Music for Millions
Six-year-old “Mike” goes to live with her pregnant older sister, Babs, who plays string bass in José Iturbi’s orchestra. And the orchestra is rapidly turning completely female, what with the…
What! No Beer?
When Prohibition ends, a barber tries to get in the liquor business only to come up against mobsters.
The Great Rupert
Shortly before Christmas, a family moves into an apartment where Rupert the squirrel lives in the attic rafters. Just as it seems that the holiday will come and go without…
It Happened in Brooklyn
Danny has been in the army for 4 years, yet all he thinks about is Brooklyn and how great it is. When he returns after the war, he soon finds…
Speak Easily
On an Island with You
A young navy lieutenant is brought in as technical adviser on a song-dance-and-swim film being made by screen star Rosalind Reynolds. Having once done a number with her at a…
Sally, Irene and Mary
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.
Hollywood Party
Jimmy Durante is jungle star Schnarzan the Conqueror, but the public is tiring of his fake lions. So when Baron Munchausen comes to town with real man-eating lions, Durante throws…
This Time for Keeps
An ex-GI falls for a bathing beauty.
Meet the Baron
A charlatan posing as Baron Munchhausen is invited to be guest speaker at a girls’ school.
The Man Who Came to Dinner
An acerbic critic wreaks havoc when a hip injury forces him to move in indefinitely with a Midwestern family.
Strictly Dynamite
A failed poet ends up becoming a gag writer for a bombastic comedian.
Two Sisters from Boston
Abigail Chandler has written her stuffy Boston relatives that she’s a successful opera singer in New York. In reality, she works at a burlesque house and is billed as High-C…
Frosty the Snowman
A discarded silk top-hat becomes the focus of a struggle between a washed-up stage magician and a group of schoolchildren, after it magically brings a snowman to life. Realizing that…
Billy Rose’s Jumbo
The daughter of a circus owner fights to save her father from a takeover spearheaded by the man she loves.
Blondie of the Follies
New York City tenement dwelling neighbors Blondie and Lottie are longtime best friends. When Lottie makes the cast of the Follies and moves up in the world, she arranges for…