The film tells the story of the experiences of Major Syrtis during the first Christmas on a newly-colonized Mars. Coyne has described the film as "Maybe Eraserhead or Dead Man crossed with some kind of fantasy and space aspects, like The Wizard of Oz and maybe A Space Odyssey, and set at Christmas-time. The story that unfolds is intended to hint at childlike magic within a tragic and realistic situation."
Alice Faye plays the title role in this 1940 film biography of the early-20th-century stage star.
From the rains of Japan, through threats of arrest for 'public indecency' in Canada, and a birthday tribute to her father in Detroit, this documentary follows Madonna on her 1990 'Blond Ambition' concert tour. Filmed in black and white, with the concert pieces in glittering MTV color, it is an intimate look at the work of the icon, from a prayer circle before each performance to bed games with the dance troupe afterwards.
"Gus Arnhein and His Coconut Grove Orchestra" is an agreeable short--and one of the earlier Vitaphone released. While the band is just about totally forgotten today, they had a nice sound and are a nice representative of the era. And, like most Vitaphone films of the day, the camera is mostly stationary and there are no fancy effects--just a straight recording of the act--which included several nice songs.
「ニュー・シネマ・パラダイス」のジュゼッペ・トルナトーレが伝説のピアニストの半生を感動的に描いた人間ドラマ。1900年、大西洋上を行く客船の中で生後間もない赤ん坊が見つかった。その子供は、生まれた年にちなんで“ナインティーン・ハンドレッド”と名付けられるが、船内のダンスホールでピアノを聞いて育つうちに、驚くべき才能を発揮するようになる……。
Rebbe Mendel is a single father who teaches the Talmud, a sacred text of Judaism, to the boys of his small Polish town. Behind closed doors, he also instructs his daughter, Yentl, despite the fact that girls are forbidden to study religious scripture. When Yentl's father dies, she still has a strong desire to learn about her faith -- so she disguises herself as a male, enrolls in a religious school, and unexpectedly finds love along the way.
Short featuring musician Eubie Blake and his orchestra, singer Nina Mae McKinney, and young tap dancers Fayard and Harold Nicholas.
Young Stanzi who is visiting Vienna helps a young corporal and musician to become famous for his marching song "Die Deutschmeister".
Countess Franziska "is kidnapped" by a band of robbers. However, her father is not willing to pay the ransom so Franziska changes sides.
'30年代、禁酒法下のニューヨーク。ダウンタウンの暗黒街では、ファット・サムとダンディ・ダンとの抗争が激化していた。ハンサムなバグジーは、歌手志望の娘ブラウシーと恋におちるが、サムの店のスター歌手タルーラはバグジーに気があるようす。バグジーは抗争に巻き込まれていくが…。
出演者はすべて子供という異色のギャング・ミュージカル。
It's 1961, two years after the original Grease gang graduated, and there's a new crop of seniors and new members of the coolest cliques on campus, the Pink Ladies and T-Birds. Michael Carrington is the new kid in school - but he's been branded a brainiac. Can he fix up an old motorcycle, don a leather jacket, avoid a rumble with the leader of the T-Birds, and win the heart of Pink Lady Stephanie?
A young girl struggles to survive the apocalypse in her own, very special way.
A roguish poet is given the run of the scheming Wazir's harem while pretending to help him usurp the young caliph.
アルゼンチンの田舎に生まれたエバは15歳の時、タンゴ歌手の愛人となって貧しかった家を抜け出した。ブエノスアイレスに住みついた彼女は次々とパトロンを変え、ラジオの仕事から女優、国民的スターへと成長する。エバはやがて、陸軍大佐ペロンと知り合った。彼女は民衆にラジオで呼びかけ、投獄されてしまった彼を助け出し、“アルゼンチンの聖母エビータ”への道を歩き出す……。
This live TV adaptation of the Broadway musical "Dearest Enemy" from 1925 is based on an American Revolutionary War incident in September 1776 when Mary Lindley Murray, under orders from General George Washington, detained General William Howe and his British troops by serving them cake, wine and conversation in her Kips Bay, Manhattan home long enough for some 4,000 American soldiers, fleeing their loss in the Battle of Brooklyn, to reassemble in Washington Heights and join reinforcements to make a successful counterattack.
A talented tap dancer who can't get an audition uses his prowess at playing craps to gain ownership of a musical show, making himself the star.
