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Directed by David ButlerOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Comedy-drama,
Musical theatre,
MusicalThemes Films about children,
Films about music and musicians,
Christmas films,
Transport films,
Aviation films,
Musical films,
Children's filmsActors Shirley Temple,
James Dunn,
Jane Withers,
Charles Sellon,
Jane Darwell,
Judith AllenRating71%
Shirley Blake (Shirley Temple) and her mother, Mary (Lois Wilson), a maid, live in the home of her employers, the rich and mean-spirited Smythe family, Anita (Dorothy Christy), J. Wellington (Theodore von Eltz), and Joy (Jane Withers). Shirley's aviator father died in an airplane crash before the film opens, and she now spends most of her time at the Glendale, California airport with her godfather, bachelor pilot James "Loop" Merritt (James Dunn), and his dog, Rags. After Christmas morning she hitches a ride to the airport. The aviators bring her aboard a ship and taxi her around the runways, where she serenades them with her rendition of On the Good Ship Lollipop, 1h20
Directed by David Butler,
James TinlingOrigin USAGenres Comedy,
Musical theatre,
Fantasy,
MusicalThemes Films about music and musicians,
Musical films,
Children's filmsActors Eddie Cantor,
Tony Martin,
Roland Young,
June Lang,
Virginia Field,
Gypsy Rose LeeRating63%
, 1h10
Directed by David ButlerOrigin USAGenres Drama,
War,
Comedy,
Comedy-drama,
MusicalThemes Films about families,
Political films,
Films based on plays,
Children's filmsActors John Boles,
Jack Holt,
Karen Morley,
Bill Robinson,
Shirley Temple,
Guinn "Big Boy" WilliamsRating66%
The film opens in the ballroom of the Cary plantation on Virgie’s sixth birthday. Her slave Uncle Billy dances for her party guests, but the celebration is brought abruptly to an end when a messenger arrives with news of the assault on Fort Sumter and a declaration of war. Virgie’s father is ordered to the Armory with horse and side-arms. He becomes a scout for the Confederate Army, crossing enemy lines to gather information. On these expeditions, he sometimes briefly visits his family at their plantation behind Union lines. , 1h20
Directed by David ButlerOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Comedy,
Comedy-drama,
Musical theatre,
MusicalThemes Children's filmsActors Shirley Temple,
Lionel Barrymore,
Evelyn Venable,
John Lodge,
Bill Robinson,
Sidney BlackmerRating69%
Shortly after the American Civil War, southern belle Elizabeth Lloyd (Evelyn Venable) marries a northerner, Jack Sherman (John Lodge). Her father Colonel Lloyd (Lionel Barrymore) disowns her in anger and retaliation. Elizabeth and Jack move west where they become parents of a girl they name Lloyd Sherman., 1h49
Directed by David ButlerOrigin USAGenres Science fiction,
Comedy,
Fantasy,
Musical,
Comic science fictionThemes Space adventure films,
Films about music and musicians,
Transport films,
Mars in film,
Aviation films,
Comedy science fiction films,
Films set in the future,
Musical films,
Space operaActors El Brendel,
Maureen O'Sullivan,
John Garrick,
Marjorie White,
Frank Albertson,
Hobart BosworthRating54%
In 1980, J-21 (John Garrick) sets his aircraft on "hover" mode in New York, lands and converses with the beautiful LN-18 (Maureen O'Sullivan). He describes how the marriage tribunal had refused to consider J-21's marital filing and applications, and LN-18 is going to be forced to marry the conceited and mean MT-3 (Kenneth Thomson). J-21 plans to visit LN-18 that night., 1h22
Directed by David ButlerOrigin USAGenres Comedy,
Romantic comedy,
Action,
Adventure,
MusicalThemes Films set in Africa,
Films about films,
Films about music and musicians,
Transport films,
Musical films,
Road movies,
Buddy filmsActors Bing Crosby,
Bob Hope,
Dorothy Lamour,
Anthony Quinn,
Dona Drake,
Vladimir Nikolayevich SokoloffRating69%
The film opens with a freighter at sea exploding and news announcements. The cause of the explosion is a mystery, with all crew accounted for with the exception of two unidentified stowaways., 1h33
Directed by David ButlerOrigin USAGenres Comedy,
MusicalThemes Films about music and musicians,
Sports films,
American football films,
Musical films,
Children's filmsActors Stuart Erwin,
Patsy Kelly,
Jack Haley,
Betty Grable,
Judy Garland,
Johnny DownsRating60%
Due to a misunderstanding, Yale inadvertently invites the small Texas State University to come to Connecticut and play against its football team for a benefit game. Coincidentally, TSU has just hired a new coach, Slug Winters (Jack Haley), who arrives at the college with his wife Bessie (Patsy Kelly) just in time to hear the announcement that the team is to play Yale., 2h4
Directed by David ButlerOrigin USAGenres Comedy,
MusicalThemes Films about music and musicians,
Musical filmsActors Eddie Cantor,
Joan Leslie,
Dennis Morgan,
Edward Everett Horton,
S.Z. Sakall,
Hattie McDanielRating67%
Theater producers (Horton and Sakall) staging a wartime charity program, only to have the production taken over by their egotistical star (Eddie Cantor). Meanwhile, an aspiring singer (Dennis Morgan) and his songwriter girlfriend (Joan Leslie) conspire to get into the charity program by replacing Cantor with their look-alike friend, tour bus driver Joe Simpson (Eddie Cantor)., 1h34
Directed by David ButlerOrigin USAGenres Comedy,
Musical theatre,
Romantic comedy,
Musical,
RomanceThemes Films about music and musicians,
Musical filmsActors Doris Day,
Ray Bolger,
Claude Dauphin,
Eve Miller,
Paul Harvey,
George GivotRating58%
Winthrop Putnam is the Assistant Secretary to the Assistant to the Undersecretary of State, and was formerly Assistant Assistant Secretary to the Assistant to the Undersecretary of State. He sends an invitation to Ethel Barrymore to represent the American theatre at an art exposition in Paris. Instead, the invitation is received and accepted by Ethel "Dynamite" Jackson, an All-American Broadway chorus girl. Ethel and Winthrop meet on the way to Paris and fall in love. However, Winthrop is engaged to Marcia Sherman, daughter of his boss Secretary Robert Sherman. After a misunderstanding, Winthrop and Ethel ultimately end up together., 1h24
Directed by David ButlerOrigin USAGenres Comedy,
MusicalThemes Films about music and musicians,
Musical filmsActors Eddie Hodges,
Patsy Kelly,
Mark Evans,
Russ Conway,
Ken Osmond,
Jill BannerRating52%
Enrolling in an Arkansas college, singer Jesse Crawford saves the life of Judy Grant, a dean's daughter. She is grateful until Jesse performs at a rally staged by a student looking to discredit the dean, but Jesse was unaware of the rally's purpose and all is forgiven.