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1. King of Jazz (1930)

Passed | 99 min | Comedy, Musical

American Pre-Code color film starring Paul Whiteman and his Jazz orchestra.

Directors: John Murray Anderson, Walter Lantz | Stars: Paul Whiteman, John Boles, Laura La Plante, Jeanette Loff

Votes: 1,611

2. Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1938)

Approved | 81 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

Rebecca's Uncle Harry leaves her with Aunt Miranda who forbids her to associate with show people. But neighbor Anthony Kent is a talent scout who secretly sets it up for her to become a radio broadcaster.

Director: Allan Dwan | Stars: Shirley Temple, Randolph Scott, Jack Haley, Gloria Stuart

Votes: 1,923

3. Love Is News (1937)

Approved | 77 min | Comedy, Romance

A financier's daughter spars with a newspaper reporter: he by writing about her, she by announcing their engagement.

Director: Tay Garnett | Stars: Tyrone Power, Loretta Young, Don Ameche, Slim Summerville

Votes: 935

4. Pigskin Parade (1936)

Passed | 93 min | Comedy, Musical, Sport

Married coaches Slug and Bessie find hillbilly football tosser Amos and the team gets invited to the Yale Bowl.

Director: David Butler | Stars: Stuart Erwin, Patsy Kelly, Jack Haley, The Yacht Club Boys

Votes: 792

5. That's Entertainment! III (1994)

G | 113 min | Documentary, Family, Musical

Third installment in the "That's Entertainment" series, featuring scenes from "The Hollywood Revue of 1929," "Brigadoon," "Singin' In The Rain," and many more MGM films.

Directors: Bud Friedgen, Michael J. Sheridan | Stars: Debbie Reynolds, Gene Kelly, Ann Miller, Mickey Rooney

Votes: 1,771 | Gross: $0.27M

6. Stefano Junior (1969)

35 min | Short | Completed

Stefano is the younger son in a family who lives in the outskirts of Rome. He's been expelled at school, and is starting to work at a newsstand. A poetic look at the life and responsibilities of a poor kid in late-60s Italy.

Director: Maurizio Ponzi | Stars: Massimo Martini, Stefano Ardinzone, Agnese Pittaluga, Carlo Marotti

7. Ali Baba Goes to Town (1937)

Passed | 81 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Musical

A movie company is doing the Arabian Nights when a hobo enters their camp, falls asleep and dreams he's back in Baghdad as advisor to the Sultan. In a spoof of Rosevelt's New Deal, he ... See full summary »

Director: David Butler | Stars: Eddie Cantor, Tony Martin, Roland Young, June Lang

Votes: 609

8. Sensations of 1945 (1944)

Approved | 86 min | Music, Romance

Father and son press agents fail to see things eye to eye, in the final screen appearance of comedian W.C. Fields.

Director: Andrew L. Stone | Stars: Eleanor Powell, Dennis O'Keefe, C. Aubrey Smith, Eugene Pallette

Votes: 184

9. You Can't Have Everything (1937)

Passed | 100 min | Comedy, Music, Mystery

Starving playwright Judith Wells meets playboy writer of musicals George Macrae over a plate of stolen spaghetti. He persuades producer Sam Gordon to buy her ridiculous play "North Winds" ... See full summary »

Director: Norman Taurog | Stars: Alice Faye, The Ritz Brothers, Don Ameche, Charles Winninger

Votes: 275

10. Berth Marks (1929)

Passed | 19 min | Short, Comedy

Taking the train to a show in Pottsville, musicians Stanley and Oliver run into trouble once settled in their sleeping car berth.

Director: Lewis R. Foster | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Harry Bernard, Sammy Brooks

Votes: 1,566

11. Sing, Baby, Sing (1936)

Approved | 90 min | Comedy, Music, Romance

Nightclub singer Joan Warren's agent Nicky puts her into situations designed to advance her career.

Director: Sidney Lanfield | Stars: Alice Faye, Adolphe Menjou, Gregory Ratoff, Ted Healy

Votes: 148

12. Little Miss Broadway (1938)

Passed | 72 min | Drama, Family, Musical

An orphan is provisionally adopted by the manager of a hotel populated by show-business people. The hotel's owner doesn't like the entertainers and wants the girl returned to the orphanage.

Director: Irving Cummings | Stars: Shirley Temple, George Murphy, Jimmy Durante, Phyllis Brooks

Votes: 951

13. George White's 1935 Scandals (1935)

Approved | 84 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

Vacationing Broadway producer George White stops off in a small Georgia town to send a telegram and, seeing his name in lights on a local theater, is scandalized over the unauthorized use. ... See full summary »

Directors: George White, Harry Lachman, James Tinling | Stars: Alice Faye, James Dunn, Ned Sparks, Lyda Roberti

Votes: 189

14. Submarine Patrol (1938)

Passed | 95 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A naval officer is demoted for negligence and put in command of a run-down submarine chaser and with a motley crew.

Director: John Ford | Stars: Richard Greene, Nancy Kelly, Preston Foster, George Bancroft

Votes: 287

15. George White's Scandals (1934)

Passed | 1 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

Opening with a credit line that reads "Entire production conceived, created and directed by George White," a film evolves where the only plot line is a thin backstage romance between Jimmy ... See full summary »

Directors: Thornton Freeland, Harry Lachman, George White | Stars: Rudy Vallee, Jimmy Durante, Alice Faye, Adrienne Ames

Votes: 107

16. Our Little Girl (1935)

Approved | 65 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

A troubled child tries to patch up her parents' broken marriage by running away.

Director: John S. Robertson | Stars: Shirley Temple, Rosemary Ames, Joel McCrea, Lyle Talbot

Votes: 545

17. They Learned About Women (1930)

Passed | 95 min | Musical, Drama

When Jack and Jerry are not playing professional baseball with the Blue Sox, they are packing them in on the Vaudeville circuit. Jack is engaged to Mary, but a gold digger named Daisy has ... See full summary »

Directors: Jack Conway, Sam Wood | Stars: Gus Van, Joe Schenck, Bessie Love, Mary Doran

Votes: 266

18. Sally, Irene and Mary (1938)

Approved | 86 min | Comedy, Music, Romance

Manicurists Sally, Irene, and Mary hope to be Broadway entertainers. When Mary inherits an old ferry boat, they turn it into a successful supper club.

Director: William A. Seiter | Stars: Alice Faye, Tony Martin, Fred Allen, Jimmy Durante

Votes: 132

19. George White's Scandals (1945)

Approved | 95 min | Comedy, Music

This Broadway revue is about two love affairs. The romance between the comedienne Joan Mason and Jack Evans of Boston is easily disturbed by Jack's cynical sister Clarabelle Evans, who is ... See full summary »

Director: Felix E. Feist | Stars: Joan Davis, Jack Haley, Phillip Terry, Martha Holliday

Votes: 244

20. Wake Up and Live (1937)

Passed | 91 min | Comedy, Music, Romance

Satire on radio, built around the supposed feud between bandleader Ben Bernie and journalist Walter Winchell.

Director: Sidney Lanfield | Stars: Walter Winchell, Ben Bernie, Alice Faye, Patsy Kelly

Votes: 159

21. Hell in the Heavens (1934)

Approved | 79 min | Drama, War

During World War I, an American pilot vows to bring down the German ace responsible for his friend's death.

Director: John G. Blystone | Stars: Warner Baxter, Conchita Montenegro, Russell Hardie, Herbert Mundin

Votes: 46

22. Marie Galante (1934)

Approved | 88 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller

Marie is kidnapped and taken aboard ship, then thrown off at Yucatan. She winds up singing in a café in the Panama Canal zone. There she gets involved in a plot to destroy the canal and runs into American intelligence officer Crawbett.

Director: Henry King | Stars: Spencer Tracy, Ketti Gallian, Ned Sparks, Helen Morgan

Votes: 408

23. My Lucky Star (1938)

Approved | 83 min | Comedy, Music, Romance

The son (Romero) of a department store owner enrolls the store's sports clerk (Henie) at a university to use her as an advertisement for their fashion department. She falls for a teacher (Greene) and gets expelled.

Director: Roy Del Ruth | Stars: Sonja Henie, Richard Greene, Joan Davis, Cesar Romero

Votes: 211

24. Honky Tonk (1929)

Passed | 71 min | Drama

Nightclub hostess Sophie Leonard educates her daughter Beth abroad and keeps her life secret for her. But suddenly the daughter shows up.

Director: Lloyd Bacon | Stars: Sophie Tucker, Lila Lee, Audrey Ferris, Tom Keene

Votes: 21

25. The Affair of Susan (1935)

Passed | 62 min | Comedy, Romance

Two people go to Coney Island to find romance and wind up in jail.

Director: Kurt Neumann | Stars: Zasu Pitts, Hugh O'Connell, Walter Catlett, Tom Dugan

Votes: 32

26. Hold That Co-ed (1938)

Passed | 80 min | Comedy, Sport

While running for governor, a politician aids a needy college by plotting to assure victory for their football team. Thought to be a parody of Huey Long and his machine.

Director: George Marshall | Stars: John Barrymore, George Murphy, Marjorie Weaver, Joan Davis

Votes: 207