Ruby Keeler, born Ethel Hilda Keeler, (August 25, 1910 – February 28, 1993) was an actress, singer, and dancer most famous for her on-screen coupling with Dick Powell in a string of successful early musicals at Warner Brothers, particularly 42nd Street (1933). From 1928 to 1940, she was married to legendary singer Al Jolson. She retired from show business in the 1940s but made a widely publicized comeback on Broadway in 1971.
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Comedy · Drama
Broadway director Julian Marsh needs just one more hit show so he can retire and recover his health. It looks like he just may pull it off until temperamental star Dorthy Brock breaks her ankle on the eve of the show's premiere and has to be replaced by her understudy Peggy.
6.91933
Comedy · Drama
When all Broadway shows are shut down during the Depression, a trio of desperate showgirls scheme to bilk a repugnant high society man of his money to keep their show going.
7.21933
Comedy · Music
A fledgling producer finds himself at odds with his workers, financiers and his greedy ex-wife when he tries to produce live musicals for movie-going audiences.
6.81933
Romance · Music
A reformer's daughter wins the lead role in a scandalous Broadway show.
6.51934
Comedy · Talk
The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June 20, 1948 to Sunday June 6, 1971, and was hosted by New York entertainment columnist Ed Sullivan. It was replaced in September 1971 by the CBS Sunday Night Movie, which ran only one season and was eventually replaced by other shows. In 2002, The Ed Sullivan Show was ranked #15 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.
6.81948
Documentary · Music
A documentary film about dancing on the screen, from its origins after the invention of the movie camera, over the movie musical from the late 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s, and 60s, up to the break dance and music videos from the 80s.
6.91985
Talk
The Dick Cavett Show has been the title of several talk shows hosted by Dick Cavett on various television networks.
6.81968
Music · Romance
A private stationed in Hawaii gets involved with the general's engaged daughter. In order to avoid a scandal, the pair break up, but meet again years later when he's at West Point producing the annual play that turns out to star her.
5.81934
Comedy · Music
A group of stable hands is given a race horse when its owner retires from the business. They raise money to run the horse in the Hollywood Derby at Santa Anita race track. Many Hollywood personalities attend the event.
4.81938
Comedy
A rock band is invented by the government as a cover to find hostages in a remote castle in Albania held by communist enemies of the USA.
3.61970
Comedy · Drama
Broadway director Julian Marsh needs just one more hit show so he can retire and recover his health. It looks like he just may pull it off until temperamental star Dorthy Brock breaks her ankle on the eve of the show's premiere and has to be replaced by her understudy Peggy.
6.91933
Comedy · Drama
When all Broadway shows are shut down during the Depression, a trio of desperate showgirls scheme to bilk a repugnant high society man of his money to keep their show going.
7.21933
Comedy · Music
A fledgling producer finds himself at odds with his workers, financiers and his greedy ex-wife when he tries to produce live musicals for movie-going audiences.
6.81933
Romance · Music
A reformer's daughter wins the lead role in a scandalous Broadway show.
6.51934
Documentary · Music
A documentary film about dancing on the screen, from its origins after the invention of the movie camera, over the movie musical from the late 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s, and 60s, up to the break dance and music videos from the 80s.
6.91985
Music · Romance
A private stationed in Hawaii gets involved with the general's engaged daughter. In order to avoid a scandal, the pair break up, but meet again years later when he's at West Point producing the annual play that turns out to star her.
5.81934
Comedy · Music
A group of stable hands is given a race horse when its owner retires from the business. They raise money to run the horse in the Hollywood Derby at Santa Anita race track. Many Hollywood personalities attend the event.
4.81938
Comedy
A rock band is invented by the government as a cover to find hostages in a remote castle in Albania held by communist enemies of the USA.
3.61970
Comedy
A rich young boy arranges to be kidnapped so he'll get more attention from his parents.
5.01989
Comedy · Drama
Broadway actress leaves New York to become a star in Hollywood, and succeeds despite sleazy directors and her own ego.
5.81930
Documentary · History
Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American entertainment industry during the Great Depression.
Romance · Comedy
Two starving songwriters will only get funding if they get British actress Jane Clarke to star in their show.
5.41937
Documentary
Short documentary about the Great Depression's impact on film, specifically Berkeley musicals.
Family · Documentary
A TV special on the 100th anniversary of the birth of film.
Romance · Drama
A financially-strapped mother and her children relocate from the city to a small rural town.
6.01938
Comedy · Talk
The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June 20, 1948 to Sunday June 6, 1971, and was hosted by New York entertainment columnist Ed Sullivan. It was replaced in September 1971 by the CBS Sunday Night Movie, which ran only one season and was eventually replaced by other shows. In 2002, The Ed Sullivan Show was ranked #15 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.
6.81948
Talk
The Dick Cavett Show has been the title of several talk shows hosted by Dick Cavett on various television networks.
6.81968
Talk
The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway theatre. The awards are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual ceremony in New York City. The awards are given for Broadway productions and performances, and an award is given for regional theatre.
1956
Drama · Music
An admiral's son with no interest in carrying on the family tradition is a successful crooner. He finally joins the Navy to prove he can, but with no real love in it.
6.61935
Music · Drama
An irresponsible Broadway star gets mixed up with gambling and gangsters.
7.21935
Music
A musical which begins with six men and a woman singing; then a dance number; finally, the six men and woman sing again.
5.81942
Drama · Romance
Musical about dingaling millionaire businessman Cedric Ames and his various employees
5.81936
Comedy · Romance
Ruby Keeler teams with the Nelsons (of TV and radio fame) as the singer in Ozzie's band. The setting is a college campus which is suffering from monetary woes, but somehow Ozzie's band manages to attract enough attention to increase the enrollment and keep the school from having to shut down.
5.81941
Music
Students at New York's Rovina Finishing School for Girls send their photographs to the makers of Claybury's Beauty Soap, in the hope of being chosen as "Miss Complexion of 1934." Martha Howson wins the contest, which includes a trip to Hollywood and a tour of the Warner Brothers lot with Lyle Talbot. When she gets to the studio, all she wants to do is meet Dick Powell, star of the new Warner Brothers film Dames (1934).
7.01934
