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1) Grace notes
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 43 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Rare musical performances: Django Reinhardt with Stéphane Grapelli and the Quintet of the Hot Club of France in Jazz hot (1939), Duke Ellington and the Cotton Club Orchestra featured in Black and tan (1929), Louis Armstrong in Copenhagen, 1934, and a 1929 performance from the Utica Jubilee Singers.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 62 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
One of Hollywood's earliest -- and most peculiar -- musicals, The Great Gabbo stars von Stroheim as an egotistical ventriloquist who casts a Svengali-like spell upon an ingenue (Betty Compson), against a backdrop of singularly strange numbers (including "Icky" and the spider-and-fly-themed "Caught in a Web"). Director James Cruze (The Covered Wagon) allowed von Stroheim to endow the character with his signature flourishes, resulting in a wicked cocktail...
Publisher
NYX Channel
Pub. Date
1951.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (94 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
Français
Description
Fred Astaire and Jane Powell star as a brother and sister dance team that is invited to England to perform at the same time as the royal wedding of Princess Elizabeth.
4) Persuade me
Series
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 80 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Eleven films designed to influence, including a vintage promotional film of a French-dubbed Laurel & Hardy, theatrical advertisements featuring Michel Simon and Jacques Tati, a 1938 George Pal puppet animation, three WW-II era musical shorts, two political campaign films, and the National Film registry selection Master Hands, a paean to the 1936 Chevrolet automobile.
5) La France
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 102 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
Français
Description
An intoxicating blend of wartime romance and brightly colored musical, the film depicts an original world "where Bresson meets the Beatles" (Variety).
7) La Habanera
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 93 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
Deutsch
Description
Legendary director Douglas Sirk's (Written on the wind, Imitation of life) La Habanera is a lushly poetic and boldly modern musical drama decades ahead of its time. Working at Germany's famed UFA Studios (Metropolis), under the very noses of the Nazi authorities that would later force him into Hollywood exile and eminence, Sirk transformed a glossy musical vehicle for UFA's "new Garbo" Zarah Leander into a dark and intimate anti-colonial melodrama....
9) Girl happy
Publisher
Warner Brothers Entertainment, Inc
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A pop singer is forced to chaperone a group of college girls. Includes original theatrical trailer.
Language
English
Description
Eccentric inventor Caractacus Potts creates an extraordinary car called Chitty chitty bang bang. It not only drives--but also flies and floats--as it leads him, his two children and his beautiful lady friend, Truly Scrumptious into a magical world of pirates, castles and adventure. There, the group encounter a host of unforgettable characters, including Baron Bomburst of Vulgaria, his persnickety wife, a lovable village toymaker and an evil child...
12) The Muppet movie
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Language
English
Formats
Description
Celebrate The Nearly 35th Anniversary of the ultimate frogs-to-riches story with the one that started it all. Kermit and Fozzie travel to Hollywood to hit it big as stars. They're joined on the way by Miss Piggy and numerous other familiar faces.
13) Hearts Beat Loud
Publisher
Gunpowder & Sky
Language
English
Formats
Description
In the hip Brooklyn neighborhood of Red Hook, single dad and record store owner Frank (Nick Offerman) is preparing to send his hard-working daughter Sam (Kiersey Clemons) off to college, while being forced to close his shop. Hoping to stay connected through their shared musical passions, Frank urges Sam to turn their weekly "jam sesh" into a father-daughter live act. After their first song becomes an Internet breakout, the two embark on a journey...
14) Hello, Dolly
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003]
Edition
Widescreen edition.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (148 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Musical set in the 1890's about a professional matchmaker who meets her match.
15) West Side story
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003]
Edition
Full screen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (152 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
This musical sets the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet against a backdrop of the rivalry of two street gangs, the Sharks and the Jets, in New York of the 1950s. A young woman who is sister to the Sharks leader has her first taste of love with the former head of the Jets.
16) Sweet dreams
Publisher
HBO Home Video
Pub. Date
[1999]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (115 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Sweet dreams is the true story of the legendary Patsy Cline, charting the most dramatic years of her efforts to become a top country singer.
17) Harum scarum
Publisher
Turner Entertainment Co
Pub. Date
[2007]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (85 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A matinee idol, Johnny Tyronne, is kidnapped and swept into a plot to overthrow King Toranshah. He runs away and meets a princess with whom he falls in love. They join forces with a band of thieves, a dancing troupe, a pair of orphans and a 3-foot 9-inch rogue in order to save the day.
18) White Christmas
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Two talented song-and-dance men team up after the war to become one of the hottest acts in show business. One winter they join forces with a sister act and trek to Vermont for a white Christmas. The result is the stuff dreams are made of.
19) Frank
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Michael Fassbender stars as Frank, a genius rock musician who performs wearing a giant fake head that he never removes. Things get rocky between his protective bandmate Clara (Maggie Gyllenhaal) and newcomer Jon (Domhnall Gleeson), who is convinced they’re meant for stardom. The band lands their biggest gig, but are they ready? And is the world? Audience Award Nominated at the **SXSW Film Festival**. Winner of Best Screenplay at the **British...
20) Funny Face
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Paris, the City of Light, shines even brighter when Audrey Hepburn and Fred Astaire team up, bringing their luminous starpower to this exquisite **Oscar**-nominated musical featuring songs by George and Ira Gershwin. Featuring iconic performances from two legends of the silver screen, this joyous, stylish film is sure to leave you singing and dancing. Nominated for Best Original Screenplay at the **Academy Awards**. Nominated for the Palme d'Or at...
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