20 movies like Carolina Blues, ordered by similarity : Holiday Inn(1942), Bandslam(2009), The Big Broadcast(1932), The Gang's All Here(1943), Gold Diggers of 1935(1935), Two Girls and a Sailor(1944), The Stork Club(1945), Step Lively(1944), Greenwich Village(1944), Night and Day(1946), Sweet and Lowdown(1944), Thoroughly Modern Millie(1967) ...
Musical
USA
1944
81 Minutes
Kay Kyser Ann Miller Victor Moore Georgia Carroll
singer bandleader wealthy man publicist industrialist campy lighthearted crafty north carolina shipyard hotel new york city singing musical performance touring schemes mistaken identity big-band music love discovery
Band Leader Kay Kyser wants to take a holiday, but his publicist Charlotte has promised that he'll give a concert for defense plant workers. Due to the fact that his vocalist has quit to ... See full summary »
Musical, Romance, Comedy, Other
USA
1942
101 Minutes
Bing Crosby Fred Astaire Marjorie Reynolds Virginia Dale Walter Abel Louise Beavers Irving Bacon Marek Windheim
singer dancer innkeeper agent florist charming lighthearted winsome connecticut new york city inn hollywood, calif. love triangle holidays singing dance music rivalry love pursuit
At an inn which is open only on holidays, a crooner and a hoofer vie for the affections of a beautiful up-and-coming performer.
Musical, Romance, Comedy
USA
2009
111 Minutes
Aly Michalka Vanessa Hudgens Gaelan Connell Lisa Kudrow Scott Porter Charlie Saxton Tim Jo Ryan Donowho
singer-songwriter manager ex-boyfriend guitarist rock star newcomer lighthearted endearing tender amusing heartwarming charming stage competition hall garage library house school music young love
A new kid in town assembles a fledgling rock band -- together, they achieve their dreams and compete against the best in the biggest event of the year, a battle of the bands.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1932
78 Minutes
Stuart Erwin Bing Crosby George Burns Gracie Allen Leila Hyams Sharon Lynne
star millionaire secretary love interest singer tycoon amusing mushy radio station united states stage relationships music love radio financial troubles performance love quest 1930s
A radio-singer, Bing Hornsby, is none-too-concerned about his job, and an affair with Mona leads to his dismissal. When it appears Hornsby is getting and paying a lot of attention to his ... See full summary »
Musical, Romance
USA
1943
103 Minutes
Alice Faye Carmen Miranda Jimmy Ellison Eugene Pallette Charlotte Greenwood Edward Everett Horton Tony De Marco Sheila Ryan Dave Willock June Haver Benny Goodman Orchestra
soldier singer banker dancer airy amusing charming patriotic westchester, n.y. nightclub new york city love triangle world war ii class distinctions wealth love quest 1940s
A soldier falls for a chorus girl and then experiences trouble when he is posted to the Pacific.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1935
95 Minutes
Dick Powell Gloria Stuart Adolphe Menjou Glenda Farrell Grant Mitchell Dorothy Dare Alice Brady Frank McHugh Hugh Herbert Winifred Shaw Joseph Cawthorn
mother daughter son fiancée lover hotel desk clerk amusing lighthearted hotel romance rivalry love wealth performance pursuit underdog 1930s
Romantic antics abound among the guests at a luxury hotel, including a stage director, an eccentric millionaire, and the daughter of a financial backer.
Musical, Romance
1944
124 Minutes
Van Johnson June Allyson Gloria DeHaven Jimmy Durante Tom Drake Henry Stephenson Henry O'Neill Ben Blue Frank Sully Donald Meek Lena Horne
singer sister wealthy man sailor vaudevillian amusing spectacular charming emotional nightclub apartment backstage canteen new york city warehouse world war ii home front sibling rivalry sister relationship love triangle
A sailor (Van Johnson) from a rich family meets a nightclub-singing sister act (June Allyson, Gloria DeHaven) in wartime New York.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1945
98 Minutes
Betty Hutton Barry Fitzgerald Don DeFore Robert Benchley Bill Goodwin Iris Adrian Mikhail Rasumny Mary Young Andy Russell Perc Launders Mary Currier
hatcheck girl millionaire marine boss singer band leader cheery engaging stork club hotel new york city wealth generosity misunderstanding jealousy romance big-band music rescue transformation love
A hat-check girl at the Stork Club (Hutton) saves the life of a drowning man (Fitzgerald). A rich man, he decides to repay her by anonymously giving her a bank account, a luxury apartment ... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy
USA
1944
88 Minutes
Frank Sinatra George Murphy Adolphe Menjou Gloria DeHaven Eugene Pallette Anne Jeffreys Walter Slezak
playwright producer hotel manager hotel owner airy endearing spirited new york city hotel theater broadway scam music money rise underdog quest 1940s
Gordon Miller is rehearsing a musical comedy in the penthouse suite of Gribble's hotel...on credit. The mounting bill is driving Gribble frantic. Chaos increases when playwright Glen ... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy
USA
1944
83 Minutes
Carmen Miranda Don Ameche William Bendix Vivian Blaine Felix Bressart B.S. Pully Emil Rameau Frank Orth Torben Meyer Herb Evers Hal K. Dawson
composer club owner singer violinist henchman love interest lighthearted cheery greenwich village new york city apartment theater jail stage composing music swindling drunkenness ambition disillusionment
In 1922, a would-be classical composer gets involved with people putting on a musical revue.
Musical, Gay & Lesbian
USA
1946
128 Minutes
Cary Grant Alexis Smith Ginny Simms Jane Wyman Eve Arden Victor Francen Alan Hale Dorothy Malone
composer nurse friend singer grandfather mother touching inspiring new haven, conn. yale indiana new york city theater hospital aspirations music world war i love cole porter show business
A fictionalized biopic of composer Cole Porter from his days at Yale in the 1910s through the height of his success to the 1940s.
Musical
USA
1944
76 Minutes
James Cardwell Linda Darnell Jack Oakie Lynn Bari Allyn Joslyn John Campbell
bandleader musician brother manager singer beautiful girl spirited cheeky chicago household train station military academy stage new york city show business big-band music maturing family jealousy mistaken identity
After their annual free concert at Chicago's Dearborn Settlement, Benny Goodman and his band are packing up to move on to their next engagement at a military camp, when a kid, Tony Birch, ... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy
USA
1967
138 Minutes
Julie Andrews Mary Tyler Moore Carol Channing James Fox Beatrice Lillie John Gavin Lisabeth Hush Jack Soo Noriyuki "Pat" Morita Philip Ahn Cavada Humphrey
secretary orphan salesman boss manager kidnapper madcap campy lighthearted new york city hotel long island, n.y. chinatown skyscraper love triangle employment kidnapping wealth transformation love
Millie Dillmount comes to town in the roaring twenties to encounter flappers, sexuality, and white slavers.
Musical, Drama, Romance
India
1992
160 Minutes
Prithvi Divya Bharti Sanam Suresh Oberoi
beautiful woman brother singer love interest poet sister melodramatic heartwarming india household stage college romance music poetry love triangle brother/sister relationship wealth love discovery
Shalini Saxena lives a wealthy life-style with her brother Rajesh. She attends college and writes a few poems under the name Seema as part time activity, she meets her fellow collegian an ... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy
USA
1947
105 Minutes
Frank Sinatra Kathryn Grayson Peter Lawford Jimmy Durante Gloria Grahame Marcy McGuire Aubrey Mather Tamara Shayne
singer clerk songwriter schoolteacher veteran janitor lighthearted amusing charming brooklyn, n.y. music store neighborhood music love triangle show business ambition new life love adventure 1940s
Danny has been in the army for 4 years, yet all he thinks about is Brooklyn and how great it is. When he returns after the war, he soon finds that Brooklyn is not so nice after all. He is ... See full summary »
Musical
USA
1957
111 Minutes
Rita Hayworth Frank Sinatra Kim Novak Barbara Nichols Bobby Sherwood Hank Henry Elizabeth Patterson Robin Morse Frank Wilcox Pierre Watkin Barry Bernard
singer chorus girl widow amusing lighthearted playful san francisco nightclub musicians performance romance love triangle dreams love temptation quest discovery 1950s
Joey Evans' a charming, handsome, funny, talented a-1st class, A-N°.1 - heel. When Joey meets the former chorus girl and now is the rich widow, Vera Simpson, the pair of lecherous souls seem made for each other.
Musical
USA
1936
72 Minutes
Shirley Temple Alice Faye Jack Haley Gloria Stuart Michael Whalen Sara Haden Jane Darwell Claude Gillingwater Paul Stanton Henry Armetta Charles Coleman
young girl entertainer businessman producer man wife amusing tender city mansion apartment street car radio station father/daughter relationship grief music family city life growing up
The daughter of a wealthy businessman becomes lost in the city while traveling to a new school, and is taken in by a pair of down-on-their-luck performers.
Musical, Romance
USA
1942
98 Minutes
George Montgomery Ann Rutherford Glenn Miller Lynn Bari Carole Landis Cesar Romero Virginia Gilmore Mary Beth Hughes The Nicholas Brothers Harry Morgan
musician wife singer father band leader husband tense emotional united states small town music hall marriage touring performance jealousy breakup reconciliation love quest 1940s
Connie Ward is in seventh heaven when Gene Morrison's band rolls into town. She is swept off her feet by trumpeter Bill Abbot. After marrying him, she joins the bands tour and learns about ... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy
USA
1947
100 Minutes
Bing Crosby Bob Hope Dorothy Lamour Gale Sondergaard Frank Faylen The Wiere Brothers George Meeker
singer trumpeter love interest guardian brother lighthearted charming ocean liner rio de janeiro arranged marriage stowaway love triangle hypnosis deception adventure love 1940s
Two inept vaudevillians stow away on a Brazilian-bound ocean liner and foil a plot by a sinister hypnotist to marry off her niece to a greedy fortune hunter.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1933
96 Minutes
Joan Blondell Ruby Keeler Dick Powell Aline MacMahon Guy Kibbee Warren William Ned Sparks Ginger Rogers Sterling Holloway Ferdinand Gottschalk Robert Agnew
showgirl singer songwriter theatrical producer wealthy man brother engaging playful rousing new york city apartment broadway theater poverty wealth show business romance deception song and dance underdog love
A wealthy composer rescues unemployed Broadway performers with a new play.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1948
98 Minutes
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.