Xavier Cugat

A joyful tale filled with music. The rise of radio. The jazz big bands. The legendary clubs and ballrooms. The soundtracks of the great musical films and TV shows. Sex and romance, gangsters, luxury cars and palm trees. From Barcelona to New York, with a stop in Cuba. The birth of Las Vegas. The sound of the maracas. Chihuahuas everywhere. The incredible life story of Xavier Cugat (1900-90).

Some of MGM'S musical stars review the studios history of musicals. From The Hollywood Revue of 1929 to Brigadoon, from the first musical talkies to Gene Kelly in Singin' in the Rain.

Various MGM stars from yesterday present their favorite musical moments from the studio's 50 year history.

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.

Earthlings chafe at the peace established by a benevolent alien race and set about to rebel.

An expulsive star of a variety theatre cannot decide between the love of an honest archaeology professor and the love of an extravagant official who turns himself into a cabaret comedian in his sparetime.

Donatella is a simple and honest roman girl, daughter of a bookbinder and girlfriend of Guido, a gas station owner. One day she finds a woman's handbag containing valuables and documents, and decides to return it to her owner, a wealthy American lady, who offers Donatella a job as a secretary as a reward: she has to manage the lady's villa during her absences. There, Donatella casually meets Maurizio, a rich, elegant and well-educated young man, and ends up falling in love.

История жизни Эдди Дучина, популярного пианиста и руководителя джаз-оркестра в 30-40х гг.

Paolo Anselmi is a happily single man. He lives in a flat with a friend but is forced to leave when the friend gets married. He then goes to a boarding house where he flirts with a girl but ditches her when she proposes marriage. When he goes and visits his mother he finds out that she is also trying to find the right girl for him. Is he going to surrender this time?

An ex-military accountant is recruited by the FBI to infiltrate the mob in Chicago in an attempt to break open the rackets. To complicate his job, two women stand in his way, each with their own agenda.

This film visits many of the neighborhoods and landmarks on Manhattan Island and occasionally includes a history lesson. The neighborhoods include the Bowery, Chinatown, Herald Square, and Times Square. Some of the architectural highlights are the Empire State Building, the New York Public Library, Temple Emanuel, the Central Park Zoo, and the Rockefeller Center complex. The film ends with a visit to a dining room in the Waldorf Astoria Hotel, where the Xavier Cugat Orchestra entertains.

Легкомысленная Бетти Барретт принимает массажиста Джека Спратта за капитана южноамериканской команды по игре в поло Хосе О`Рорка. Спратт не прочь поразвлечься с красоткой, он быстро соглашается со своей ролью популярного спортсмена. Но простой невинный флирт переходит в серьезное чувство — они влюбляются.

Capt. Jeremy Bradford has a particularly exciting luxury liner cruise in store when he's charged with transporting a troupe of opera singers to Rio de Janeiro. Anxious to become a singer herself, Bradford's young daughter, Polly, decides to skip out on school and sneak onto the ship before it departs. Angry that his daughter disobeyed him, Bradford puts her to work on the ship for punishment, but Polly has her own ideas about how to spend the trip.

В прекрасном, затерянном между гор, южном городке Санта Барбара, штат Калифорния, всегда происходит что-нибудь интересное. На этот раз вы узнаете историю о любви тинейджеров из местной гимназии. Девушка подросток Джуди Фостер — солистка школьного оркестра. Она с друзьями старательно репетируют песни для танцевального вечера, но ее манера пения и поведения на сцене не нравится ее старшей подруге и руководительнице бала Кэрол Прингл, котораяназывает исполнение «слишком юным» и беспечным. Приходит день праздника и выясняется, что парень по имени Оджи — постоянный кавалер Джуди, не будет сопровождать её на выпускной бал. Расстроенная этим ужасным обстоятельством девушка просит владельца популярного в городе кафе отпустить его двадцатилетнего племянника Стивена Эндрюса с ней в качестве партнера для танцев.

A young navy lieutenant is brought in as technical adviser on a song-dance-and-swim film being made by screen star Rosalind Reynolds. Having once done a number with her at a Forces show, the young lad somehow believes she should be his girl. Her boyfriend is just one of those disagreeing.

Christine Evans, the fifteen-year-old daughter of the widowed American ambassador to Mexico Jeffrey Evans, believes that she is no longer a young girl and that she has fully matured into adulthood. Eager to make her mark in the sophisticated world of foreign diplomats living in Mexico, Christine appoints herself as organizer of her father's social activities and takes over the planning of a big garden party he will be hosting. Because he loves his daughter,

Anything can happen during a weekend at New York's Waldorf-Astoria: a glamorous movie star meets a world-weary war correspondent and mistakes him for a jewel thief; a soldier learns that without an operation he'll die and so looks for one last romance with a beautiful but ambitious stenographer; a cub reporter tries to get the goods on a shady man's dealing with a foreign potentate.

По рассказам Кеннет Эрл, М.М. Массельмэн, Кертис Кенион. Композитор Стив Эллиот (Ред Скелтон) влюблён в прекрасную Кэролин Брукс (Эстер Уильямс). Их свадьбу расстраивает коварный импресарио Джордж Адамс (Бэзил Рэтбоун), который боится, что Стив перестанет сочинять ему песни. Кэролин в слезах возвращается на прежнее место работы - колледж. Стив, горя желанием вернуть свою возлюбленную, решает туда поступить, но, проблема в том, что этот колледж - для девушек...

Сестры Пэтси и Джин Дэйо с детства выступают на сцене. По вечерам, после выступлений, они приглашают желающих военных в открытую у них дома "солдатскую столовую" и мечтают снять помещение побольше. Их знакомый военный моряк Джон, скрывая о них, что он миллионер, анонимно покупает для них заброшенный склад и они превращают его в настоящий театр для солдат. Джон влюбляется в Джин, а сам он нравится обеим сестрам...

Broadway star Fay Lawrence (West) is a temperamental diva who is reluctantly persuaded by a Broadway producer (Gaxton) to star in his latest production.

A young soldier on a pass in New York City visits the famed Stage Door Canteen, where famous stars of the theater and films appear and host a recreational center for servicemen during the war. The soldier meets a pretty young hostess and they enjoy the many entertainers and a growing romance

В семействе Акунио дочери выходят замуж по старшинству, очередь за Марией. А та ждет прекрасного принца и не замечает никого. Любящий отец решил разбудить её чувства необычным способом: сам еженедельно пишет дочери анонимные любовные письма и отправляет вместе с букетами орхидей. О, ужас! Дочь неверно понимает источник ухаживаний и влюбляется в нищего танцора. Папаша в ярости.

Mavis Arden is a sensational movie star. Her following spans the world and her personal appearance tours prove her popularity. On her way home from one such appearance, Arden's car breaks down. She orders her publicity man to find her a place to stay, suspicious that he planned the break down to keep her away from a man. However, she soon finds herself mooning over an attractive repairman in town and listening to his ideas about inventing equipment for film.

A notorious Mexican bandit goes all soft and mushy when he falls for a beautiful senorita. Warner Bros.' Captain Thunder contains some of the darndest Mexican accents you've ever heard in your life. The star is Hungarian-born Victor Varconi, portraying a legendary south of the border outlaw who tries to force Canadian senorita Fay Wray to marry a rival rustler whom she despises. She pleads with the bandito so pathetically that he is moved to grant her a single wish. Without hesitation she chooses her poor but true love. The bandit king, being a somewhat honorable fellow grants the wish and without a twitch, guns down the wicked cattle thief. Fortunately the film was played for comedy, a wise decision since it probably would have garnered laughs as a straight drama anyway.

A nobleman returns home to Southern California after the Mexican American War to find his people mistreated by unscrupulous Americans.

A nobleman returns home to Southern California after the Mexican American War to find his people mistreated by unscrupulous Americans.

The magazine "Paintings of the People" initiates a contest to select the best watercolor painting of ethnic peoples and customs. A hungry bohemian painter invokes his muse to help him to produce the winning painting, and when he experiments with scenes set in Mexico, Argentina and Spain, his paintings come to life. In Xochimilco, Mexico, a young bachelor has a drunken dream that his girl friend is performing Josephine Baker's famous banana dance in a Parisian nightclub. In Buenos Aires, an Italian and a Galician are rivals for the affections of a Creole girl. At the other side of the Hispanic world, a Sevillian girl tells of her tragic romance with a matador, who obstinately continues to appear in the ring despite having been injured.

The magazine "Paintings of the People" initiates a contest to select the best watercolor painting of ethnic peoples and customs. A hungry bohemian painter invokes his muse to help him to produce the winning painting, and when he experiments with scenes set in Mexico, Argentina and Spain, his paintings come to life. In Xochimilco, Mexico, a young bachelor has a drunken dream that his girl friend is performing Josephine Baker's famous banana dance in a Parisian nightclub. In Buenos Aires, an Italian and a Galician are rivals for the affections of a Creole girl. At the other side of the Hispanic world, a Sevillian girl tells of her tragic romance with a matador, who obstinately continues to appear in the ring despite having been injured.

Принц Данило влюбляется в танцовщицу по имени Салли О’Хара. Но его дядя, король Никита I из рода Монтебланко, даже и слышать не хочет о браке с простолюдинкой…

Set in the years before and during World War I, this epic tale tells the story of a rich Argentine family, one of its two descending branches being half of French heritage, the other being half German. Following the death of the family patriarch, the man's two daughters and their families resettle to France and Germany, respectively. In time the Great War breaks out, putting members of the family on opposing sides.