Birth of the Blues 1941  N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Victor Schertzinger
Cast: Bing Crosby, Mary Martin, Brian Donlevy, Carolyn Lee, Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, Jack Teagarden, J. Carrol Naish, Cecil Kellaway, Warren Hymer, Horace McMahon
The music is great, but the story of New Orleans jazz is told from the white–not the African-American–perspective and loses its true meaning in the process.
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New York Town 1941  N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Charles Vidor
Cast: Fred MacMurray, Mary Martin, Robert Preston, Akim Tamiroff, Lynne Overman, Eric Blore, Fuzzy Knight, Cecil Kellaway, Monte Blue, Edward McNamara
Musician Victor Ballard (Fred MacMurray) helps Alexandra Curtis (Mary Martin) who is also poor. Love begins to develop, and she must decide between kindhearted but struggling Victor and wealthy Paul Bryson Jr. (Robert Preston).
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Night and Day 1946 N/R, 128 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Michael Curtiz
Cast: Cary Grant, Monty Woolley, Alexis Smith, Ginny Simms, Mary Martin, Jane Wyman, Eve Arden, Alan Hale, Victor Francen, Dorothy Malone
This biography of Cole Porter is filled with his well-loved tunes such as "Begin the Beguine," "You're the Top," and, of course, "Night and Day."
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Rhythm on the River 1940 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Victor Schertzinger
Cast: Bing Crosby, Mary Martin, Basil Rathbone, Oscar Levant, John Scott Trotter, Charley Grapewin, William Frawley, Jeanne Cagney, Charles(2) Lane, Pierre Watkin
Ghostwriters Bob (Bing Crosby) and Cherry (Mary Martin) have been in the employ of music composer Oliver Courtney (Basil Rathbone). They fall in love and start writing in their own names. Naturally, they come up with a hit, but the story of their efforts is entertaining.
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| 1. Birth of the Blues (1941)
2. New York Town (1941)
3. Night and Day (1946)
4. Rhythm on the River (1940)
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