List of the best Vera-Ellen movies: Happy Go Lovely(1951), Three Little Words(1950), The Kid From Brooklyn(1946), The Big Leaguer(1953), Wonder Man(1945), White Christmas(1954), On the Town(1949), Call Me Madam(1953), Love Happy(1949), Three Little Girls in Blue(1946) ... ...
Musical, Comedy
UK
1951
97 Minutes
Janet Jones
Vera-Ellen David Niven Cesar Romero Bobby Howes Diane Hart Sandra Dorne Gordon Jackson Henry Hewitt Gladys Henson Hugh Dempster Joyce Carey
chorus girl wealthy man chauffeur theatrical producer reporter roommate lighthearted edinburgh, scotland theater apartment restaurant mistaken identity show business deception rumors wealth love transformation 1950s
B.G. Bruno, a rich bachelor, the head of a successful greeting-card company in Scotland, is essentially a kind man but respectable to the point of stodginess and extreme stuffiness. An ... See full summary »
Musical
USA
1950
102 Minutes
Jessie Brown, Jessie Kalmar
Fred Astaire Vera-Ellen Red Skelton Arlene Dahl Keenan Wynn Gale Robbins Gloria DeHaven Harry Shannon Debbie Reynolds Paul Harvey Carleton Carpenter
songwriter dancer wife entertainer nightclub owner cheery witty theater new york city backstage partnership friendship songwriting performance disaster second chance adventure rivalry love transformation
The story of the successful Tin Pan Alley songwriting team of Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby is told loosely and lightheartedly.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1946
114 Minutes
Susie Sullivan
Danny Kaye Vera-Ellen Virginia Mayo Walter Abel Eve Arden Steve Cochran Lionel Stander Fay Bainter Clarence Kolb Victor Cutler Charles Cane
milkman sister pretty woman boxer coach manager lighthearted playful amusing club alley apartment boxing ring gym warehouse publicity deception boxing brother/sister relationship drugs
After a timid milkman knocks unconscious a boxing champion who was accosting his sister, he decides to take up boxing himself in order to impress a beautiful nightclub singer.
Drama
USA
1953
70 Minutes
Christy
Edward G. Robinson Vera-Ellen Jeff Richards Richard Jaeckel William Campbell Paul Langton Lalo Rios Bill Crandall Frank Ferguson John McKee Mario Siletti
An LAPD rookie tangles with state prison paroled convicts who plan to rob an armored payroll truck in Los Angeles.
Musical, Comedy
1945
98 Minutes
Midge Mallon
Danny Kaye Virginia Mayo Vera-Ellen Donald Woods S.Z. Sakall Allen Jenkins Edward Brophy Steve Cochran Otto Kruger Natalie Schafer
librarian entertainer gangster girlfriend dancer thug witty madcap nightclub backstage city ghosts possession siblings murder performance investigation revenge love transformation
When a brash young nightclub entertainer is murdered, his ghost urges his studious twin brother to seek revenge.
Musical, Comedy, Other
USA
1954
120 Minutes
Judy Haynes
Bing Crosby Danny Kaye Rosemary Clooney Vera-Ellen Dean Jagger Mary Wickes John Brascia Anne Whitfield Richard Shannon Grady Sutton Sig Ruman
singer sister general innkeeper veteran lighthearted amusing charming touching vermont inn battlefield new york city christmas financial crisis singing concert friendship rescue love
A successful song-and-dance team become romantically involved with a sister act and team up to save the failing Vermont inn of their former commanding general.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1949
98 Minutes
Ivy Smith
Gene Kelly Gene Kelly Frank Sinatra Ann Miller Vera-Ellen Betty Garrett Jules Munshin Alice Pearce Florence Bates
sailor actress anthropologist cab driver lighthearted playful new york city ship street empire state building museum coney island friendship freedom romance military shore leave adventure love quest
Three sailors wreak havoc as they search for love during a whirlwind 24-hour leave in New York City.
Musical, Comedy
1953
117 Minutes
Princess Maria
Ethel Merman Donald O'Connor George Sanders Vera-Ellen Billy De Wolfe Helmut Dantine Walter Slezak Steven Geray
socialite ambassador minister general duchess witty lighthearted fictional country washington, d.c. politics foreign relations romance social standing love rise 1950s
A Washington hostess (Ethel Merman) falls for a foreign minister (George Sanders) after being named ambassador to a grand duchy.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1949
91 Minutes
Maggie Phillips
Groucho Marx Harpo Marx Chico Marx Ilona Massey Vera-Ellen Marion Hutton Raymond Burr Bruce Gordon Melville Cooper Leon Belasco Paul Valentine
The Marx Brothers help young Broadway hopefuls while thwarting diamond thieves.
Musical, Romance
1946
90 Minutes
Myra Charters
June Haver George Montgomery Vivian Blaine Celeste Holm Vera-Ellen Frank Latimore Charles Smith Charles Halton Ruby Dandridge Thurston Hall Clinton Rosemond
Country sisters Pam (June Haver), Liz (Vivian Blaine) and Myra dress the part to meet rich men in circa-1900 Atlantic City.