Don't Play Us Cheap (1972)
ジャンル : ロマンス, コメディ, 音楽
上映時間 : 1時間 35分
演出 : Melvin Van Peebles
脚本 : Melvin Van Peebles
シノプシス
The comedic tale of two minions of the devil who crash a Harlem party thrown by Miss Maybell with high hopes of destroying its festive atmosphere. The first of the imps to arrive, Trinity, loses sight of his mission and consequently falls in love with Miss Maybell's impressionable young niece Earnestine. Trinity is later joined by Brother Dave, his older, more jaded partner. But as Dave pulls out all the stops to dampen the mood, he serves only to enhance the partygoers' good spirits.
Earning her living by dubbing American TV Series, a woman dreams of becoming an international Hollywood star.
Family friends Sam and Kat spend every Christmas Eve at the Children's Table. They grow up together, sharing the highs and lows of young adulthood. And at thirty, Sam realizes that Kat is the one... but he's afraid that the past will get in the way.
Filmed in a single continuous shot, the comedy follows an elclectic group of uptight philosophy students as they cut loose at a house party on their last night together.
“Ox-Fam”, Neddy’s excellent Oxford scene video, With new footage from the likes of Tom Watts, Jason Cloete, Joe Paget, Phil Sproul, James Needham, Alex Brewster, Kieran Mounsey, Alex Fuller, Jono Wyborn, Luke McInnerney, Olly Maton, Michael Halls, plus many more heads from around the south coast and Sheffield, this is definitely one for the collection!
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Out of work swing band maneuvers a gig working for a political campaign, by drawing in and entertaining prospective voters at rallies. The candidate is really a stooge for a corrupt political machine, which discovers the band's handsome and appealing singer would make a better stooge. Meanwhile, romance blossoms between the band's singers. When election day approaches, the band's singer wants out of the campaign, but the machine threatens to smear him and his pals in the band if he quits.
Keyboard party.
A rookie cop on the undercover narcotic squad falls for the junkie who can help him nab a ruthless pusher/killer.
An aspiring young singer unexpectedly gets her big break by inventing a specialized clothes rack.
友人宅で行なわれているホームパーティーへやって来た大学生デヴィッド。彼はそこで、怒らせてしまった恋人に謝り、仲直りしようと考えていた。そんな矢先、家の近くに落下した隕石が原因で突然の停電が起きる。再び電気が戻ったとき、なぜか家の中には30分ほど前の“自分たち”が出現し、過去と同じ行動を繰り返していた。だが、自分たちが2人に増えたこの異常事態に気付いたのは、デヴィッドと友人たち数名だけだった。
Kitty Lorraine has one purpose in life: turning her daughter Shirley into a star. Kitty controls every aspect of the girl's nascent career -- even blackmailing a stage manager so that Shirley can take a more prestigious gig. But Kitty goes too far when she breaks up her daughter's budding relationship with sweet artist Warren Foster. Heartbroken, Shirley sets off on a series of disastrous but profitable relationships.
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Jimmy Durante asks popular song writing team Mack Gordon and Harry Revel to demonstrate some of their songs. There is interplay with impersonator Florence Desmond, Ben Turpin, Rudy Vallee and many others.
An admiral's son with no interest in carrying on the family tradition is a successful crooner. He finally joins the Navy to prove he can, but with no real love in it.
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