Ruby Keeler

Broadway director Julian Marsh needs just one more hit show so he can retire and recover his health. It looks like he just may pull it off until temperamental star Dorthy Brock breaks her ankle on the eve of the show's premiere and has to be replaced by her understudy Peggy.

When all Broadway shows are shut down during the Depression, a trio of desperate showgirls scheme to bilk a repugnant high society man of his money to keep their show going.

A fledgling producer finds himself at odds with his workers, financiers and his greedy ex-wife when he tries to produce live musicals for movie-going audiences.

A documentary film about dancing on the screen, from its origins after the invention of the movie camera, over the movie musical from the late 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s, and 60s, up to the break dance and music videos from the 80s.

A TV special on the 100th anniversary of the birth of film.

An irresponsible Broadway star gets mixed up with gambling and gangsters.

Two starving songwriters will only get funding if they get British actress Jane Clarke to star in their show.

Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American entertainment industry during the Great Depression.

Gene Kelly is a legend of the heyday of the Hollywood musical. His name stands for masterpieces such as "Singin' in the Rain" and "An American in Paris". As a singer, dancer, actor, choreographer and director, he was a true all-round artist who revolutionized the world of dance in particular. Kelly, who loved to experiment, explored new forms of dance expression and helped a whole generation of young talents to fame. From his beginnings in cabarets and on Broadway to his recognition as a choreographer and director, the documentary shows how the good-looking star with a charming smile expanded the boundaries of dance expression: He danced in the open air in the streets of New York, with a cartoon character or his own reflection. But this dazzling entertainer image should not obscure the fact that Kelly, as a staunch supporter of the American civil rights movement, also saw dancing as a political statement.

A rock band is invented by the government as a cover to find hostages in a remote castle in Albania held by communist enemies of the USA.

A rich young boy arranges to be kidnapped so he'll get more attention from his parents.

A private stationed in Hawaii gets involved with the general's engaged daughter. In order to avoid a scandal, the pair break up, but meet again years later when he's at West Point producing the annual play that turns out to star her.

Musical about dingaling millionaire businessman Cedric Ames and his various employees

Broadway actress leaves New York to become a star in Hollywood, and succeeds despite sleazy directors and her own ego.

A group of stable hands is given a race horse when its owner retires from the business. They raise money to run the horse in the Hollywood Derby at Santa Anita race track. Many Hollywood personalities attend the event.

A short promotional film about Ruby Keeler and her upcoming film "Flirtation Walk." It provides a brief look at her career on Broadway, early films, and personal life away from the studio before showing a trailer for the new film.

Students at New York's Rovina Finishing School for Girls send their photographs to the makers of Claybury's Beauty Soap, in the hope of being chosen as "Miss Complexion of 1934." Martha Howson wins the contest, which includes a trip to Hollywood and a tour of the Warner Brothers lot with Lyle Talbot. When she gets to the studio, all she wants to do is meet Dick Powell, star of the new Warner Brothers film Dames (1934).

Orphaned horse-trainer's little daughter has reciprocated bond with horse, which needs her presence to win races.

A reformer's daughter wins the lead role in a scandalous Broadway show.

Making-of documentary about the 1933 musical, 42nd Street.

A financially-strapped mother and her children relocate from the city to a small rural town.

A musical which begins with six men and a woman singing; then a dance number; finally, the six men and woman sing again.

An admiral's son with no interest in carrying on the family tradition is a successful crooner. He finally joins the Navy to prove he can, but with no real love in it.

Short documentary about the Great Depression's impact on film, specifically Berkeley musicals.