Acting
Johnny Boyle
Acting credits
A documentary about the band around singer/guitarist Glen Hansard. In Dublin a deep dive is taken into the musical phenomenon The Frames, which goes from folk to guitar rock. The film gives an impression of a great concert that The Frames gave in the beautiful Olympia Theatre. In addition frontman Glen Hansard's home is visited, he shows the home where he grew up as a child, and visits his friend the Irish singer-songwriter Luka Bloom.
The Frames: It's Just a Band
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6.2James Cagney has a rare chance to show his song-and-dance-man roots in this low-budget tale of a New York bandleader struggling with a Hollywood studio boss.
Something to Sing About
1937
6.3Double or Nothing is a 1936 American short musical comedy film directed by Joseph Henabery. It was nominated for an Academy Award at the 9th Academy Awards in 1936 for Best Short Subject (Two-Reel). Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with Library of Congress. Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division in 2013.
Double or Nothing
1936
6.9To improve her image, a fan dancer "adopts" an old woman to be her mother.
Lady by Choice
1934