List of the best Jane Powell movies: Two Weeks With Love(1950), Hit the Deck(1955), Nancy Goes to Rio(1950), Small Town Girl(1953), Three Sailors and a Girl(1953), The Girl Most Likely(1957), Delightfully Dangerous(1945), Athena(1954), Rich, Young and Pretty(1951), Seven Brides for Seven Brothers(1954), Luxury Liner(1948), A Date With Judy(1948) ... ...
Musical, Comedy
USA
1950
92 Minutes
Patti Robinson
Jane Powell Ricardo Montalban Louis Calhern Ann Harding Phyllis Kirk Carleton Carpenter Debbie Reynolds
daughter father mother teen boy cuban best friend playful charming uplifting resort beach restaurant canoe dance floor adolescence romance family friendship father/daughter relationship singing
The Robinson family are spending two weeks of summer vacation at a resort in the Catskills. Older daughter Patti vies with her friend, Valeria, for the affections of Demi Armendez but Patti... See full summary »
Musical
USA
1955
112 Minutes
Susan Smith
Jane Powell Tony Martin Debbie Reynolds Walter Pidgeon Vic Damone Gene Raymond Ann Miller Russ Tamblyn J. Carrol Naish Kay Armen Richard Anderson
Sailor Danny Xavier Smith and two other gobs try to save his sister Susan's virtue. She wants to get a role in the show "Hit the Deck". After wrecking the producers hotel suite, they land ... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy
USA
1950
99 Minutes
Nancy Barklay
Jane Powell Ann Sothern Barry Sullivan Carmen Miranda Louis Calhern Scotty Beckett Fortunio Bonanova Glenn Anders Nella Walker Hans Conried Frank Fontaine
singer mother daughter producer romantic interest actress winsome touching amusing new york city boat broadway theater rio de janeiro theater misunderstanding performance mother/daughter relationship love love sacrifice
A mother and daughter compete over the same singing role and, unbeknownst to each other, the same man.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1953
93 Minutes
Cindy Kimbell
Jane Powell Farley Granger Ann Miller S.Z. Sakall Robert Keith Bobby Van Chill Wills Billie Burke Fay Wray Dean Miller William Campbell
A judge's daughter keeps an eye on a playboy who gets 30 days in jail for speeding.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1953
95 Minutes
Penny Weston
Three navy men run into a shady producer who convinces them to invest into his new show. When they meet the show's female star attraction, they're sold. Have they become the latest showbiz players or just three more suckers?
Musical, Comedy
USA
1957
98 Minutes
Dodie
Jane Powell Cliff Robertson Keith Andes Kaye Ballard Tommy Noonan Una Merkel Kelly Brown Judy Nugent Frank Cady Nacho Galindo Chris Essay
pretty woman boyfriend blue-collar worker millionaire fiancé best friend lighthearted spirited amusing balboa, calif. beach ferry household yacht tijuana, mexico marriage proposal romantic dilemma marrying for money jealousy true love
Dodie dreams of marrying a millionaire so that she can live 'the life'. Buzz, her boyfriend, however is not rich as he is a salesman for a housing development. He proposes and Dodie accepts... See full summary »
Musical, Romance
USA
1945
99 Minutes
Sherry Williams
Jane Powell Ralph Bellamy Constance Moore Arthur Treacher Louise Beavers Ruth Tobey Ruth Robinson Andre Charlot Shirley Hunter Chris Drake
teen girl burlesque dancer theatrical producer classmate orchestra conductor butler uplifting lighthearted boarding school new york city music hall party stage singing ambition sister relationship secret identity running away romance discovery
Young Sherry Williams dreams of having a singing career, and she idolizes her older sister Josephine, who has gone to New York to perform on the stage. When Sherry is distraught just before... See full summary »
Musical
USA
1954
96 Minutes
Athena Mulvain
Jane Powell Edmund Purdom Debbie Reynolds Nancy Kilgas Dolores Starr Jane Fischer Cecile Rogers Vic Damone Louis Calhern Evelyn Varden Linda Christian
lawyer friend fiancée health nut sister grandfather winsome quirky cheery spirited family home apartment california opposites attract political campaign health bodybuilding eccentricity culture clash transformation
Attorney, Purdom, and singer, Damone, romance two sisters, Reynolds and Powell, who live with and are strongly influenced by eccentric, health oriented and star gazing grandparents.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1951
95 Minutes
Elizabeth Rogers
Jane Powell Danielle Darrieux Wendell Corey Vic Damone Fernando Lamas Marcel Dalio Una Merkel Richard Anderson Jean Murat Hans Conried Monique Chantal
rancher daughter nightclub employee seducer mother boyfriend mushy spirited playful paris nightclub hotel restaurant father/daughter relationship mother/daughter relationship secret marital problems reunion culture clash love
Jim Stauton Rogers, a Texas rancher turned international diplomat, takes his young daughter, Elizabeth Rogers, on a trip to Paris. He is concerned that his daughter might come in contact ... See full summary »
Musical
USA
1954
103 Minutes
Milly Pontipee
Howard Keel Jane Powell Russ Tamblyn Jeff Richards Tommy Rall Marc Platt Matt Mattox Jacques d'Amboise Virginia Gibson Julie Newmeyer Ruta Kilmonis
woman brother mountain man townsperson father love interest heartwarming rousing lighthearted cabin mountain barn oregon manners banishment kidnapping marriage courtship mob mentality transformation
In 1850 Oregon, when a backwoodsman brings a wife home to his farm, his six brothers decide that they want to get married too.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1948
98 Minutes
Polly Bradford
George Brent Jane Powell Frances Gifford Lauritz Melchior Marina Koshetz Xavier Cugat Thomas E. Breen Richard Derr
captain daughter opera singer fiancée fiancé aspiring singer amusing lighthearted emotional cruise ship opera house atlantic ocean cruise stowaway opera love triangle father/daughter relationship singing love growing up
A young girl stows away aboard a luxury liner which is full of musical stars--and which her father just happens to be the captain.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1948
113 Minutes
Wallace Beery Jane Powell Elizabeth Taylor Carmen Miranda Robert Stack Selena Royle Scotty Beckett Leon Ames George Cleveland Lloyd Corrigan Clinton Sundberg
teen girl best friend sweetheart father dance instructor brother lighthearted amusing school dance santa barbara, calif. high school friendship teen romance dance suspicion love triangle discovery growing up 1940s
Hyperactive teenager Judy Foster (Jane Powell) challenges, and is challenged by, her overly-proper parents, pesky brother Randolph (Jerry Hunter), and boyfriend Ogden "Oogie" Pringle (Scotty Beckett).
Drama
USA
1958
84 Minutes
Hedy Lamarr Jane Powell George Nader Jan Sterling Jerry Paris Gregg Palmer Mabel Albertson James Gleason Richard Cutting Ann Doran Yvonne Peattie
An aging film star and her alcoholic daughter compete for a handsome extra.
Adventure
USA
1958
94 Minutes
Fayaway
Dana Andrews Jane Powell Don Dubbins Arthur Shields Ted de Corsia Friedrich Ledebur Augustin Fernandez Francisco Reiguera
Two 19th-century sailors jump ship only to discover their tropical paradise is a cannibal stronghold.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1944
93 Minutes
Jane Powell
Edgar Bergen W.C. Fields Jane Powell Bill Christy
Child film star Jane Powell, fed up with her every move being stage managed by her stage mother, runs away and joins the U.S. Crop Corps, a small army of young folks staying at youth ... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy
USA
1948
115 Minutes
Tess Morgan
Jeanette MacDonald Jane Powell Edward Arnold Harry Davenport Moyna Magill Elinor Donahue Ann E. Todd Tom Helmore Kathryn Card Thurston Hall Nan Bennett
magazine editor daughter boss band leader father mother playful cheery intricate new york city high school cruise ship office household mansion secret marriage mother/daughter relationship sister relationship divorce music
It's Tess' graduation day from "Miss Drakes School for Girls". During the choir's performance at the ceremony, Tess notices that her beautiful, divorcee mother, Louise Rayton Morgan isn't ... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy
1946
127 Minutes
Christine Evans
Walter Pidgeon Ilona Massey Roddy McDowall Jane Powell Hugo Haas Mikhail Rasumny Helene Stanley Ann Codee Paul Stanton Doris Lloyd Rosita Marstini
ambassador daughter boyfriend pianist xavier cugat singer lighthearted charming melodramatic mexico party nightclub father/daughter relationship love musicians love growing up 1940s
The U.S. ambassador's (Walter Pidgeon) daughter falls for a Mexican pianist (Jose Iturbi) old enough to be her grandfather.
Biography
USA
1954
132 Minutes
Jose Ferrer Merle Oberon Helen Traubel Doe Avedon Walter Pidgeon Paul Henreid Tamara Toumanova Paul Stewart Isobel Elsom David Burns Jim Backus
composer wife singer musician melodramatic charming theater new york city music romance success love rise 1920s
Biographic movie about the American composer Sigmund Romberg.