
Symphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Life
A rising nineteen-year-old singer by the name of Billie Holiday made her screen debut in this musical landmark, which features Duke Ellington and his orchestra performing his symphonic jazz piece…

Shipmates Forever
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…

The Nitwits
A would-be songwriter and a would-be inventor run a cigar stand and get mixed up in the murder of a song publisher.

A Night at the Opera
The Marx Brothers take on high society and the opera world to bring two lovers together. A sly business manager and two wacky friends of two opera singers help them…

Naughty Marietta
In order to avoid a prearranged marriage, a rebellious French princess sheds her identity and escapes to colonial New Orleans, where she finds an unlikely true love.

Mississippi
A young pacifist after refusing on principle to defend her sweetheart’s honor and being banished in disgrace, joins a riverboat troupe as a singer, acquires a reputation as a crackshot…

Hooray for Love
A wealthy young man falls hard for a beautiful showgirl, and her wily father quickly realizes the naïve boy would make the perfect investor for his daughter’s new show. Comedy…

Goin’ to Town
When her fiancé is killed, dancehall queen Cleo Borden inherits his wealth. Included are oil wells overseen by British engineer Carrington, whom Cleo sets out to win by becoming a…

Go Into Your Dance
An irresponsible Broadway star gets mixed up with gambling and gangsters.

Cheer Up
An impoverished team of composer and songwriter try to secure financial backing for their new musical, with the assistance of a struggling actress working as a housemaid.

Broadway Melody of 1936
Lovely, gifted Irene Foster hopes that her childhood sweetheart-turned Broadway producer Robert Gordon will recognize her–and her talent. Gordon is too busy sparring with a dirt-dishing gossip columnist to notice,…

Bright Lights
Husband-and-wife vaudeville stars separate when success goes to his head.

We’re Not Dressing
Beautiful high society type Doris Worthington is entertaining guests on her yacht in the Pacific when it hits a reef and sinks. She makes her way to an island with…

Sweet Adeline
In 1898, composer Sid Barnett manages to get his sweetheart, Adeline the beer-garden singer, to sing the lead in his new Broadway operetta; this infuriates Elysia, the erstwhile star. But…

Strictly Dynamite
A failed poet ends up becoming a gag writer for a bombastic comedian.

Hollywood Party
Jimmy Durante is jungle movie star Schnarzan the Conqueror, but the public is tiring of his fake lions. When Baron Munchausen comes to town with real man-eating lions, Durante throws…

Hips, Hips, Hooray!
Hips, Hips, Hooray! is a 1934 slapstick comedy film starring Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, Ruth Etting, Thelma Todd, and Dorothy Lee.

Flirtation Walk
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…

Fashions of 1934
When the Manhattan investment firm of Sherwood Nash goes broke, he joins forces with his partner Snap and fashion designer Lynn Mason to provide discount shops with cheap copies of…




















