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Jerome Kern
1) Swing time
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Fred Astaire plays a gambler intent on raising $25,000 in New York in order to marry his fiance back home. Romantic complications occur when he meets dancing teacher, Ginger Rogers. Memorable songs include "The Way you look tonight".
Series
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
A lushly tuneful nineties musical about the trials of Adeline Schmidt, a singer who could rise from headlining at her father's Hoboken beer garden to starring on Broadway, if she can straighten out her love life. Will she choose the dashing Spanish-American war hero backing her show or the brash tunesmith who's all work and no romance?
3) Cover girl
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
A dancer in a Brooklyn night club catches the eye of a magazine publisher, who sees in her potential as a future cover girl.
4) Reckless
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
"A Broadway star married for love. The tabloids say she murdered for money. ... [Jean Harlow] plays musical star Mona Leslie, the bride of a champagne-stewed blueblood. When he blows his brains out, Mona is suspected of his murder, igniting a media frenzy"--Container.
5) Show boat
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Description
Musical extravaganza which celebrates the loves and heartbreaks of a Mississippi riverboat troupe, starting with a young girl whose heart is stolen by a dashing gambler.
6) Roberta
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
Fun's in fashion when Fred and Ginger enter the world of Paris fashions. Marvelous Jerome Kern music graces standards like "Smoke gets in your eyes" and "I won't dance."