trying to rescue the child hostages on the ship. Kishan resolves to pay back Bishan's family...
68) Diva
Pub. Date
[2000]
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
Français
Description
Cynthia Hawkins is the operatic superstar whose refusal to make a recording frustrates her adoring public. A young fan named Jules makes a secret tape and is stalked by thugs who plan to blackmail the diva. Jules also accidentally acquires a tape which tells of a top mobster's role in an international sex and drug ring. Two hired killers are out to get the tape.
69) The song
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
Aspiring singer, songwriter Jed King is struggling to catch a break and escape the long shadow of his famous father when he reluctantly agrees to a gig at a local vineyard harvest festival. Jed meets the vineyard owner's daughter, Rose, and a romance quickly blooms. Soon after their wedding, Jed writes Rose a song, which becomes a breakout hit. Suddenly thrust into a life of stardom and a world of temptation, his life and marriage begin to fall apart....
Pub. Date
[2001]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
Nederlands
Description
An ambitious father constantly pushed his daughter to be a recording artist and has her compete in every competition around town. The daughter, Marva, does everything to fail in her chances. When a famous pop star stops to help Marva's dad, he decides to kidnap the star and "ransom" her for 15 minutes of fame for his daughter.
71) Kiss me, stupid
Pub. Date
2003.
Edition
Widescreen edition (2.35:first).
Language
English
Description
Two would-be songwriters hijack Dino as he passes through their town. Their attempts to charm him into listening to their songs encounter a problem when one man's wife is the head of Martin's fan club. A substitute is hired to claim his attentions. Things do not exactly work out as planned.
72) Rhinestone
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
A country-western singer bets her boss that she can turn anyone into a singer good enough to live through one show at the Rhinestone, a tough, rowdy, country-western nightclub. She has quite a challenge with a rough, street-wise cabby who hates C & W music.
Pub. Date
2010.
Edition
Deluxe edition.
Language
English
Description
All men seem hopelessly obsessed with Pandora, a nightclub singer on vacation in Spain, but she has eyes only for Hendrick, who has been cursed to sail the seven seas for all eternity in search of a woman who will sacrifice her life for him.
75) Roustabout
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
Elvis is stranded with a carnival troupe while his motorcycle is being repaired. The owner realizes he just might be the one who can save the circus.
76) Little voice
Pub. Date
[1999]
Edition
Widescreen edition.
Language
English
Description
A painfully shy young woman can only express herself by singing in the voices of Garland, Monroe and others. She must over come her shyness when her mother's sleazy talent scout of a boyfriend overhears her and is determined to make her into a star.
77) Anchors aweigh
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Two lovesick sailors on shore leave in Hollywood fall hard for the same beautiful singer. The race for Susie's heart leads them both into a series of comical and musical adventures.
78) Change of plans
Series
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
A free-spirited musician and her fighter pilot husband become the legal guardians of four children, three of them adopted from third-world countries.
79) A star is born
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
[DVD].
Language
English
Description
Seasoned musician Jackson Maine discovers and falls in love with struggling artist Ally. She has given up on her dream to become a successful singer, until she meets Jack, who immediately sees her natural talent. This is the raw and passionate tale of Jack and Ally, two artistic souls coming together, on stage and in life. Theirs is a complex journey through the beauty and the heartbreak of a relationship struggling to survive.
Series
Criterion collection volume 1120
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In 1956, Frank Tashlin brought the talent for zany visual gags and absurdist pop-culture satire that he'd honed as a master of animation to the task of capturing, in glorious DeLuxe Color, a brand-new craze: rock and roll. This blissfully bonkers jukebox musical tells the story of a mobster's bombshell girlfriend--the one and only Jayne Mansfield, in a showstopping first major film role--and the washed-up talent agent (Tom Ewell) who seeks to revive...
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