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1. Cunk on Earth (2022)

TV-MA | 29 min | Comedy

Follows Philomena Cunk as she comically tells the story of our greatest inventions and asks experts hard-hitting questions about humanity's progress.

Stars: Diane Morgan, Jim Al-Khalili, Shirley J. Thompson, Douglas Hedley

Votes: 24,015

2. Telstar: The Joe Meek Story (2008)

R | 119 min | Biography, Drama, Music

A music-infused drama about Joe Meek, the flamboyantly gay, tone deaf, songwriter-producer behind the '60s hits "Have I the Right," "Just Like Eddie," "Johnny, Remember Me" and "Telstar."

Director: Nick Moran | Stars: Con O'Neill, Kevin Spacey, Pam Ferris, JJ Feild

Votes: 1,934

3. Down Argentine Way (1940)

Approved | 89 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical

An American girl on vacation in Argentina falls for a wealthy racehorse owner.

Director: Irving Cummings | Stars: Don Ameche, Betty Grable, Carmen Miranda, Charlotte Greenwood

Votes: 1,365

4. Delightfully Dangerous (1945)

Approved | 92 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

Young Sherry Williams dreams of having a singing career, and she idolizes her older sister Josephine, who has gone to New York to perform on the stage. When Sherry is distraught just before... See full summary »

Director: Arthur Lubin | Stars: Jane Powell, Ralph Bellamy, Constance Moore, Louise Beavers

Votes: 329

5. Beach Ball (1965)

Not Rated | 83 min | Comedy, Musical

Edd Byrnes tries to get an ethnic-music-studies grant to buy instruments for his rock and roll group, the Wigglers. College-finance-committee members Chris Noel, Gail Gilmore, Mikki Jameson... See full summary »

Director: Lennie Weinrib | Stars: Edd Byrnes, Chris Noel, Robert Logan, Aron Kincaid

Votes: 198

6. Swing Parade of 1946 (1946)

Approved | 74 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

A struggling young singer falls for a nightclub owner whose father, a millionaire, is trying to shut it down. Featuring The Three Stooges as waiters.

Director: Phil Karlson | Stars: Gale Storm, Phil Regan, Moe Howard, Larry Fine

Votes: 439

7. Cuban Pete (1946)

Passed | 60 min | Comedy, Music

Unable to complete the deal by telephone, advertising executive Roberts sends his assistant Ann to Cuba to lure a Cuban band, led by Desi Arnaz, on to an American radio program. Attracted ... See full summary »

Director: Jean Yarbrough | Stars: Desi Arnaz, Ethel Smith, Joan Shawlee, Beverly Simmons

Votes: 50

8. Campus Rhythm (1943)

Approved | 63 min | Comedy, Music, Romance

A radio songstress runs away from her sponsor and guardian to enroll in college under an assumed name.

Director: Arthur Dreifuss | Stars: Johnny Downs, Gale Storm, Robert Lowery, Douglas Leavitt

Votes: 138

9. Out of This World (1945)

Approved | 96 min | Comedy, Music, Romance

After struggling to become a success, Betty Miller and her all-girl orchestra finally hit pay dirt when crooner Herbie Fenton comes on board. Problems arise when Betty and her girls try to ... See full summary »

Director: Hal Walker | Stars: Eddie Bracken, Veronica Lake, Diana Lynn, Cass Daley

Votes: 171

10. Hawaiian Nights (1939)

Passed | 65 min | Comedy, Music, Romance

Bandleader Tim Hartley's father objects strongly to his son's occupation choice and packs him off to Hawaii to manage the family hotel holdings. This proves to be a wrong move as Hawaiia has more bands than it does pineapples.

Director: Albert S. Rogell | Stars: Johnny Downs, Constance Moore, Mary Carlisle, Eddie Quillan

Votes: 21

11. George White's Scandals (1945)

Approved | 95 min | Comedy, Music

This Broadway revue is about two love affairs. The romance between the comedienne Joan Mason and Jack Evans of Boston is easily disturbed by Jack's cynical sister Clarabelle Evans, who is ... See full summary »

Director: Felix E. Feist | Stars: Joan Davis, Jack Haley, Phillip Terry, Martha Holliday

Votes: 246

12. The Strip (1951)

Passed | 85 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Drummer Stanley Maxton moves to Los Angeles with dreams of opening his own club, but falls in with a gangster and a nightclub dancer and ends up accused of murder.

Director: László Kardos | Stars: Mickey Rooney, Sally Forrest, William Demarest, James Craig

Votes: 728

13. Swing, Sister, Swing (1938)

Approved | 72 min | Comedy, Music

Broadway press agent Nap Sisler sees a chance to make a national hit with a new dance, "The Baltimore Bubble", created by Greenvale filling-station attendant Johnny Bennett. Nap promotes ... See full summary »

Director: Joseph Santley | Stars: Ken Murray, Johnny Downs, Kathryn Kane, Eddie Quillan

Votes: 22

14. What's Cookin' (1942)

Approved | 69 min | Comedy, Music, Musical

A group of entertainers visit a radio singer's home to try to get her to book them on her show.

Director: Edward F. Cline | Stars: The Andrews Sisters, Patty Andrews, Maxene Andrews, Laverne Andrews

Votes: 94

15. I'll Remember April (1945)

Approved | 63 min | Comedy, Crime, Music

The daughter of a formerly wealthy man tries to get a job singing on a radio show, but gets involved in a feud and murder.

Director: Harold Young | Stars: Gloria Jean, Kirby Grant, Milburn Stone, Edward Brophy

Votes: 45

16. Hit Parade of 1947 (1947)

Passed | 90 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

Four young performers form an act and get a job in a nightclub. Before long, one of them gets the idea that the act is all about him, and his changes to the act to reflect his own ego, ... See full summary »

Director: Frank McDonald | Stars: Eddie Albert, Constance Moore, Joan Edwards, Gil Lamb

Votes: 40

17. Meet the Boy Friend (1937)

Passed | 63 min | Comedy, Music, Romance

A heartthrob singer, Tony Paige, also known as "America's Boyfriend" decides to wed a Swedish actress.

Director: Ralph Staub | Stars: Robert Paige, Carol Hughes, Warren Hymer, Pert Kelton

Votes: 129

18. Sweetheart of Sigma Chi (1946)

Approved | 76 min | Comedy, Music, Romance

The always-welcome Elyse Knox and her All-American footballer turned broadcaster husband Tom Harmon appear together in this film but are not romantically involved, as she is the co-ed "... See full summary »

Directors: Jack Bernhard, William Beaudine | Stars: Phil Regan, Elyse Knox, Phil Brito, Ross Hunter

Votes: 24

19. Rhythm in the Clouds (1937)

Approved | 62 min | Comedy, Music, Musical

Struggling songwriter Judy Walker talks her way into the apartment of a famous composer, and finds that he's on vacation. Homeless and without any money, she decides to stay at his place, making use of all his belongings.

Director: John H. Auer | Stars: Patricia Ellis, Warren Hull, William Newell, Richard Carle

Votes: 240

20. Hi Ya, Sailor (1943)

Approved | 63 min | Comedy, Music, Romance

Bob Jackson and his three Merchant Marine shipmates have each invested $50 in a song Bob has written and which he thinks will be published for a fee of $200. In a taxicab driven by Pat ... See full summary »

Director: Jean Yarbrough | Stars: Donald Woods, Elyse Knox, Eddie Quillan, Frank Jenks

Votes: 22

21. Moonlight in Havana (1942)

Approved | 63 min | Comedy, Music, Sport

Singing Johnny Norton is the star catcher of the Blue Sox baseball team but he is suspended because of insubordination. Producer Barney Crane hears Johnny singing and signs him to appear ... See full summary »

Director: Anthony Mann | Stars: Allan Jones, Jane Frazee, Marjorie Lord, William Frawley

Votes: 55

22. Moonlight in Vermont (1943)

Approved | 62 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

A poor country girl from Vermont travels to New York City to attend a theatrical school.

Director: Edward C. Lilley | Stars: Gloria Jean, Ray Malone, George Dolenz, Fay Helm

Votes: 52

23. Sing for Your Supper (1941)

Passed | 66 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

Evelyn Palmer, a débutante society girl who also is a property landlord, becomes interested in the plight of one of her tenants, a struggling bandleader, to the extent she becomes a hostess... See full summary »

Director: Charles Barton | Stars: Jinx Falkenburg, Charles 'Buddy' Rogers, Bert Gordon, Eve Arden

Votes: 21

24. Cow-Cow Boogie (1943)

Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

The foreman of the "Lazy S Ranch" is getting much work out of his shiftless cowhands until a black cowboy on a donkey comes riding' along singing "Cow Cow Boogie." While his version doesn't... See full summary »

Director: Alex Lovy | Star: King Jackson

Votes: 34

25. Down Memory Lane (1949)

Passed | 70 min | Comedy, History, Music

This film is a compilation, with narration by Steve Allen, of comedies from the old Mack Sennett silent studio. Sennett, himself, appears in a cameo at the end of the film.

Director: Phil Karlson | Stars: Steve Allen, Bing Crosby, W.C. Fields, Franklin Pangborn

Votes: 57

26. 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

27. Doin' the Town (1941)

Approved | 16 min | Short, Musical

In this 1941 Universal Musical short (production number 6224), Ozzie is trying to land a radio program for a big banana company account. He auditions various acts, including Helen singing "... See full summary »

Director: Larry Ceballos | Stars: Ozzie Nelson, Helen Parrish, Billy Lenhart, Kenneth Brown

Votes: 16

28. Sunny Side of the Street (1951)

Passed | 71 min | Comedy, Music, Romance

Ted Mason is a studio guide at CBS Television in Hollywood. His ambition is to get a break and become a headline singer such as 'Frankie Laine (I)', Toni Arden, and Billy Daniels, whom he ... See full summary »

Director: Richard Quine | Stars: Frankie Laine, Billy Daniels, Terry Moore, Jerome Courtland

Votes: 106

29. Caldonia (1945)

Approved | 18 min | Musical, Short

Louis Jordan, with his band, sings and performs the title song, "Caldonia,", and "Honey Child," "Tillie" and 'Buzz Me", wowing the jitter-buggers, zoot suits and bobby-soxers of the mid-... See full summary »

Director: William Forest Crouch | Stars: Louis Jordan, Cab Calloway, Doc Cheatham, Milt Hinton

Votes: 15

30. Give Out, Sisters (1942)

Approved | 65 min | Comedy, Music

Peggy (Peggy Ryan)), a messenger, delivers a telegram to The Flamingo Club where the Andrews Sisters (The Andrews Sisters) and Bob Edwards' Orchestra are appearing. Peggy learns that the ... See full summary »

Director: Edward F. Cline | Stars: Laverne Andrews, Patty Andrews, Maxene Andrews, Grace McDonald

Votes: 64

31. Melody Lane (1941)

Passed | 60 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

J. Roy Thomas, the head of an advertising agency, is getting headaches from trying to find a name-band for a wacky client, McKenzie, who insists on sitting in with the band. As a last ... See full summary »

Director: Charles Lamont | Stars: Judd McMichael, Ted McMichael, Joe McMichael, Mary Lou Cook

Votes: 19

32. Jamboree (1944)

Approved | 71 min | Comedy, Music, Romance

Two bands vying for the same radio spot outwit themselves by impersonating each other.

Director: Joseph Santley | Stars: Ruth Terry, George Byron, Paul Harvey, Edwin Stanley

Votes: 37

33. Swing Out the Blues (1943)

Approved | 73 min | Comedy, Music

A comedy-skit trio , The Vagabonds (Don Cermano, Pete Peterson and Al Torrieri), , are trying to prevent Rich Cleveland (Bob Haymes) from breaking up their partnership when he and socialite... See full summary »

Director: Malcolm St. Clair | Stars: Bob Haymes, Lynn Merrick, Janis Carter, Joyce Compton

Votes: 20

34. Riverboat Rhythm (1946)

Passed | 65 min | Comedy, Music, Romance

Matt Lindsay (Leon Errol) is the captain/owner of a showboat that is on the rocks literally and figuratively. His efforts to raise money to save his boat and troupers get him involved with ... See full summary »

Director: Leslie Goodwins | Stars: Leon Errol, Glen Vernon, Walter Catlett, Marc Cramer

Votes: 73

35. Priorities on Parade (1942)

Approved | 79 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

Troupers (Ann Miller, Johnnie Johnston, Jerry Colonna) put on a swing show in a World War II aircraft plant.

Director: Albert S. Rogell | Stars: Ann Miller, Johnny Johnston, Jerry Colonna, Betty Jane Rhodes

Votes: 38

36. I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby (1940)

Approved | 61 min | Comedy, Music, Romance

When Public Enemy No. 3 Sonny McGann meets composer Bob Gunther, he gets the idea of having Bob write music to a poem he has written about his long-lost sweetheart Sadie McGlonsky. ... See full summary »

Director: Albert S. Rogell | Stars: Broderick Crawford, Jessie Ralph, Johnny Downs, Peggy Moran

Votes: 36

37. Beauty and the Beach (1941)

Approved | 11 min | Short, Music

This Paramount Headliner short (in-house number A1-1) was filmed at Jones Beach and features a background of pretty girls, bathing suits and the ocean. Johnny Long and His Orchestra provide... See full summary »

Director: Leslie M. Roush | Stars: Johnny Long, Johnny Long and His Orchestra, Helen Young, Bob Huston

38. Strictly in the Groove (1942)

Passed | 60 min | Comedy, Music, Mystery

In order to keep their band together, Ozzie Nelson and his orchestra have been flunking their college final examinations for years. Bob Saunders, the new pianist in the band, agrees to fail... See full synopsis »

Director: Vernon Keays | Stars: Mary Healy, Leon Errol, Richard Davies, Franklin Pangborn

Votes: 36

39. Let's Sing a Song from the Movies (1948)

Approved | 11 min | Short, Musical

In this entry from the "Memories from Melody Lane" series, clips from four movie musicals are shown, each featuring a single song. After each song, narrator Art Gilmore invites the audience... See full summary »

Director: Jack Scholl | Stars: The Melody Makers, Art Gilmore, Ethel Waters, Alexis Smith

Votes: 65

40. Hit Parade of 1951 (1950)

Passed | 85 min | Musical

7 tunes enliven a contrived plot: While raising cash to pay a debt, a Vegas gambler tricks a night club crooner there who looks like him to play him for a bit.The gambler's Latina girlfriend opens the eyes of the prissy crooner.

Director: John H. Auer | Stars: John Carroll, Marie McDonald, Estelita Rodriguez, Frank Fontaine

Votes: 22

41. Woody Herman & His Orchestra (1940)

Approved | 9 min | Short, Music

Woody Herman's orchestra plays five tunes, and guest performers sing and dance.

Director: Roy Mack | Stars: Woody Herman and His Orchestra, Lee Wiley, Hal Abbott, Honey Abbott

Votes: 74

42. Rhythm Inn (1951)

Passed | 73 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

A bandleader, desperate to get his band's instruments out of hock, promises the pawnshop clerk--an aspiring songwriter--that he'll let the band's female singer do the clerk's songs at a ... See full summary »

Director: Paul Landres | Stars: Jane Frazee, Kirby Grant, Charles Smith, Lois Collier

Votes: 16

43. Meet the Maestros (1938)

Approved | 11 min | Short, Music

A Headliners short showcasing the contrasting styles of five bands.

Director: Leslie M. Roush | Stars: Isham Jones, Phil Spitalny, Phil Spitalny and His All-Girl Orchestra, Russ Morgan

44. Hal Kemp and His Orchestra (1941)

Approved | 9 min | Short, Music

Hal Kemp leads his orchestra in four popular songs.

Director: Jean Negulesco | Stars: Hal Kemp, Robert Allen, Janet Blair, Randy Brooks

Votes: 35

45. Dance Demons (1957)

Approved | 14 min | Short, Music

Les Brown and his Orchestra provide the music while Jo Ann Greer and 'Butch Stone' sing one each, and Stone and Stumpy Brown do a comic dance, while Lois Ray solos a dance, and 'Page and ... See full summary »

Director: George Robinson | Stars: Les Brown, Les Brown and His Band of Renown, Jo Ann Greer, Butch Stone

46. Community Sing No. 9, Series 7: Rosie the Riveter (1943)

Approved | 9 min | Short, Music

In this entry in Columbia's audience Sing-Along musical shorts, Gene Morgan is on hand for the follow-the-bouncing-ball singing, Don Baker plays the organ, and The Town Criers fill in when ... See full summary »

Director: Ben K. Blake | Stars: Gene Morgan, Don Baker, The Town Criers

47. The Dick Stabile Orchestra (1952)

Approved | 10 min | Short, Music

Thie ten-minute (one-reel) short, released by Columbia Pictures, should not be confused with (nor merged as the same) as the 16-minute (two-reels) short that Universal released in the same ... See full summary »

Director: Ben K. Blake | Stars: Dick Stabile, The Dick Stabile Orchestra, Del Cansino, Madame La Velle

48. Jasper in a Jam (1946)

Approved | 7 min | Animation, Comedy, Short

Jasper, a young black boy, gets trapped inside a pawnshop at midnight. All the musical instruments come to life and play jazz, but a war-whooping, jazz-hating wooden Indian self-animates as well.

Director: Duke Goldstone | Stars: Charlie Barnet, Charlie Barnet and His Orchestra, Peggy Lee

Votes: 136

49. Melody Time (1946)

Approved | 18 min | Short, Music

Tex Beneke, taking over the Glenn Miller orchestra at the request of Miller's widow, leads them in playing most of the Miller-standards, including "Moonlight Serenade" - "in the Mood" -"... See full summary »

Director: Wallace Grissell | Stars: Tex Beneke, Glenn Miller and His Orchestra, Arthur Malvin, Robert Nichols

50. Let's Make Rhythm (1947)

Approved | 20 min | Musical, Short

A sailor on leave (Jay Norris) falls in love with the voice of a juke-box ("soundies"-type box) girl but his friend, not wanting him to get involved, ruins the machine. The Girl (Gail Davis... See full summary »

Director: Wallace Grissell | Stars: Stan Kenton, June Christy, Gail Davis, Jay Norris