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Holiday Inn(1942) DVD

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Mark Sandrich

Bing Crosby; Fred Astaire; Marjorie Reynolds;

The Christmas musical that launched the Irving Berlin hit 'White Christmas'. Also great dancing by Fred Astaire. A song and dance man begins a new lif...

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State Fair(1945) DVD

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Walter Lang

Dana Andrews; Jeanne Crain; Fay Bainter;

The Frake family go on an outing to the State Fair and each expects to win a prize. Features the song 'It Might As Well Be Spring.' Musical.

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Second Chorus(1940) DVD

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H C Potter

Fred Astaire; Burgess Meredith; Paulette Goddard;

Two students who play for their college band have not graduated because they enjoy their playing so much. A female band manager takes the group in han...

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You Were Never Lovelier(1942) DVD

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William A Seiter

Fred Astaire; Rita Hayworth; Adolphe Menjou;

The story of the daughter of a hotelier who is trying to get her to marry. Music score by Jerome Kern and Johnny Mercer.

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Easter Parade(1948) DVD

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Charles Walters

Fred Astaire; Judy Garland; Peter Lawford;

Musical movie featuring Irving Berlin songs. Screenplay by Sidney Sheldon, original story by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett.

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You'll Never Get Rich(1941) DVD

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Sidney Lanfield

Fred Astaire; Rita Hayworth; John Hubbard;

The story of a Broadway choreographer who gets drafted into the Army while he is involved in putting on a Broadway show. By utilising a lot of ingenui...

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Inspector General, The(1949) DVD

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Henry Koster

Danny Kaye; Walter Slezak; Elsa Lanchester;

Set in the 1800s an illiterate stooge, from a travelling show, wanders into a strange town in Russia and is mistaken for the dreaded Inspector General...

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State Fair(1945) DVD

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Walter Lang

Dana Andrews; Jeanne Crain; Fay Bainter;

Good old-fashioned hometown pride is on display in lavish Technicolor in this remake of the 1933 film, the only Rodgers and Hammerstein musical writte...

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Broadway Melody Of 1940(1940) DVD

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Norman Taurog

Fred Astaire; Eleanor Powell;

The class of the Broadway Melody series with the burnished talents of Astaire and Murphy, and the timeless tunes of Cole Porter. The plot, never the p...

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Barkleys Of Broadway(1949) DVD

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Charles Walters

Fred Astaire; Ginger Rogers;

A story which centres on a bickering showbiz couple. Songs include 'They Can't Take That Away From Me' and 'A Weekend In The Country'. Lennie Hayton i...

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Sun Valley Serenade(1941) DVD

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Bruce Humberstone

Milton Berle; Sonja Henie; John Payne;

When Phil Corey's band arrives at the Idaho ski resort its pianist Ted Scott is smitten with a Norwegian refugee he has sponsored, Karen Benson. When ...

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Inspector General, The(1949) DVD

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Henry Koster

Danny Kaye; Walter Slezak; Elsa Lanchester;

Set in the 1800s an illiterate stooge, from a travelling show, wanders into a strange town in Russia and is mistaken for the dreaded Inspector General...

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Dolly Sisters, The(1945) DVD

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Irving Cummings

Betty Grable; John Payne; June Haver;

Betty Grable and June Haver star as the Dolly sisters, who sang and danced their way into the hearts of vaudeville audiences in New York and Paris. ...

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Till The Clouds Roll By(1946) DVD

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Richard Whorf

Judy Garland; Robert Walker; June Allyson;

The screen biography of Jerome Kern.

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Anna And The King Of Siam(1946) DVD

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John Cromwell

Rex Harrison; Irene Dunne;

Based on a true story, John Cromwell's ANNA AND THE KING OF SIAM stars Irene Dunne as Anna Owens, a recently widowed young mother who accepts employme...

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Yehudi Menuhin - Plays Mendelssohn(1947) DVD

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Cover Girl(1944) DVD

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Charles Vidor

Rita Hayworth; Gene Kelly; Lee Bowman;

A beautiful nightclub dancer wins a coveted 'Cover Girl' title and goes on to achieve fame and fortune at the expense of love. Musical featuring the m...

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Pin Up Girl, The(1944) DVD

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Bruce Humberstone

Betty Grable; Martha Raye; John Harvey;

Famed World War II pin-up girl Betty Grable stars as Lorry, the most popular girl at the USO in a small Midwestern town. En route to a new job in Wash...

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State Fair(1945) DVD

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Walter Lang

Dana Andrews; Jeanne Crain; Fay Bainter;

Good old-fashioned hometown pride is on display in lavish Technicolor in this remake of the 1933 film, the only Rodgers and Hammerstein musical writte...