This formula Esther Williams musical casts the star as Midwestern carnival swimmer Christine Duncan, in love with bandleader...
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1950
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When an actor attempts to produce an elaborate movie, disaster ensues. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi...
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1946
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Originally titled simply Sensations, this musical comedy was the final starring film for dancer Eleanor Powell and the final...
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Ginny Walker
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1944
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Storywise, Thousands Cheer is thin stuff indeed. Insouciant PFC Eddy Marsh (Gene Kelly) wants to put on a Big Show for his...
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Herself
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1943
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In later years, director Vincente Minnelli would dismiss I Dood It as his worst picture, though a more deserving candidate...
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Constance Shaw
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1943
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This musical -- a concoction of comedy, songs, dancing, and war-time patriotism mixed together with a spy spoof plot -- opens...
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Tallulah Winters
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1942
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The 1924 George Gershwin stage hit Lady Be Good was brought to the screen by MGM; any resemblance (beyond the Gershwin score)...
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Marilyn Marsh
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1941
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MGM's third follow-up to its landmark Broadway Melody is short on story, but that's okay, since the plot is merely a...
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Clara Bennett
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1940
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George Burns and Gracie Allen made their last screen appearance together in the 1939 MGM musical Honolulu; indeed, it would...
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Dorothy March
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1939
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Princess Rosalie
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1938
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This third entry in MGM's "Broadway Melody" series may not have been the biggest or best, but thanks to a masterpiece of...
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Sally Lee
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1937
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A never-completed stage musical was the source for the MGM superproduction Born to Dance. The plot is another...
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Nora Paige
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1936
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Broadway producer George White, who was the title character of 1934's George White's Scandals, heads for Florida following...
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1935
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The Broadway Melody of 1936 was designed as the first of many annual follow-ups to "MGM"'s early-talkie triumph...
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Irene Foster
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1935
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Legendary Broadway impresario George White made his Hollywood debut with this musical, which he wrote, co-directed, and...
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1934
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