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1. The Josephine Baker Story (1991 TV Movie)
R | 130 min | Biography, Drama, History
Born poor in St. Louis, Missouri, Josephine Baker achieved fame and fortune through her sizzlingly exotic, erotic performances. Starting life on the American Vaudeville circuit, success ... See full summary »
Director: Brian Gibson | Stars: Lynn Whitfield, Rubén Blades, David Dukes, Louis Gossett Jr.
Votes: 1,590
2. American Pop (1981)
R | 96 min | Animation, Drama, History
The story of four generations of a Russian Jewish immigrant family of musicians whose careers parallel the history of American popular music in the 20th century.
Director: Ralph Bakshi | Stars: Mews Small, Ron Thompson, Jerry Holland, Lisa Jane Persky
Votes: 5,512 | Gross: $6.00M
3. Save the Tiger (1973)
R | 100 min | Drama
A disillusioned war veteran has two days to let go of his shaken morals if he wants his small fashion company to survive.
Director: John G. Avildsen | Stars: Jack Lemmon, Jack Gilford, Laurie Heineman, Norman Burton
Votes: 5,615 | Gross: $2.33M
4. Edderkoppen (2000)
348 min | Crime, Drama, History
A reporter is drawn into the dark side of post-war Copenhagen as he attempts to uncover a crime syndicate on an unprecedented level.
Stars: Jakob Cedergren, Stine Stengade, Lars Mikkelsen, Bent Mejding
Votes: 792
5. Across the Waters (2016)
94 min | Drama, History, War
Fuglene Over Sundet is the gripping tale of the Danish Jews' escape to Sweden in October 1943.
Director: Nicolo Donato | Stars: David Dencik, Danica Curcic, Jakob Cedergren, Nicolas Bro
Votes: 1,062
6. New World (1995)
R | 125 min | Drama
Born in 1943 during German occupation of their French town, Patrick and Marie-José have been best friends; now teens, they experiment with sex, which doesn't seem to bring them closer. ... See full summary »
Director: Alain Corneau | Stars: Nicolas Chatel, Sarah Grappin, James Gandolfini, Alicia Silverstone
Votes: 312
7. Syncopation (1942)
Approved | 88 min | Comedy, History, Music
Covering a quarter-century of American 'syncopated" music (Ragtime, Jazz, Swing, Blues, Boogie Woogie) from prior to WWI through prohibition, the stock market crash, the depression and the ... See full summary »
Director: William Dieterle | Stars: Adolphe Menjou, George Bancroft, Todd Duncan, Connee Boswell
Votes: 332
8. Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got (1985)
114 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
Documentary cataloging the life and music of the band leader and clarinetist, Artie Shaw.
Director: Brigitte Berman | Stars: Artie Shaw, John Best, Lee Castle, Helen Forrest
Votes: 128
9. Hollywood's Magical Island: Catalina (2003)
Not Rated | 52 min | Documentary, History, Music
Beginning with William Wrigley's acquisition of the Santa Catalina Island Company in 1919, the history of the island is explored with archival footage, stills, interviews of residents, historians and celebrities.
Director: Greg Reitman | Stars: Kathryn Abbott, Del Breckenfeld, Les Brown, Jean-Michel Cousteau
Votes: 40
10. Sliphorn King of Polaroo (1945)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Shipwrecked Jackson, a trombone player, is washed up on an arctic island. His solid technique on the sliding brass captivates the native seals and penguins, who elect him King of Polaroo.
Director: Dick Lundy | Stars: Jack Teagarden, Lee Sweetland, Hans Conried
Votes: 66
11. In Silence (2014)
90 min | Drama, History, War
The lives of real Jewish musicians in Czechoslovakia and Germany who were persecuted during the Holocaust.
Director: Zdenek Jiráský | Stars: Judit Bárdos, Valéria Stasková, Stefan Capko, Ján Ctvrtník
Votes: 43
12. Esther (II) (2017)
10 min | Short, Drama
When a jazz trumpeter in the Second World War loses his trumpet on the night of one of his shows, he accidentally ends up in the 1970's, where his secrets come to light.
Director: Job van Etten | Stars: Noah Janssen, Silvy Levens, Bam Verstijnen, Niek Claassen
13. Is Everybody Happy? (1943)
Approved | 73 min | Drama, Music, War
This is the story of Ted Lewis, popular band leader and clarinettist.
Director: Charles Barton | Stars: Ted Lewis, Michael Duane, Nan Wynn, Larry Parks
Votes: 26
14. Robert Altman: Giggle and Give In (1996 TV Special)
57 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Director: Paul Joyce | Stars: Robert Altman, Shelley Duvall, Elliott Gould, Alan Rudolph
Votes: 11
15. Blonde from Brooklyn (1945)
Approved | 65 min | Comedy, Music
Returning soldier Dixon Harper meets cute with promising radio singer Susan Parker. Susan is mistaken for a heiress to a southern plantation by blustery colonel Farnsworth and she ignores wise cracking friend Diane to see the ruse through.
Director: Del Lord | Stars: Bob Haymes, Lynn Merrick, Thurston Hall, Mary Treen
Votes: 95
16. Black Swallow: The Eugene Jacques Bullard Story
History | Announced
The story of the first African-American combat pilot.
17. Århundredets vidner (1998–1999)
38 min | Documentary, History
Portraits of people who have witnessed significant events of the 20th century, such as surviving Holocaust, or been given the very first heart transplantation, or simply being 100+ years old and having survived the entire 20th century.
Stars: Marianne Germer, Dusja, Carl Erik Faurholdt, Anette Faye Jacobsen
18. Upbeat in Music (1943)
Approved | 17 min | Documentary, Short, War
Director: Frank P. Donovan | Stars: Marian Anderson, Tex Beneke, Perry Como, Tommy Dorsey
19. Hengenpelastaja (2005)
45 min | Documentary
Director: Jouko Aaltonen | Stars: Aatos Kopra, Elmer Nousiainen, Allan Sihvola
21.
Modern Marvels (1993– )
Episode:
The Empire State Building
(1994)
TV-14 | 46 min | Documentary, History
This program focuses on the symbolic and historical aspects of the Empire State Building rather than its architecture and technology. The world's tallest building was preceded but a ... See full summary »
Director: Andrew Thomas | Stars: Irwin G. Cantor, Brendan Gill, Lydia Ruth
Votes: 39