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1930s Musical Movies

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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs(1937)

FSK: 0+ years
| 1h 23min | Fantasy, Animation, Kids & Family
3.6/5 (with 3,368 votes)

A beautiful girl, Snow White, takes refuge in the forest in the house of seven dwarfs to hide from her stepmother, the wicked Queen. The Queen is jealous because she wants to be known as "the fairest in the land," and Snow White's beauty surpasses her own.

Gold Diggers of 1933(1933)

1h 37min | Comedy, Drama
3.6/5 (with 52 votes)

Things get tough for Carol and her showgirl pals, Trixie and Polly, when the Great Depression kicks in and all the Broadway shows close down. Wealthy songwriter Brad saves the day by funding a new Depression-themed musical for the girls to star in, but when his stuffy high-society brother finds out and threatens to disown Brad, Carol and her gold-digging friends scheme to keep the show going, hooking a couple of millionaires along the way.

Footlight Parade(1933)

3.5/5 (with 33 votes)

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.

Roberta(1935)

3.6/5 (with 17 votes)

Football player John Kent tags along as Huck Haines and the Wabash Indianians travel to an engagement in Paris, only to lose it immediately. John and company visit his aunt, owner of a posh fashion house run by her assistant, Stephanie. There they meet the singer Scharwenka (alias Huck's old friend Lizzie), who gets the band a job. Meanwhile, Madame Roberta passes away and leaves the business to John and he goes into partnership with Stephanie.

Born to Dance(1936)

3.0/5 (with 9 votes)

Ted meets and falls in love with Nora Paige, an aspiring Broadway dancer who tries out for a show starring Lucy James. After Ted rescues Lucy's pet dog during a public relations campaign on his submarine, Lucy falls for him. Ted is ordered to meet Lucy for a date at a night club, who later sees their picture in the newspaper and no longer wants anything to do with him.

The Terror of Tiny Town(1938)

1h 2min | Comedy, Western
1.7/5 (with 12 votes)

Using a conventional Western story with an all dwarf cast, the filmmakers were able to showcase gags such as cowboys entering the local saloon by walking under the swinging doors, and pint-sized cowboys galloping around on Shetland ponies while roping calves.

Poor Little Rich Girl(1936)

3.2/5 (with 6 votes)

Cossetted and bored, Barbara Barry is finally sent off to school by her busy if doting widowed soap manufacturer father. When her nurse is injured en route, Barbara finds herself alone in town, ending up as part of radio song-and-dance act Dolan and Dolan sponsored by a rival soap company.

The Cuban Love Song(1931)

1h 26min | Music, Romance / Love
2.2/5 (with 3 votes)

A guilt-ridden U.S. Marine returns to Cuba to try to find the woman he promised to marry.

Carefree(1938)

3.4/5 (with 25 votes)

Dr. Tony Flagg's friend Steven has problems in the relationship with his fiancée Amanda, so he persuades her to visit Tony. After some minor misunderstandings, she falls in love with him. When he tries to use hypnosis to strengthen her feelings for Steven, things get complicated.

King of Jazz(1930)

1h 38min | Animation, Comedy, Music
3.1/5 (with 10 votes)

Made during the early years of the movie musical, this exuberant revue was one of the most extravagant, eclectic, and technically ambitious Hollywood productions of its day. Starring the bandleader Paul Whiteman, then widely celebrated as the King of Jazz, the film drew from Broadway variety shows to present a spectacular array of sketches, performances by such acts as the Rhythm Boys (featuring a young Bing Crosby), and orchestral numbers—all lavishly staged by veteran theater director John Murray Anderson.

Directed by John Murray Anderson, Paul Fejos - With Paul Whiteman, John Boles, Laura La Plante, Jeanette Loff, Bing Crosby, Al Rinker, ...

Broadway Melody of 1938(1937)

1h 50min | Music, Romance / Love
3.3/5 (with 4 votes)

Steve Raleight wants to produce a show on Broadway. He finds a backer, Herman Whipple and a leading lady, Sally Lee. But Caroline Whipple forces Steve to use a known star, not a newcomer. Sally purchases a horse, she used to train when her parents had a farm before the depression and with to ex-vaudevillians, Sonny Ledford and Peter Trott she trains it to win a race, providing the money Steve needs for his show.

Gold Diggers of 1935(1935)

1h 35min | Comedy
3.3/5 (with 17 votes)

Romance strikes when a vacationing millionairess and her daughter and son spend their vacation at a posh New England resort.

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A Song of Lisbon(1933)

1h 25min | Music, Comedy
4.3/5 (with 16 votes)

Vasco is a medical student in Lisbon, supported by his rich aunts, whom he had falsely told he had already graduated. In fact, he devotes himself to a bohemian life, preferring the popular fairs and pretty women, especially Alice, a seamstress from the Castelinhos quarter, which rather upsets her ambitious father, tailor Caetano, who is familiar with Vasco's debts. After failing yet another final exam, he is surprised by his aunts' announcement that they will visit him in Lisbon to see his practice.

Betty Boop's Rise to Fame(1934)

3.0/5 (with 5 votes)

A reporter interviews Max Fleischer about his creation, and Betty illustrates with excerpts from three prior cartoons.

Directed by Dave Fleischer

Ali Baba Goes to Town(1937)

3.1/5 (with 6 votes)

While visiting Hollywood a starstruck movie fan (Eddie Cantor) fantasizes about himself cast in an Arabian adventure. Director David Butler's comedy--with many songs--also features Tony Martin, Roland Young, Gypsy Rose Lee (billed as Rose Hovick), John Carradine, June Lang, Virginia Field, Charles Lane, The Peters Sisters and many big-name guest stars playing themselves.

Broadway Melody of 1936(1935)

1h 41min | Music, Romance / Love
3.4/5 (with 7 votes)

Lovely, gifted Irene Foster hopes that her childhood sweetheart-turned Broadway producer Robert Gordon will recognize her--and her talent. Gordon is too busy sparring with a dirt-dishing gossip columnist to notice, but his wisecracking, heart-of-gold secretary certainly does. She and Irene must use their wits to show him what he's missing!

Roman Scandals(1933)

1h 32min | Music, Comedy
3.1/5 (with 7 votes)

A kind-hearted young man is thrown out of his corrupt home town of West Rome, Oklahoma. He falls asleep and dreams that he is back in the days of olden Rome, where he gets mixed up with court intrigue and a murder plot against the Emperor.

Sweet Music(1935)

1h 40min | Music, Romance / Love
2.3/5 (with 1 vote)

A midwest band leader and his lead singer share a love-hate relationship as they try for success in New York.

Cuesta abajo(1934)

3.5/5 (with 3 votes)

Carlos Acosta (Carlos Gardel), tied to a flirty wife and in love with another girl, watches fate work out a solution that allows him to return to his real love after trips to Paris and New York City.

Gold Diggers of 1937(1936)

3.0/5 (with 4 votes)

The partners of stage-producer J. J. Hobart gamble away the money for his new show. They enlist a gold-digging chorus girl to help get it back by conning an insurance company. But they don’t count on the persistence of insurance man Rosmer Peck and his secretary Norma Perry.

Der Vetter aus Dingsda(1934)

1h 15min | Music

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The Hit Parade(1937)

1h 23min | Music

Agent Pete Garland is fired by society singer Monica Barrett after he got her a new radio contract, because she thinks her lawyer friend Teddy Leeds fits in better with her social status. To get even, Pete wants to make an unknown singer into a star. He finds Ruth Allison, drives her hard through rehearsals and makes her a star. But she is worried about her past, something she hasn't told Pete: She's an ex-convict and jumped bail in order to keep her partners in crime out of it. Further she's in love with Pete, but feels that he's still carrying a torch for Monica. When Monica's popularity is decreasing, Pete is able to get Ruth a stint on the program, the result is Monica is fired and Ruth get her job, but Monica takes revenge by revealing Ruth's past. Ruth considers it is best for her to disappear before being arrested, but she has become a star in public opinion. Will she get Pete or will she go to prison again?

Directed by Gus Meins - With Frances Langford

Reaching for the Moon(1930)

3.1/5 (with 4 votes)

Wall Street wizard, Larry Day, new to the ways of love, is coached by his valet. He follows Vivian Benton on an ocean liner, where cocktails, laced with a "love potion," work their magic. He then loses his fortune in the market crash and feels he has also lost his girl.

Student Tour(1934)

1h 24min | Music
2.0/5 (with 1 vote)

A philosophy professor accompanies his school's rowing team on a worldwide tour.

The Blue from the Sky(1932)

2.5/5 (with 1 vote)

Out of unlikely circumstances an underground ticket vending girl and a mail pilot fall in love.

Stowaway(1936)

3.3/5 (with 9 votes)

Chin-Ching gets lost in Shanghai and is befriended by American playboy Tommy Randall. She falls asleep in his car which winds up on a ship headed for America. Susan Parker, also on the ship, marries Randall to give Chin-Ching a family.

I Like it That Way(1934)

A telephone operator gives up her job to try to be a nightclub singer.

Directed by Harry Lachman - With Gloria Stuart

Harmony Heaven(1930)

1h 1min | Music, Drama
3.9/5 (with 1 vote)

The tale of a young songwriter, the actress who helps him find success, and the vamp who sets her sights on him.

Directed by Thomas Bentley - With Jack Raine

Dixiana(1930)

1h 40min | Comedy, Music, Drama
2.6/5 (with 4 votes)

A circus performer falls in love with the son of a plantation owner in antebellum New Orleans. When the young man's stepmother objects to the wedding, the couple break apart and go their separate ways for a time. Also in the mix are two circus comics who feud over the heart of another Southern belle.

Directed by Luther Reed - With Bebe Daniels, Everett Marshall, Wheeler & Woolsey, Joseph Cawthorn, Jobyna Howland, Ralf Harolde, ...

The Song of the Flame(1930)

1h 36min | Music

This was a screen version of the 1925 operetta by Oscar Hammerstein II, Otto Harbach, Herbert Stohart, and George Gershwin. The story of the movie is about a peasant who is known as "The Flame" who leads a revolution in Russia. This peasant who is in love with a Russian prince saves his life by agreeing to sacrifice her virginity to an evil fellow-conspirator. This was an all Technicolor musical which was had a sequence in Vitascope (a Warner Brother's wide screen process)

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