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The story of Kurt Weill s...I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Kurt Weill in America 1992
The story of Kurt Weill 's relationship with the American popular theatre. During his years in exile on Broadway, the composer of Mack the Knife and The Alabama Song, who personified decadent Berlin, found a new life in New York, creating such standards as September Song and Speak Low. Director Barrie Gavin describes the film as "the history of an artist ... struggling to write music which could have real meaning for the society he had just joined." Weill is remembered by the conductor Maurice Abravanel and the actor Burgess Meredith and there are extracts from several of his works.
An accountant whose job is about...
A young woman spends much of...Dream Girl 1948
A young woman spends much of her time fantasizing about what might be, but a realistic admirer tries to convince her to live the life she has.
Lovely Linda Mason has crooner Jim...Holiday Inn 1942
Lovely Linda Mason has crooner Jim Hardy head over heels, but suave stepper Ted Hanover wants her for his new dance partner after fickle Lila Dixon gives him the brush. Jim's supper club, Holiday Inn, is the setting for the chase by Hanover and his manager.
An ambitious attorney Edward Norris tries...
A successful lawyer struggles to deal...
The setting is a city block...Street Scene 1931
The setting is a city block during a sweltering summer, where the residents serve as representatives of the not-very-idealized American melting pot. There is idle chitchat, gossip, jealousy, racism, adultery, and suddenly but not unexpectedly, a murder.
Based on the farcical stage play...Oh, Sailor, Behave! 1930
Based on the farcical stage play written by Pulitzer Prize-winning* writer Elmer Rice, Oh, Sailor Behave! is a movie Musical with a split personality. Nanette Dodge (Irene Delroy) falls for newspaper reporter Charlie Carroll (Charles King) who is on assignment in Venice to land an interview with Romanian General Skulany (Noah Beery). Our couple is split apart by a pair of storylines - Nanette tries to woo a Russian prince (Lowell Sherman) who is blackmailing her sister, while Charlie, following a lead to the general, finds himself Romantically involved with Kunegundi (Vivien Oakland), "the general's favorite."
A man is put on trial...
Singer Anna Woodstock loses her voice...
A penniless artist moves into an...Rent Free 1922
A penniless artist moves into an abandoned house, but is discovered by the daughter of its former owner.
Slim Cody works in the movie...
Robert Strickland the selfconfessed murderer of...
