Ruby Keeler
Nascimento : 1910-08-25, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
Morte : 1993-02-28
História
Ruby Keeler, born Ethel Hilda Keeler, (August 25, 1910 – February 28, 1993) was an actress, singer, and dancer most famous for her on-screen coupling with Dick Powell in a string of successful early musicals at Warner Brothers, particularly 42nd Street (1933). From 1928 to 1940, she was married to legendary singer Al Jolson. She retired from show business in the 1940s but made a widely publicized comeback on Broadway in 1971.
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Self (archive footage)
Making-of documentary about the 1933 musical, 42nd Street.
Goldie
Garoto rico e solitário convence ladrão a sequestrá-lo para conseguir chamar a atenção de seus parentes.
From '42nd Street' and 'Dames' (archive footage)
A documentary film about dancing on the screen, from it's orgins after the invention of the movie camera, over the movie musical from the late 20s, 30s, 40s 50s and 60s up to the break dance and the music videos from the 80s.
Self (archive footage)
Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American entertainment industry during the Great Depression.
Ruby Keeler
A rock band is invented by the government as a cover to find hostages in a remote castle in Albania held by communist enemies of the USA.
(archive footage)
This insightful documentary features some of the major and most beautiful actresses to grace the silver screen. It shows how the movie industry changed its depiction of sex and actresses' portrayal of sex from the silent movie era to the present. Classic scenes are shown from the silent movie 'True Heart Susie,' starring Lillian Gish, to 'Love Me Tonight' (1932), blending sex and sophistication, starring Jeanette MacDonald (pre-Nelson Eddy), and to Elizabeth Taylor in 'A Place in the Sun' (1951), plus much , much more.
Herself
A musical which begins with six men and a woman singing; then a dance number; finally, the six men and woman sing again.
Herself (archive footage)
The process by which girls are chosen for chorus line members in movie musical is shown. Numbers from popular 1930s musicals are then presented. These include "Don't Say Goodnight" from Wonder Bar (1934); "Lullaby of Broadway" from Gold Diggers of 1935 (1935) ; "Shadow Waltz" from Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933); and "By a Waterfall" and "Shanghai Lil" from Footlight Parade (1933).
Betty Blake
Ruby Keeler teams with the Nelsons (of TV and radio fame) as the singer in Ozzie's band. The setting is a college campus which is suffering from monetary woes, but somehow Ozzie's band manages to attract enough attention to increase the enrollment and keep the school from having to shut down.
Kitty Carey
A financially-strapped mother and her children relocate from the city to a small rural town.
Herself
A group of stable hands is given a race horse when its owner retires from the business. They raise money to run the horse in the Hollywood Derby at Santa Anita race track. Many Hollywood personalities attend the event.
Ruby Keeler (uncredited)
Orphaned horse-trainer's little daughter has reciprocated bond with horse, which needs her presence to win races.
Jane
Two starving songwriters will only get funding if they get British actress Jane Clarke to star in their show.
Colleen Reilly
Musical about dingaling millionaire businessman Cedric Ames and his various employees
June Blackburn
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.
Dorothy 'Dot' Wayne
An irresponsible Broadway star gets mixed up with gambling and gangsters.
Kathleen "Kit" Fitts
A private stationed in Hawaii gets involved with the general's engaged daughter. In order to avoid a scandal, the pair break up, but meet again years later when he's at West Point producing the annual play that turns out to star her.
Barbara Hemingway
A reformer's daughter wins the lead role in a scandalous Broadway show.
Self
A short promotional film about Ruby Keeler and her upcoming film "Flirtation Walk." It provides a brief look at her career on Broadway, early films, and personal life away from the studio before showing a trailer for the new film.
Herself
Students at New York's Rovina Finishing School for Girls send their photographs to the makers of Claybury's Beauty Soap, in the hope of being chosen as "Miss Complexion of 1934." Martha Howson wins the contest, which includes a trip to Hollywood and a tour of the Warner Brothers lot with Lyle Talbot. When she gets to the studio, all she wants to do is meet Dick Powell, star of the new Warner Brothers film Dames (1934).
Bea Thorn
Um diretor da Broadway, vendo sua carreira em declínio, decide investir na criação de prólogos, pequenas apresentações musicais encenadas em cinemas antes dos filmes. Porém, os planos são atrapalhados por concorrentes que tentam roubar suas ideias. Sua grande chance ocorre quando seus produtores fazem um acordo com um eminente empresário teatral, mas para isso ele precisa correr contra o tempo para impressionar o homem. Entretanto, está tão envolvido com o seu trabalho que não percebe que sua secretária está apaixonada por ele.
Polly Parker
Durante a Depressão americana, três atrizes (Polly, Carol, e Trixie) se vêm sem trabalho quando o show do qual participariam é cancelado devido a dívidas de impostos. Quando convidam Barney Hopkins, o produtor da peça, para seu apartamento para discutir novas possibilidades, Barney ouve o vizinho e amigo de Polly, Brad, tocando piano e cantando. Brad é um talentoso compositor que se oferece para bancar a peça, mas se recusa a atuar na mesma, apesar da bela voz. As três amigas começam a desconfiar que Brad pode estar escondendo algo muito ruim...
Peggy Sawyer
Peggy Sawyer é uma jovem dançarina iniciante que acaba de chegar a Nova York e consegue uma participação no coro de um espetáculo musical chamado Pretty Baby. Ela seria apenas mais uma, só que a estrela principal, a temperamental Dorothy Brock machuca o tornozelo pouco antes da estreia do musical. O acidente faz com que Peggy tenha que assumir o lugar da outra dançarina, e também coloca todo o destino da companhia nas suas costas.
Ruby Keeler
Broadway actress leaves New York to become a star in Hollywood, and succeeds despite sleazy directors and her own ego.
