Movies: Ruby Keeler

A producer puts on what may be his last Broadway show, and at the last moment a chorus girl has to replace the star....

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....

During the Great Depression, all Broadway shows are closed down. A group of desperate unemployed showgirls find hope when a wealthy songwriter invests in a musical starring them, against the wishes of his high society brother. Thus start Carol, Trixi...

A documentary film about dancing on the screen, from it's orgins 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 the music videos from the 80s....

A reformer's daughter wins the lead role in a scandalous Broadway show....

Two starving songwriters will only get funding if they get British actress Jane Clarke to star in their show....

Orphaned horse-trainer's little daughter has reciprocated bond with horse, which needs her presence to win races....

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....

A rich young boy arranges to be kidnapped so he'll get more attention from his parents....

Broadway actress leaves New York to become a star in Hollywood, and succeeds despite sleazy directors and her own ego....

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....

A financially-strapped mother and her children relocate from the city to a small rural town....

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....

An irresponsible Broadway star gets mixed up with gambling and gangsters....

Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American entertainment industry during the Great Depression....

Making-of documentary about the 1933 musical, 42nd Street....

Musical about dingaling millionaire businessman Cedric Ames and his various employees...

The process by which girls are chosen for chorus line members in movie musical is shown. Numbers from popular 1930s musicals are then presented. These include "Don't Say Goodnight" from Wonder Bar (1934); "Lullaby of Broadway" from Gold Diggers of 19...

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 an...

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 ...