Deep in My Heart 1954  N/R, 130 min.
Genre: Musical / Drama / Comedy
Director: Stanley Donen
Cast: Jose Ferrer, Merle Oberon, Helen Traubel, Doe Avedon, Walter Pidgeon, Paul Henreid, Tamara Toumanova, Jim Backus, Gene Kelly, Russ Tamblyn, Paul Stewart, Isobel Elsom, Rosemary Clooney, Jane Powell, Ann Miller
Jose Ferrer is excellent in his role as Sigmund Romberg who comes to the United States in 1909 and begins his song-writing career in New York City. He is encouraged by Anna Mueller (Helen Traubel), and 40 years later he has written more than 2,000 songs as well as the scores for more than 80 plays, musical shows, and operettas–including "The Student Prince" and "The Desert Song." Romberg's songs, performed by musical stars, highlight this biography of his rise to fame and fortune.
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Here Come the Girls 1953 N/R, 77 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Claude Binyon
Cast: Bob Hope, Tony Martin, Arlene Dahl, Rosemary Clooney, William Demarest, Fred Clark, Robert Strauss, Millard Mitchell, Frank Orth, Johnny Downs
Stanley Snodgrass (Bob Hope) becomes the star of a Broadway musical–although he is unaware that he is being set up as bait to trap a murderer.
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Red Garters 1954  N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy
Director: George Marshall
Cast: Rosemary Clooney, Jack Carson, Guy Mitchell, Pat Crowley, Joanne Gilbert, Gene Barry, Cass Daley, Frank Faylen, Reginald Owen, Buddy Ebsen, Richard Hale
In this musical spoof on Westerns, Reb Randall (Guy Mitchell) sets out to avenge his brother's murder. He arrives in the small town of Paradise Lost and does find his brother's killer, but there is plenty of music and romance along the trail.
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The Stars Are Singing 1953 N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Norman Taurog
Cast: Rosemary Clooney, Anna Maria Alberghetti, Lauritz Melchoir, Bob Williams, Fred Clark, Lloyd Corrigan, John Archer, Mikhail Rasumny, Don Wilson, Tom Morton
Katri Walenska (Anna Maria Alberghetti) illegally enters the country, and Terry Brennan (Rosemary Clooney) and her friends try to hide her from immigration authorities.
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White Christmas 1954  N/R, 120 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy / Romance
Director: Michael Curtiz
Cast: Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Dean Jagger, Rosemary Clooney, Vera-Ellen, Grady Sutton, Sig Ruman, Mary Wickes, John Brascia, Anne Whitfield, Herb Vigran, Joe Ploski, George Chakiris, I. Stanford Jolley, Barrie Chase
Irving Berlin songs are the real draw in this film as Phil and Bob (Danny Kaye and Bing Crosby) come to the aid of their ex-military boss Maj. Gen. Waverly (Dean Jagger) who needs a boost in his struggling winter resort. Accompanied by singing sisters Betty and Judy (Rosemary Clooney and Vera-Ellen), Phil and Bob travel to Vermont and make plans to put on a musical show to raise needed funds for Waverly. Songs include "White Christmas," "Sisters," and "Blue Skies"–and "Count Your Blessings Instead of Sheep" was nominated for an Oscar for Best Song.
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| 1. Deep in My Heart (1954)
2. Here Come the Girls (1953)
3. Red Garters (1954)
4. The Stars Are Singing (1953)
5. White Christmas (1954)
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