Dancing Lady 1933  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy / Romance
Director: Robert Z. Leonard
Cast: Joan Crawford, Clark Gable, Franchot Tone, May Robson, Fred Astaire, Robert Benchley, Ted Healy, Nelson Eddy, Lynn Bari, Sterling Holloway, Moe Howard, Curly Howard, Larry Fine
This is Fred Astaire's movie debut, and he shines in this film about an aspiring performer (Joan Crawford) and stage producer Patch Gallagher (Clark Gable) who works toward making her a star. Also featured are the Three Stooges when they were known as "Ted Healy and His Stooges."
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Knickerbocker Holiday 1944  N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Harry Joe Brown
Cast: Nelson Eddy, Charles Coburn, Constance Dowling, Shelley Winters, Ernest Cossart, Percy Kilbride, Otto Kruger, Chester Conklin, Fritz Feld
Relief from the pressures of politicians is what singing newspaper publisher Brom Broeck (Nelson Eddy) wants in this period film that features Charles Coburn as Peter Stuyvesant. The classic song, "September Song" was introduced in this musical.
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Make Mine Music 1946 N/R, 74 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Musical
Director: Various Directors
Cast: Nelson Eddy, Dinah Shore, Jerry Colonna, The Andrews Sisters, Andy Russell, Sterling Holloway, Benny Goodman, Pied Pipers, King's Men, Ken Darby Chorus, Pinto Colvig
This 10-part Disney animated film features music from the Andrews Sisters, Benny Goodman, Dinah Shore, and Nelson Eddy, among others, in various segments.
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Maytime 1937  N/R, 132 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Robert Z. Leonard
Cast: Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy, John Barrymore, Herman Bing, Tom Brown, Lynne Carver, Rafaela Ottiano, Paul Porcasi, Sig Ruman, Harry Davenport
An opera star and a poor singer fall in love in Paris, but she marries her mentor. They later reunite as leads in an opera. This is one of the famed singing duo's best films, with wonderful music, but, of course, a weak story. Based on Sigmund Romberg's Broadway musical, all music was changed except one: "Will You Remember (Sweetheart)."
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 Naughty Marietta 1935 N/R, 106 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: W.S. Van Dyke
Cast: Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy, Frank Morgan, Elsa Lanchester, Douglass Dumbrille, Joseph Cawthorn, Cecilia Parker, Walter Kingsford, Akim Tamiroff, Edward Brophy
Victor Herbert's 1910 operetta is brought to the screen and includes the first-time pairing of Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy. The plot involves a French princess escaping an arranged marriage and fleeing to New Orleans where she meets and falls in love with a dashing mercenary.
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 The Phantom of the Opera 1943 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Drama / Horror / Thriller / Romance / Musical
Director: Arthur Lubin
Cast: Nelson Eddy, Susanna Foster, Claude Rains, Edgar Barrier, Leo Carrillo, Hume Cronyn, J. Edward Bromberg, Fritz Feld, Frank Puglia, Steven Geray, Jane Farrar, Barbara Everest, Fritz Leiber, Gladys Blake, Nicki Andre
This remake of the 1925 movie is the first talkie version of this story. Claude Rains does a good job as the masked Phantom who comes up from the sewers under the Paris Opera House to coach singer Christine (Susanna Foster). He terrorizes the singers and even drugs and strangles the lead singer (Jane Farrar) to ensure that Christine will be given the lead. When Christine fails to appear on the stage, the Phantom causes a giant chandelier to crash on the audience. Now, the Phantom kidnaps Christine who does manage to remove his mask. More terror ensues during the dark chase beneath the opera house to rescue Christine.
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Rose-Marie 1936 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Musical
aka: Indian Love Call
Director: W.S. Van Dyke
Cast: Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy, James Stewart, Reginald Owen, Alan Mowbray, David Niven, George Regas, Robert Greig, Una O'Connor, Lucien Littlefield
Set in the Canadian Rockies, this story involves the romance of a Royal Canadian Mounted Policeman, Sergeant Bruce (Nelson Eddy), and the beautiful Marie de Flor (Jeanette MacDonald) who find love despite Marie's criminal brother.
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That's Entertainment, Part II 1976  G, 130 min.
Genre: Family / Documentary / Musical / Comedy / Drama
Director: Gene Kelly
Cast: Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, Judy Garland, Mickey Rooney, Clark Gable, Bing Crosby, Robert Taylor, Kathryn Grayson, Doris Day, Jeanette MacDonald, Greer Garson, Nelson Eddy, Leslie Caron, Ann Miller, Ann Sothern
Hosts Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly introduce classic M.G.M. film clips in this well-made documentary filled with snapshots of film history that include musicals, dramas, and comedies.
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| 1. Dancing Lady (1933)
2. Knickerbocker Holiday (1944)
3. Make Mine Music (1946)
4. Maytime (1937)
5. Naughty Marietta (1935)
6. The Phantom of the Opera (1943)
7. Rose-Marie (1936)
aka: Indian Love Call
8. That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)
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