20 movies like I Dream Too Much, ordered by similarity : Trolls World Tour(2020), Give a Girl a Break(1953), Crooner(1932), Hollywood Hotel(1937), The Cat and the Fiddle(1934), Funny Lady(1975), Maytime(1937), George White's 1935 Scandals(1935), You Were Meant for Me(1948), Nashville(1975), Gentlemen Marry Brunettes(1955), The Idolmaker(1980) ...
Musical, Comedy
USA
1935
95 Minutes
Lily Pons Henry Fonda Eric Blore Osgood Perkins Lucien Littlefield Lucille Ball Mischa Auer Paul Porcasi Scotty Beckett Esther Dale Clarence Wilson
opera singer composer agent producer husband wife melodramatic passionate paris monte carlo, monaco stage club street ambition jealousy music competition success marriage rivalry
Jonathan Street is a struggling composer when he meets and marries Annette. The problem is that Jonathan was drunk and does not want to be married. Annette does go with him to Paris and ... See full summary »
Adventure, Fantasy, Kids & Family, Comedy, Animation, Musical
USA
2020
91 Minutes
troll tribal leader queen king charming confident cool cheeky music stage forest village dance club country music music classical music pop music rock music quest rivalry pursuit
When the Queen of the Hard Rock Trolls tries to take over all the Troll kingdoms, Queen Poppy and her friends try different ways to save all the Trolls.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1953
82 Minutes
Gower Champion Debbie Reynolds Marge Champion Kurt Kaszner Helen Wood Bob Fosse Richard Anderson William Ching Lurene Tuttle Larry Keating Donna Martell
singer dancer producer choreographer rival husband endearing charming airy amusing broadway theater stage apartment theater aspirations difficult decision competition musical revue rivalry rise
The star of an upcoming Broadway production, Janet Hallson, walks out during rehersals. The producers of the show, Ted Sturgis, Leo Belney and Bob Dowdy begin to search a replacement. After... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy
USA
1932
64 Minutes
David Manners Ann Dvorak Ken Murray J. Carrol Naish Guy Kibbee Claire Dodd Allen Vincent Edward Nugent William Janney
musician singer girlfriend publicist band member star engaging melodramatic confident house concert hall office stage rise to stardom music fame romance arrogance show business discovery
Story of a saxophonist and his rise to fame as a singing star.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1937
109 Minutes
Dick Powell Rosemary Lane Hugh Herbert Lola Lane Ted Healy Glenda Farrell Johnnie Davis Frances Langford Alan Mowbray Mabel Todd Allyn Joslyn
saxophonist starlet look-alike agent waiter director melodramatic amusing spirited stage movie theater movie studio hotel talent show business success rags to riches fame music rise
Ronny Bowers, a saxophonist in Benny Goodman's band has won a talent contest an got a ten week contract with a film studio. On his first evening he is supposed to go with the studio's star ... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy
USA
1934
90 Minutes
Ramon Novarro Jeanette MacDonald Frank Morgan Charles Butterworth Jean Hersholt Vivienne Segal Frank Conroy Henry Armetta Adrienne D'Ambricourt Joseph Cawthorn
ingénue singer composer fiancé musician patron charming touching tender melodramatic theater brussels, belgium paris café hotel opera infidelity perseverance love triangle creative process
A romance between a struggling composer and an American singer.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1975
136 Minutes
Barbra Streisand James Caan Omar Sharif Roddy McDowall Ben Vereen Carole Wells Larry Gates Heidi O'Rourke Samantha Huffaker Matt Emery Joshua Shelley
singer lyricist ex-husband producer mistress husband amusing spirited melodramatic new york city california cleveland stage household fanny brice jealousy marital problems ambition infidelity broadway
Story of singer Fanny Brice's stormy relationship with showman Billy Rose.
Musical
USA
1937
132 Minutes
Jeanette MacDonald Nelson Eddy John Barrymore Herman Bing Tom Brown Lynne Carver Rafaela Ottiano Charles Judels Paul Porcasi Sig Ruman Walter Kingsford
opera singer teacher husband love interest melodramatic emotional passionate paris opera house new york city love triangle jealousy opera marriage infidelity forbidden love rivalry revenge 1930s
An aging opera singer looks back on her long life, including her relationships with her vocal teacher and a student.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1935
83 Minutes
Alice Faye James Dunn Ned Sparks Lyda Roberti Cliff Edwards Arline Judge Eleanor Powell Benny Rubin Emma Dunn Roger Imhof George White
producer singer boyfriend aunt performer rival spirited charming florida train georgia theater new york city club show business performance family competition scandal marriage
A vacationing Broadway producer, George White, stops off in a small Georgia town to send a telegram. He sees his name in lights on a local theater and is scandalized over the unauthorized ... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy
USA
1948
92 Minutes
bandleader flapper husband wife manager musician emotional lighthearted uplifting illinois midwest theater concert hall small town chicago rags to riches music city vs. country fame marriage
1920's bandleader Chuck Arnold meets hometown girl Peggy at one of the band's dances and next day weds her. Though she loves him, life on the road becomes increasingly difficult for her, ... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy, Drama
USA
1975
157 Minutes
Keith Carradine Lily Tomlin Karen Black David Arkin Barbara Baxley Ned Beatty Ronee Blakley Timothy Brown Geraldine Chaplin Robert DoQui Shelley Duvall
singer musician lawyer event coordinator politician driver amusing dense spirited nashville, tenn. rally stage music politics marriage infidelity aspirations discovery rise fall
Over the course of a few hectic days, numerous interrelated people prepare for a political convention.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1955
97 Minutes
Jane Russell Jeanne Crain Alan Young Rudy Vallee Scott Brady Guy Middleton Eric Pohlmann Ferdinand Mayne Leonard Sachs Guido Lorraine
sister showgirl boyfriend agent mother singer amusing heartwarming melodramatic new york city paris nightclub monte carlo, monaco the louvre stage aspirations fame travel singing rise
Two Broadway showgirls, who are also sisters, are sick and tired of New York, as well as getting nowhere. Quitting Broadway, the sisters decided to travel to Paris to become famous.
Musical
USA
1980
119 Minutes
Ray Sharkey Tovah Feldshuh Peter Gallagher Paul Land Joe Pantoliano Maureen McCormick John Aprea Richard Bright Olympia Dukakis
songwriter singer teen idol girlfriend spectacular melodramatic sultry pennsylvania stage apartment backstage street nightclub music pop culture fame rags to riches music industry rise rivalry
Based on the life of rock promoter/producer Bob Marcucci, who discovered, among others, Frankie Avalon and Fabian.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1935
87 Minutes
Dick Powell Ann Dvorak Fred Allen Patsy Kelly Raymond Walburn David Rubinoff Benny Baker Andrew Tombes Alan Dinehart Paul Harvey Edwin Maxwell
singer dancer manager politician wife rival playful cheeky engaging bus new york city town rally hotel ambition politics radio romance performance rise
Entertainers enter a political rally to get out of the rain and become part of the show. One of them (Powell) gives a speech in place of the besotted candidate (Walburn) and is chosen to be... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy
USA
1934
97 Minutes
Dick Powell Ruby Keeler Pat O'Brien Ross Alexander John Arledge John Eldredge Henry O'Neill Guinn "Big Boy" Williams Frederick Burton John Darrow Glen Boles
cadet general daughter lieutenant sergeant amusing passionate hawaii army base west point, n.y. stage love triangle reunion military musical revue engagement ambition love quest rivalry
A Musical-romance with Dick Powell as a private stationed in Hawaii who gets involved with Ruby Keeler, the general's engaged daughter. In order to avoid a scandal, the pair break up, but ... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy
USA
1957
117 Minutes
Fred Astaire Cyd Charisse Janis Paige Peter Lorre George Tobias Jules Munshin Joseph Buloff Barrie Chase Wim Sonneveld
producer composer russian agent bureaucrat charming lighthearted paris nightclub hotel moscow music industry culture clash westernization seduction transformation temptation forbidden love 1950s
A musical remake of Ninotchka: After three bumbling Soviet agents fail in their mission to retrieve a straying Soviet composer from Paris, the beautiful, ultra-serious Ninotchka is sent to ... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy
USA
1937
91 Minutes
Walter Winchell Ben Bernie Alice Faye
bandleader gossip columnist starlet vaudevillian singer playful engaging witty new york city nightclub apartment stage feud performance stage fright unexpected success singing rivalry rescue 1930s
Satire on radio, built around the supposed feud between bandleader Ben Bernie and journalist Walter Winchell.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1939
85 Minutes
Jack Benny Dorothy Lamour Edward Arnold Binnie Barnes Monty Woolley Isabel Jeans Phil Harris Betty Grable E.E. Clive Eddie Anderson Leonard Mudie
broadway producer singer love interest wife husband jealous man madcap hysterical charming london stage country house show business jealousy unrequited love schemes misunderstanding relationships love pursuit
Producer Bob Temple, who's brought an American show to London, loves his star Diana, but she won't take him seriously as a lover. To show her, he picks up stranger Lady Arlington, whose ... See full summary »
Documentary, Music
USA
2018
95 Minutes
singer rock star guitarist music producer woman musician emotional melodramatic intense inspiring touching creative music stage united states tour bus music hall music rock 'n' roll career women in hollywood
Documentary about rock star Joan Jett.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1937
82 Minutes
Phil Regan Leo Carrillo Ann Dvorak Tamara Geva James Gleason Henry Armetta Luis Alberni Smiley Burnette Selmer Jackson Eddie Kane Moroni Olsen
mobster singer opera singer musician secretary mother lighthearted winsome new york city office nightclub theater music industry show business opera mother/son relationship love triangle organized crime quest 1930s
Gangsters take control of a record company and use toughguy tactics on unwilling performers.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1937
109 Minutes
Fred Astaire Ginger Rogers Eric Blore Edward Everett Horton Jerome Cowan Ketti Gallian William Brisbane Ann Shoemaker Ben Alexander Emma Young Sherwood Bailey
dancer fan agent husband wife amusing lighthearted paris new york city ship dance show business love marriage love temptation transformation 1930s
A ballet dancer and a showgirl fake a marriage for publicity purposes, then fall in love.