Road to Morocco (1942)
Synopsis: In Morocco, an American drifter (Bing Crosby, The Country Girl) sells his best friend (Bob Hope, The Facts of Life) for food, only to regret his decision. The guilt-ridden […]
Stories with songs and/or dancing
Synopsis: In Morocco, an American drifter (Bing Crosby, The Country Girl) sells his best friend (Bob Hope, The Facts of Life) for food, only to regret his decision. The guilt-ridden […]
Synopsis: In Africa, two American scam artists (Bing Crosby, The Bells of St. Mary’s, and Bob Hope, The Ghost Breakers) get their just deserts when a pair of beautiful women […]
Synopsis: Shipmates Josh (Bing Crosby, White Christmas) and Ace (Bob Hope, The Facts of Life) decide to runaway from their problems by relocating to Singapore, where they both fall in […]
Synopsis: In 1950s France, members of a wealthy family start getting ready to celebrate Christmas at their spacious countryside mansion. However, the jolly holiday festivities end abruptly after the family […]
Synopsis: Inspired by the romantic songs of the Great Depression, an unhappily married travelling music salesman (Steve Martin, The Man With Two Brains) dumps his aloof wife (Jessica Harper, Dario […]
Synopsis: A timid flower shop clerk, Seymour Krelborn (Rick Moranis, Ghostbusters), discovers a strange plant he names Audrey II, which attracts a great deal of attention at his work place. […]
Synopsis: In the 1800s France, aspiring opera singer, Christine Daaé (Teri Polo, Meet the Parents), begins taking singing lessons from a mysterious stranger in disguise. Unbeknownst to Christine, the masked […]
Synopsis: Bambi, a young deer, enjoys life in the forest alongside his mother and friends. Unforeseen circumstances force Bambi to deal with some harsh realities. Reaction & Thoughts: “What happened, […]
Synopsis: In nineteenth-century California, two gold prospectors (Clint Eastwood, Unforgiven, and Lee Marvin, Cat Ballou) vie for the affections of a feisty pioneer woman (Jean Seberg, Breathless), who, to everyone’s surprise, […]
Synopsis: Walt Disney combines animation with classical music. Eight animated sequences are accompanied by the works of Bach, Beethoven, Stravinsky, Schubert, etc. Reaction & Thoughts: “And now we’re going to hear a piece […]
Synopsis: A young woman (Didi Conn, Grease) is determined to put her life together, while trying to succeed as an actress, singer, and songwriter. Reaction & Thoughts: “I can’t depend […]
Synopsis: The professional and personal career of famous Italian conductor Arturo Toscanini (C. Thomas Howell, The Outsiders). The film concentrates on Toscanini’s early years, when he was touring South America […]
Synopsis: In 1900, Paris, France, a wealthy playboy, Gaston (Louis Jourdan, There Coins in the Fountain), is friends with a spirited young lady, Gigi (Leslie Caron, An American in Paris), […]
Synopsis: The true story of brothers German authors Wilhelm (Laurence Harvey, The Manchurian Candidate) and Jacob Grimm (Carl Boehm, Peeping Tom), who together made a name for themselves as the […]
Synopsis: This film tells the true story of the difficult relationship between Austrian composer Johann Strauss (Edmund Gwenn, Miracle on 34th Street) and his son, Johann Strauss II (Esmond Knight, […]
Synopsis: The Forest Queen (June Thorburn, The Cruel Sea) grants three wishes to a woodcutter (Bernard Miles, Great Expectations) after he agrees not to cut down the forest’s oldest tree. […]
Synopsis: A world-renowned Russian ballet dancer (Mikhail Baryshnikov, White Nights) is immersed in his latest project, a new version of the romantic ballet Giselle, which he wants to record on […]
Synopsis: A suburban family discovers that the basement of their house contains a door that leads to the bizarre Sixth Dimension. After the family’s curious daughter, Frenchy Hercules (Marie-Pascale Elfman, Hot Tomorrows), […]
Synopsis: The Federal Government of the United States determines that a small rural town, Dogpatch, is the most useless territory of the country. Because of its worthlessness, the town is […]
Synopsis: A beautiful unicorn (voiced by Mia Farrow, Rosemary’s Baby) suddenly realizes that she may very well be the last of her kind. With the help of an inept wizard, […]
Synopsis: A baby circus elephant with gigantic ears is bullied by fellow pachyderms, who cruelly nickname him “Dumbo.” Because of his enormous ears, the circus manager decides to use “Dumbo” […]
Synopsis: Carlo Collodi’s 19th century immortal tale about an old woodcarver who creates a wooden puppet that comes to life and dreams of becoming a human being. Reaction & Thoughts: […]