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1) Ball of Fire
Publisher
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Language
English
Formats
Description
A group of professors working on a new encyclopedia encounter a mouthy nightclub singer who is wanted by the police to help bring down her mob boss lover. Nominated for 4 **Academy Awards**.
2) Lucky me
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Struggling performer Candy Williams (Doris Day) has many ways to ward off bad luck. Maybe that's why the most lopsided, unlucky day of her life eventually turns out to be the luckiest."--Container.
3) Ball of fire
Series
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (112 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Realizing they have to hear how real people talk, a group of lexicographers end up assisting a beautiful singer get away from the mob.
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
Princess Courtney, a modern princess, has her world turned upside down when she switches places with Erika, a famous rock star. Two very different worlds collide when a mix-up sends Princess Courtney to Camp Pop and Erika to Camp Royalty. While the leaders of the rival camps try to correct the mix-up, both Courtney and Erika learn to adjust to the different worlds and have fun while making new, unexpected friends.
Series
Publisher
Turner Entertainment Co
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (101 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Conceited singer Garry Mitchell refuses to renew his radio contract, so talent agent Doug Blake decides to find a new personality to replace Garry. In New York, he finds Martha Gibson, a single mother with a great voice. He arranges for her to move to Hollywood, but then has a problem trying to sell her to the show's sponsor. Doug tries every trick he can think of to make Martha a star, and as the two work more closely, he falls in love with her....
Publisher
Turner Entertainment Co
Pub. Date
2007.
Edition
Full screen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (88 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Haughty nightclub singer Gloria Lyons doesn't have time for the little people, including Little Pinks, the busboy who adores her. Then Gloria is paralyzed when a mobster knocks her down the stairs, and those little people are the only ones who help her.
7) Selena
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
1997.
Edition
Full screen and widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD)(128 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of the Grammy Award-winning South Texas singer whose life tragically ended just as she was taking Tejano music into mainstream America.
8) The rose
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc
Pub. Date
c2003
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (125 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Presents the final days of a hard-living, burned-out rock performer who badly needs a rest. When her ruthless manager won't give her one, she sets off on a self-destructive binge. The character is modeled after Janis Joplin.
9) Copacabana
Publisher
Olive Films
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (92 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A wild musical comedy about a two-bit theatrical agent (Groucho Marx) who gets his top-and only-client two singing jobs at the same nightclub, hoping for a double commission. Carmen Miranda plays her familiar Latin role and doubles as a blonde French chanteuse who wears a veil. Steve Cochran also stars as the manager of the Copa who falls in love with the blonde Carmen, much to the dismay of pretty bookkeeper Anne, who's secretly in love with Steve....
Series
Publisher
Turner Entertainment Co
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Heather is the lead singer for a band that is on its way to fame and fortune. Things get complicated when she becomes pregnant and has three men willing to be both husband and father. But her boss isn't one of them.
11) Lillian Russell
Series
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Edition
Full frame.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (127 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A biography of American actress and singer Lillian Russell, from her discovery in 1890 by band leader Tony Pastor until her retirement in 1912, when she married newspaperman Alexander Moore.
12) Anchors aweigh
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2000.
Edition
Full screen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (140 min.) : sound, color ; 3 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Two lovesick sailors on shore leave in Hollywood fall hard for the same beautiful singer. The race for Susie's heart leads them both into a series of comical and musical adventures.
14) Beaches
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (88 min.) sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In this contemporary remake, it follows the serendipitous meeting of two young girls on the Venice Beach Boardwalk who, though worlds apart in lifestyle, embark on an unexpected and lifelong friendship. CC is an aspiring singer trying to make it in Los Angeles when a director who gives her first big shot discovers her. Hillary, the daughter of a prominent civil rights lawyer, is struggling to find her own destiny.
15) A star is born
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[1999]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (176 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Drunken waning movie star Norman Maine meets showgirl Esther Blodgett when he literally stumbles into her act one night. A friendship develops which blossoms into romance but tensions increase as Esther's career takes off while Norman's plummets.
16) Change of plans
Series
Publisher
Muse Entertainment Industries, Inc. with the participation of Quebec Production Services
Pub. Date
©2010
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (87 min., 19 sec.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A free-spirited musician and her fighter pilot husband become the legal guardians of four children, three of them adopted from third-world countries and quickly learn to parent this instant family and help the kids deal with the culture clash of life in America.
17) Respect
Language
English
Formats
Description
Offers a look into the life of Aretha Franklin: from her childhood traumatized by the loss of her mother through her difficult rise to international fame in the sixties, when she was also struggling with an abusive marriage and alcohol problems.
18) Burlesque
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011.
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 119 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Ali is a small-town girl with a big voice who escapes hardship to follow her dreams to LA. After stumbling upon The Burlesque Lounge, a majestic but ailing theater that is home to an inspired musical revue, Ali lands a job as a cocktail waitress from Tess, the club's proprietor and headliner. After Ali finally makes her way from the bar to the stage, things take a dramatic turn when her larger than life voice causes a charismatic entrepreneur to make...
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (NTSC, 686 min.) : DVD video, digital, sound, color, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Brides of Dracula: "Marianne is traveling to Eastern Europe from Paris for a teaching post. She gets stranded at an inn after her stagecoach mysteriously leaves her. She is persuaded to stay at Baroness Meinster's chateau. During her stay Marianne meets the Baroness's son who is chained to a wall. Feeling bad for the son, Marianne frees him, only to discover that he is a vampire. Luckily for her, Dr. Van Helsing is on his way to rescue Marianne and...
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2009.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (92 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Financial manager by day and musician by night, Nate Holden hears a beautiful female voice one evening singing outside his apartment in sync while he plays his piano. Mysteriously, the voice turns out to be the coat check girl at the local jazz club. After Nate strikes a deal with Chloe to perform with him, their chemistry undeniably becomes closer with every song they play.
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