Movies like Birth of the Blues

20 movies like Birth of the Blues, ordered by similarity : Syncopation(1942), George White's 1935 Scandals(1935), Girls Just Want to Have Fun(1985), Roberta(1935), Teen Beach Movie(2013), ABCD 2(2015), Something to Sing About(1937), King Creole(1958), Two Girls and a Sailor(1944), Purple Rain(1984), Blues in the Night(1941), Metropolitan(1935) ...

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Birth of the Blues

Jeff grows up near Basin Street in New Orleans, playing his clarinet with the dock workers. He puts together a band, the Basin Street Hot-Shots, which includes a cornet player, Memphis. ... See full summary »

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Syncopation

Covering a quarter-century of American 'syncopated" music (Ragtime, Jazz, Swing, Blues, Boogie Woogie)from prior to WWI through prohibition, the stock-market crash, the depression and the ... See full summary »

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George White's 1935 Scandals

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 »

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Girls Just Want to Have Fun

Janey is new in town and soon meets Lynne, who shares her passion for dancing in general and "Dance TV" in particular.

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Roberta

An American jazzman and his buddy woo a Russian princess and a fake countess in Paris.

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Teen Beach Movie

Two young surfers (Ross Lynch, Maia Mitchell) find romance when they magically become part of a movie musical.

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ABCD 2

Childhood friends Suresh and Vinnie want to become successful dancers. To fulfill their dreams, they form a dance group with their friends and compete in a hip-hop contest in Las Vegas.

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Something to Sing About

A New York bandleader journeys to Hollywood when he is offered a contract with a studio, but he is determined to do things his way and not theirs.

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King Creole

A troubled youth's singing sets New Orleans rockin'. With a sweet girl to love him and nightclubbers cheering, it seems he will shake off his past and head for the top. But will a mobster and his man-trap moll snare him in a life of crime?

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Two Girls and a Sailor

A sailor (Van Johnson) from a rich family meets a nightclub-singing sister act (June Allyson, Gloria DeHaven) in wartime New York.

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Purple Rain

A young musician, tormented by an abusive situation at home, must contend with a rival singer, a burgeoning romance, and his own dissatisfied band, as his star begins to rise.

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Blues in the Night

"Jigger' Lane forms a band that includes singer Ginger 'Character' Powell, wife of the trumpeter Leo Powell, and Nickie Haroyen and Peppi. All of them dedicate themselves to work as a unit ... See full summary »

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Metropolitan

Opera prima donna leaves the Metropolitan to form her own company with Tibbett as leading man. She leaves this company too which means Tibbett and company must carry on without her.

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Wake Up and Live

Satire on radio, built around the supposed feud between bandleader Ben Bernie and journalist Walter Winchell.

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Give a Girl a Break

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 »

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Meet Me After the Show

Delilah Lee is the star of husband Jeff Ames' Broadway show when she starts to suspect he has been exchanging more than contracts with the show's vampish backer. Alimony and amnesia become the order of the day.

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Crossover Dreams

Salsa singer screws over everybody on his way to the top; when his latest record flops, his career starts doing downhill.

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The Idolmaker

Based on the life of rock promoter/producer Bob Marcucci, who discovered, among others, Frankie Avalon and Fabian.

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Sing Your Worries Away

This package for comedy and the musical numbers has Luke Brown being drugged by the gangster operators of the swank Boathouse Inn; most notably Roxie a sexy pickpocket. Brown has ... See full summary »

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Seven Days Leave

Soldier Johnny Grey is engaged to marry singer Mapy Cortes, but his plans go awry when he learns that he is the heir to $100,000 from his great-grandfather -- a bequest that comes with a ... See full summary »

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Manhattan Merry-Go-Round

Gangsters take control of a record company and use toughguy tactics on unwilling performers.

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