Joseph Fields

With a keen sensitivity to the demands and specificities of the American “musical”, and after the triumph of Sondheim’s Follies in 2015, the Opéra de Toulon once again embarked on a Broadway adventure with the French premiere of Bernstein’s Wonderful Town, and brought back for the occasion stage director Olivier Bénézech, a major connoisseur of the genre. A true declaration of love to the city of New-York, Wonderful Town tells the tale, with a boisterous rhythm and vast amounts of jazzy tunes, of two sisters from Ohio looking for success and glory in the big city. Lighter in tone than later works like West Side Story or Candide, its smart combination of the different musical traditions one could hear when wandering in the streets of New-York, its accomplished orchestral writing and colouring, and its vivid sense of comedy earned it no less than five Tony awards when it premiered in 1953.

A young woman arrives in San Francisco's Chinatown from Hong Kong with the intention of marrying a rakish nightclub owner, unaware he is involved with one of his singers.

A young woman arrives in San Francisco's Chinatown from Hong Kong with the intention of marrying a rakish nightclub owner, unaware he is involved with one of his singers.

El abogado Chris Walters y su esposa Alice viven felices junto a sus hijos Ockie y Debbie en el barrio de Gramercy Park, en Nueva York. Están pensando cómo celebrar su décimo tercer aniversario de casados: se les ocurre tener una cita romántica como en los viejos tiempos, pero, de repente, surge un motivo de desacuerdo y tensión: la presencia de un televisor en la casa puede llegar a arruinar la armonía familiar.

Ruth Sherwood and her sister, Eileen, have moved to 1935 Greenwich Village. They're surrounded by colorful Village characters (including an out-of-work football player known as the Wreck, and Mr. Appopolous, a modern painter and their landlord) and embark on various New York adventures. Ruth, who's trying to make it as a writer, meets up with a sleazy newspaper writer named Chick and a kindly editor named Bob, both of whom take an interest in both her career and her.

La familia Poole quiere adoptar un niño, tras años de intentar tenerlo ellos. Para gestionar la adopción se les asigna Miss Novick como asistenta social. A través de una maraña de malentendidos, ella recibe muy mala impresión de Augie Poole y le comunica que su informe será desfavorable. Por otra serie de circunstancias todavía más confusas, Augie es capaz de cambiar la opinión de Miss Novick quien, más tarde, llega a creer que es el responsable de su embarazo. La agencia debe proporcionar a los Poole un niño y Augie cree que va a ser el de Miss Novick, del cual está convencido que es el padre, hasta el punto de que su mujer también llega a creerlo. Al final todo se aclarará en un maravilloso final feliz.

La familia Poole quiere adoptar un niño, tras años de intentar tenerlo ellos. Para gestionar la adopción se les asigna Miss Novick como asistenta social. A través de una maraña de malentendidos, ella recibe muy mala impresión de Augie Poole y le comunica que su informe será desfavorable. Por otra serie de circunstancias todavía más confusas, Augie es capaz de cambiar la opinión de Miss Novick quien, más tarde, llega a creer que es el responsable de su embarazo. La agencia debe proporcionar a los Poole un niño y Augie cree que va a ser el de Miss Novick, del cual está convencido que es el padre, hasta el punto de que su mujer también llega a creerlo. Al final todo se aclarará en un maravilloso final feliz.

La familia Poole quiere adoptar un niño, tras años de intentar tenerlo ellos. Para gestionar la adopción se les asigna Miss Novick como asistenta social. A través de una maraña de malentendidos, ella recibe muy mala impresión de Augie Poole y le comunica que su informe será desfavorable. Por otra serie de circunstancias todavía más confusas, Augie es capaz de cambiar la opinión de Miss Novick quien, más tarde, llega a creer que es el responsable de su embarazo. La agencia debe proporcionar a los Poole un niño y Augie cree que va a ser el de Miss Novick, del cual está convencido que es el padre, hasta el punto de que su mujer también llega a creerlo. Al final todo se aclarará en un maravilloso final feliz.

Ruth y su guapa hermana Eileen llegan al Greenwich Village de Nueva York buscando fama, fortuna y un apartamento para alquilar. Encuentran el apartamento, pero la fama y la fortuna son mucho más esquivas. Ruth consigue la atención de un editor, el playboy Bob Baker, cuando le envía una historia sobre su maravillosa hermana Eileen. Intentará mantener su atención convenciéndolo de que su hermana y ella son la misma persona.

Lorelei y Dorothy son dos cantantes que hacen un crucero desde los Estados Unidos a París. Una rubia y otra morena, con su belleza y encanto seducirán a todo el pasaje. Las dos tienen el mismo objetivo: casarse con un millonario. Pero hay un inconveniente: Lorelei tiene un novio, cuyo padre contrató un detective para que la siguiera.

Erie Canal, N.Y., 1850: Molly Larkins, cook on Jotham Klore's canal boat, has a love-hate relationship with her boss. She hires handsome new haul-horse driver Dan Harrow and the inevitable triangle develops (complicated by Dan's desire to farm and Molly's to boat) against a background of the canalmen's fight against the encroaching railroad.

Nora Shelley is a tax expert for the accounting company which is led by Paul Martin. She thinks she can find a suitable husband by inspecting their clients' tax documents. Martin finds out and tries to dissuade her from this approach, later enlisting the help of his friend Steve Adams, who tries to woo Shelley.

James Craig is torn between his criminal career as the masked bandit named the "El Paso Kid," and the life of a law-abiding citizen with his long-suffering wife Zoe. He repeatedly tells Zoe, "just one more time," but he is unable to stop which angers her greatly. However, he does have brief moments of heroics such as when he helps the Widow Weeks save her farm.

James Craig is torn between his criminal career as the masked bandit named the "El Paso Kid," and the life of a law-abiding citizen with his long-suffering wife Zoe. He repeatedly tells Zoe, "just one more time," but he is unable to stop which angers her greatly. However, he does have brief moments of heroics such as when he helps the Widow Weeks save her farm.

An American architect learns he has two children whom he fathered during his military service.

Los Hermanos Marx están empleados en un hotel de Casablanca en la postguerra, donde un grupo de nazis está tratando de recuperar un alijo de tesoros robados.

Arthur and Vivian are just married, but when the get to their honeymoon suite in Washington D.C., they find it occupied. Arthur goes to meet Slade, his new boss, and when he comes back, he finds three girls in his suite. He orders Vivian to get rid of them, but they are friends of Vivian's and as time goes by, it looks more like Grand Central Station than the quiet honeymoon suite Arthur expected. As long as there is anyone else in the suite, Arthur will not stay there and there will be no honeymoon.

La joven Ruth Sherwood quiere ser periodista a toda costa, así que se traslada de Ohio a Nueva York para ver cumplido su sueño. En el viaje le acompaña su hermana Elena, una aspirante a actriz. Ambas alquilan un humilde apartamento en Greenwich Village, donde se encontrarán con todo tipo de excéntricos personajes. El problema es que nada de lo que escribe Ruth parece ser lo suficientemente bueno para ser publicado, hasta que decide contar sus propias experiencias personales...

La joven Ruth Sherwood quiere ser periodista a toda costa, así que se traslada de Ohio a Nueva York para ver cumplido su sueño. En el viaje le acompaña su hermana Elena, una aspirante a actriz. Ambas alquilan un humilde apartamento en Greenwich Village, donde se encontrarán con todo tipo de excéntricos personajes. El problema es que nada de lo que escribe Ruth parece ser lo suficientemente bueno para ser publicado, hasta que decide contar sus propias experiencias personales...

A bumbling senator investigating graft in Louisiana is the target of a scheme involving a Viennese beauty.

A dizzy young woman aranges to turn her inventor-boyfriend's vacation into a chance meeting with a possible investor who happens to be her brother's future father-in-law. And Wacky stuff happens.

In this second Carter mystery, a mysterious rash of cargo ships sinking in Panama leads insurers Llewellyns of London to hire vacationer Nick Carter and his eccentric associate Bartholomew to investigate. Nick recognizes influential nightclub owner Al Taurez as a shady operator, but getting the goods on him depends on slick diversions involving the heavyweight champ of the Pacific Tuna Fleet, a Panamanian bombshell armed with American slang, a young couple in love and a whole raft of crooks and cutthroats.

Dos hermanas entran a trabajar en un musical, una como bailarina y la otra vendiendo cigarrillos. El productor, novio de la bailarina, pronto se da cuenta de que está enamorado de la otra hermana.

Newlyweds Dennis and Carmelita have several obstacles to deal with in their new marriage: Carmelita's fiery Latin temper, a meddling aunt and a conniving ex-fiancee who's determined to break up their marriage.

A farm boy trains a wild colt on his own.

A farm boy trains a wild colt on his own.

Jed Marlowe is a brilliant, scheming, unscrupulous criminal lawyer whose specialty is defending criminal he knows is guilty but gets them off through loop-holes or bribery. Then his daughter, misled by her father’s courtroom performance, but unaware of his back-room tactics, marries the killer her father has just unjustly save from the electric chair. What’s a poor father to do?

An outlaw kidnaps a dancer and her lover in order to win a bet.

Carmelita Fuentes is a fiery-Latin singer/dancer in Mexico City who has designs on Dennis Lindsay, an American publicity agent, for unclear reasons, while Lindsay's shiftless uncle Matthew Lindsay aids and abets her every step of the way to the marriage altar.

Un rico hombre de negocios quiere casarse con su secretaria, pero antes ha de pasar la inspección de la familia de ella.

An incognito Hollywood star (Carole Lombard) in Paris meets a penniless nobleman (Fernand Gravet) who follows her to London.

A gang is sabotaging planes so that when they crash, the corpses can be robbed.

In this drama, a girl from a small town in Pennsylvania dreams of being a star while she goes to school. The trouble is, no one notices her. Later a mentor turns her into a successful Broadway entertainer. She returns to her former college to get sweet revenge.

In Victorian-era USA, a horse-jockey becomes a scapegoat in the nefarious schemes of a group of small-time criminals.

When a grand jury acquits a gangster accused of murder, a retired elderly citizen decides it's up to him to see that the criminal is proven guilty and put behind bars.

A gambler in need of cash plots a romance between his daughter and a wealthy Englishman. The daughter, however, has plans of her own.

John Ellman es un hombre acusado falsamente de asesinato y ejecutado en la silla eléctrica. Testigos de su inocencia recuperan el cuerpo y consiguen devolverlo a la vida mediante una innovadora técnica. Tras su regreso de la muerte, Ellman planeará vengarse de aquellos que provocaron su ejecución.

A little entry from the RKO shorts department serving also as an audition-type (stick 'em in one of these and see if they appeal to a real audience, and make a buck or two at the same time)film for studio contractees and budding starlets. And, surrounded and supported by veteran character actors, such as Jack Norton, Jack Rice and Harrison Green, the likes of Tony Martin, Phyllis Brooks and Lucille Ball usually looked pretty good. And soon made for themselves, with studio help, rather nice Hollywood careers.

Annie Oakley, una modesta pueblerina, es aficionada a cazar codornices, que luego vende en el pueblo. Un día tiene la ocasión de medir su puntería con el rifle desafiando en una apuesta a Toby Walker, el tirador más diestro del Oeste, que acaba de ser fichado para el espectáculo itinerante del célebre Búfalo Bill. Aunque Annie pierde voluntariamente la apuesta, sus habilidades llaman la atención del manager de Búfalo Bill, que también contrata a la chica. Empiezan las circenses exhibiciones y la rivalidad entre Annie y Toby, que en realidad no será tal, pues ambos se han enamorado. (FILMAFFINITY)

Two rich and wealthy millionaires who have a lot of money bet that reporter Wally Jones can't spend $720,000 in twelve hours.

When a young man is befriended by a gambling ship operator and made a partner in the business, he becomes involved in a police manhunt after he covers up a murder committed by his new partner.

Join vocalists broadcasting from the Biltmore Bowl in Los Angeles.

An actress goes up to a dude ranch for relaxation, when she falls in love with a ranch owner recently acquitted of his wife's murder.

An add campaign for stockings embarrasses the girls.

Edgar (Edgar Kennedy) gets a call from the studio to come in and direct the last scene of a film in production. But, before he can leave the house, his wife Florence (Florence Lake) and her Mother (Dot Farley) make him dress the part with riding breeches, a beret, an ascot, a crop and riding boots, and this rig is met with much derision by both cast and crew when he arrives at the studio. Carol (Jean Fontaine), the star of the movie doesn't want Edgar as the director and makes things difficult for him, especially after she hears the producer (Nat Carr) tell him he is limited to making no more than two shots on any scene. Meanwhile, Florence, Mother and Brother (Billy Eugene)decide to drop in on the set and watch Edgar at work. Because of his relatives or Carol, Edgar is forced to shoot the same scene over and over.

Edgar (Edgar Kennedy) gets a call from the studio to come in and direct the last scene of a film in production. But, before he can leave the house, his wife Florence (Florence Lake) and her Mother (Dot Farley) make him dress the part with riding breeches, a beret, an ascot, a crop and riding boots, and this rig is met with much derision by both cast and crew when he arrives at the studio. Carol (Jean Fontaine), the star of the movie doesn't want Edgar as the director and makes things difficult for him, especially after she hears the producer (Nat Carr) tell him he is limited to making no more than two shots on any scene. Meanwhile, Florence, Mother and Brother (Billy Eugene)decide to drop in on the set and watch Edgar at work. Because of his relatives or Carol, Edgar is forced to shoot the same scene over and over.

Un humilde empleado de hotel es engañado por unos estafadores para que compre unos terrenos pantanosos, que al final valen una fortuna.