Jump, jive, and bebop to some of the biggest hits of 1940s and 50s with this collection of musical shorts featuring such...
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2007
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Judy Garland: Duets collects several television appearances by the singer in which she performs with fellow celebrities. The...
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2005
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From Kultur comes this documentary that looks at the Harlem Renaissance through the music that defined the era. Harlem...
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2004
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Sony Wonder presents this collection of Sesame Street clips starring the furry blue monster Grover. Sesame Street: A...
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2004
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Classic performance footage of some of the great women of jazz from the 1930s and '40s appears on this home-video collection....
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2004
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Songwriter Harold Arlen is the subject of this documentary. Arlen wrote several songs for famous artists, but remained in the...
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1999
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In 1974, MGM Studios released its first compilation of musical highlights from 45 years of Hollywood extravaganzas. Entitled...
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Host
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1994
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See one of the truly great women of American song, Lena Horne, performing live in this concert video taped in 1994. ~ Mark...
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Musical Performer
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1994
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Lena Horne (playing herself, of course) arrives at Hillman to dedicate a scholarship in her grandmother's name. In honor of...
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1993
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The 1940s was a monumental decade for the United States. Amid World War II, economic recovery, and the start of the Cold...
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1991
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Review the history of black show-business. Music, dance and comic routines are featured in this six volume set. ~ Rovi...
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1991
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Join Big Bird as he leads Snuffy on a silly trip through the alphabet. Cookie Monster sings about his favorite letter in "C...
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1990
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Narrated by Burt Lancaster, Benny Carter: Symphony in Riffs provides a comprehensive overview of the life and career of jazz...
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1989
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1989
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See some of the greatest early blues and jazz singers do their stuff in this series of three short films: "St. Louis Blues...
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1986
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Volume 2 of this 2 video set feature title and film selections from black jazz bands such as Hot Chocolate (Ellington 1941),...
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1986
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Join in the fun with classic moments from "Veterinarian's Hospital" and "Pigs in Space" and all were found while Kermit and...
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1985
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Although Cliff (Bill Cosby) has perenially guessed what he will receive for his birthday, this year Clair (Phylicia Rashad)...
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1985
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In the early days of cinema, characters were broadly sketched. Villains sported dark circles under their eyes and ingénues...
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1985
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1985
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1984
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Sidney Lumet's The Wiz is the film version of the popular Broadway musical that retells the events of L. Frank Baum's classic...
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Glinda the Good
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1978
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Lamont (Demond Wilson) mistakenly believes that the doctor has given Fred (Redd Foxx) a few months to live (actually Fred has...
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Herself
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1975
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While on a tour of NBC's Burbank studios, Fred Sanford (Redd Foxx) sets eyes upon "the first lady of his dreams," the...
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Herself
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1973
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Famed anonymous director Alan Smithee (in this case a hybrid of Richard Totten and Don Siegel), directed this turgid western...
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Claire Quintana
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1969
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1962
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Francis Albert Sinatra (1915-1998) went a long way for a kid from Hoboken, NJ. He became one of the world's most admired...
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1960
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Produced for the Armed Forces overseas, this is a holiday spectacular created for Christmas. Fifty of the top stars of...
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1958
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A whole slew of guest stars makes Meet Me in Las Vegas a special treat for movie buffs. The central plot concerns wealthy...
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1956
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1950
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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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Herself
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1948
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MGM's Till the Clouds Roll By is the musicalized, and highly fictionalized, life story of beloved composer Jerome Kern, who...
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1946
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The presence of William Powell as legendary showman Flo Ziegfeld at the beginning of Ziegfeld Follies might lead an...
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1946
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As this short opens, Teddy Wilson and his orchestra are finishing up their last gig of the night at a swank café. As the band...
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1944
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The plot of the overinflated MGM musical Broadway Rhythm can be summed up briefly: Musical comedy producer Jonnie Demming...
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Fernway de la Fer
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1944
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Two Girls and a Sailor is another of those all-star, no-plot wartime musicals turned out by the bushel basket in the 1940s....
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Specialty
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1944
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In most of his movie vehicles, bandleader Kay Kyser played a bandleader named Kay Kyser. In Swing Fever, however, Kyser is...
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Herself
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1943
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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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1943
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Built around the premise of a Big Stage Show, Stormy Weather affords rare "mainstream" leading roles to some of the era's...
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Selina Rogers
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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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Herself
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1943
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MGM knew it would take a bath on its all-black musical Cabin in the Sky (few Southern theaters of 1943 would touch the film),...
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Georgia Brown
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1943
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1942
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Also known as The Duke Is Tops, this is one of the best examples of the many all-black films made in the 1930s for what were...
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Ethel
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1938
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This musical release from beloved TV entertainer Andy Williams offers a unique collection of musical performances from The...
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