20 movies like Slightly French, ordered by similarity : Singin' in the Rain(1952), A Foreign Affair(1948), Down Missouri Way(1946), Wonder Man(1945), Road to Rio(1947), That Night in Rio(1941), Artists and Models(1937), Broadway Melody of 1936(1935), Bandslam(2009), Beach Blanket Bingo(1965), Holiday Inn(1942), The Big Broadcast(1932) ...
Musical, Comedy
USA
1949
81 Minutes
Don Ameche Dorothy Lamour Janis Carter Willard Parker Adele Jergens Jeanne Manet
director singer movie producer sister star impostor witty endearing madcap carnival film set swimming pool ballroom california filmmaking talent search love triangle impersonation publicity jealousy
A cinema director who is in an emotional and professional crisis thinks that he has discovered a French star when he meets an ordinary dancer.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1952
102 Minutes
Gene Kelly Debbie Reynolds Donald O'Connor Jean Hagen Millard Mitchell Rita Moreno Douglas Fowley Cyd Charisse Madge Blake King Donovan
actor singer actress friend songwriter filmmaker emotional playful witty hollywood new york city street movie set silent movies movie making song and dance love triangle jealousy media love
A silent film production company and cast make a difficult transition to sound.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1948
116 Minutes
Jean Arthur Marlene Dietrich John Lund Millard Mitchell Peter von Zerneck Stanley Prager
congresswoman military officer singer witty engaging berlin nightclub military base office nazism world war ii political corruption love triangle love quest transformation 1940s
In occupied Berlin, an army captain is torn between an ex-Nazi café singer and the U.S. congresswoman investigating her.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1946
73 Minutes
Martha O'Driscoll John Carradine Eddie Dean William Wright Renee Godfrey
professor director movie star movie producer mule amusing playful touching ozark mountains farm film set college vacation filmmaking animal taming farming jealousy love adventure 1940s
Jane Colwell, an associate professor at an agricultural college, thinks that a trained mule she has been working with needs a rest and takes him to her farm. There she finds a film company ... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy
1945
98 Minutes
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
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
1941
90 Minutes
Alice Faye Don Ameche Carmen Miranda S.Z. Sakall J. Carrol Naish Curt Bois Leonid Kinskey Frank Puglia Maria Montez Georges Renavent
entertainer aristocrat wife baron girlfriend madcap amusing cheeky rio de janeiro car casino stock exchange impersonation love triangle business marriage temptation love 1940s
An entertainer in Rio impersonates a wealthy aristocrat. When the aristocrat's wife asks him to carry the impersonation further, complications ensue.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1937
97 Minutes
Jack Benny Ida Lupino Richard Arlen Gail Patrick Ben Blue Judy Canova Cecil Cunningham Donald Meek
ad executive girlfriend model business owner socialite chairman winsome lighthearted witty new york city office miami pool ballroom advertising beauty pageant business deal career vs. love big break love triangle
Mac Brewster (Benny) is head of an advertising firm that is in debt. The million-dollar Townsend Silver contract could save the firm, but the wealthy playboy Alan Townsend (Arlen) wants an ... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy
USA
1935
105 Minutes
Jack Benny Eleanor Powell Robert Taylor Una Merkel Sid Silvers Buddy Ebsen June Knight Vilma Ebsen Nick Long Jr. Robert Wildhack Paul Harvey
singer dancer producer widow columnist secretary amusing witty new york city broadway theater dance show business love deception quest rise love rivalry 1930s
Bob Gordon is staging a new Broadway Show. He gets an offer of money by Lillian, if she can dance in his show. Gordon's old class mate Irene, tries to get the leading role in this show, but Lillian insists in getting this part herself.
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
1965
98 Minutes
Frankie Avalon Annette Funicello Paul Lynde Deborah Walley Harvey Lembeck John Ashley Jody McCrea Donna Loren Marta Kristen Linda Evans Timothy Agoglia Carey
mermaid boyfriend girlfriend singer surfer biker campy playful california beach party young love kidnapping publicity skydiving jealousy love quest rescue 1960s
Lovers (Frankie Avalon, Annette Funicello) quarrel around surfers, Don Rickles, Buster Keaton, Von Zipper's biker gang.
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, 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, Comedy, Drama
India
1968
157 Minutes
Shammi Kapoor Rajshree Pran Mumtaz Dhumal Madhavi Mohan Choti Asit Sen Krishan Dhawan Ratnamala Mridula
orphan landlord neighbor poor woman emotional endearing amusing moving india house bungalow apartment building love betrayal orphans love triangle pact love quest pursuit
Of unknown parentage, as he was abandoned as a child, calling himself Brahmachari (Shammi Kapoor) lives in a heavily mortgaged house, with twelve other young orphans, and a servant/former ... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy
USA
1940
97 Minutes
daughter son gangster mother singer songwriter amusing madcap endearing lighthearted boarding house nightclub hideout taxes murder on the run wrongfully accused show business pursuit sacrifice
After crooked nightclub owner Chips Maguire murders a police informant, he blackmails his piano player to allow him to stay at his eccentric mother's boarding house.
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.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1943
75 Minutes
Betty Grable Robert Young Adolphe Menjou Reginald Gardiner Virginia Grey Phil Regan Sig Ruman Alan Dinehart
burlesque performer music hall singer newspaper reporter duke fiancé fiancée spirited engaging amusing playful london music hall newsroom secret past musical performance love new identity marriage love triangle transformation
Music-hall star Madeleine Marlowe leaves London engaged to the Duke of Trippingham only to find back home that Police Gazette hack Samuel A. McGee has exposed her as former burlesque queen ... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy
USA
1940
82 Minutes
Jack Benny Fred Allen Mary Martin Verree Teasdale Eddie Anderson Virginia Dale
jack benny fred allen niece valet sister rival amusing cheeky madcap coast united states docks miami apartment feud show business brawling love triangle imprisonment rivalry
Jack Benny is preparing his New Year's Eve radio broadcast but takes time out to take his valet Rochester to meet his girlfriend Josephine arriving on a steamer. Fred Allen and his sister ... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy
USA
1944
107 Minutes
Rita Hayworth Gene Kelly Eve Arden Lee Bowman Phil Silvers Leslie Brooks Otto Kruger Jess Barker Anita Colby Curt Bois Edward Brophy
dancer club owner theatrical producer publisher girlfriend boyfriend charming endearing inspiring witty brooklyn, n.y. new york city nightclub fame success dance beauty loyalty love rise
Rusty Parker wins a contest and becomes a celebrated cover girl; this endangers her romance with dancing mentor Danny.
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 »
Musical, Comedy
USA
1942
83 Minutes
Bing Crosby Bob Hope Dorothy Lamour Anthony Quinn Dona Drake Vladimir Sokoloff Mikhail Rasumny
con artist best friend princess sheik merchant witty hysterical morocco market royal palace desert love triangle slavery culture clash mistaken identity friendship travel underdog love adventure
Two carefree castaways on a desert shore find an Arabian Nights city, where they compete for the luscious Princess Shalmar.