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Whoopee! (1930)
- USA
- 93 min
- režie: Thornton Freeland
- IMDB: 7.8 (808 hodnocení)
Western sheriff Bob Wells is preparing to marry Sally Morgan; she loves part-Indian Wanenis, whose race is an obstacle. Sally flees the wedding with hypochondriac Henry Williams, who thinks he's just giving her a ride; but she left a note saying they've eloped! Chasing them are jilted Bob, Henry's nurse Mary (who's been trying to seduce him) and others.
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Pirát (1948)
- USA
- 102 min
- režie: Vincente Minnelli
- IMDB: 7.1 (3,243 hodnocení)
Film situovaný do roku 1820 do karibské oblasti. Za obtloustlého a bohatého starostu města se má provdat krásná dívka Manuela pocházející z obyčejné měšťanské rodiny. Don Pedro Vargas se jí vůbec nelíbí, zato má plnou hlavu vysněného romantického hrdiny. Tím není nikdo jiný než postrach pobřeží a moří v celém Karibiku - slavný pirát Macoco. Aby alespoň na čas oddálila plánovaný sňatek, vyprosí si Manuela od tetičky Inez cestu do města, které nikdy před tím nenavštívila. Právě tam se ale náhodou seznámí s mladým sympatickým dobrodruhem Serafinem, do něhož se zamiluje...
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Romance on the High Seas (1948)
- USA
- 99 min
- režie: Michael Curtiz / Busby Berkeley
- IMDB: 7 (1,228 hodnocení)
Elvira is supposed to go on a cruise, but decides to stay home when she suspects her husband is cheating on her. Her husband suspects the same of his wife, and sends an investigator to spy on her on the cruise - but he is really spying on Elvira's husband.
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The Great Caruso (1951)
- USA
- 109 min
- režie: Richard Thorpe
- IMDB: 6.7 (913 hodnocení)
Loosely traces the life of tenor Enrico Caruso (1873-1921). He loves Musetta, in his home town of Naples, and then Dorothy, the daughter of one of the Metropolitan Opera's patrons. Caruso is unacceptable to both women's fathers: to one, because he sings; to Dorothy's, because he is a peasant. To New York patricians, Caruso is short, barrel chested, loud, emotional, unrefined. Their appreciation comes slowly. The film depicts Caruso's lament that "the man does not have the voice, the voice has the man": he cannot be places he wants to be, because he must be elsewhere singing, including the day his mother dies. Throughout, Mario Lanza and stars from the Met sing.
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I'll See You in My Dreams (1951)
- USA
- 110 min
- režie: Michael Curtiz
- IMDB: 6.9 (630 hodnocení)
Songwriter Gus Kahn fights to make his name, then has to fight again to survive the Depression.
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Mr. Imperium (1951)
- USA
- 87 min
- režie: Don Hartman
- IMDB: 5 (288 hodnocení)
A pretty singer/dancer is becoming an actress whereas the playboy crown prince is becoming a monarch. The both will have their clandestine romance interfered with by their changing circumstances.
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With a Song in My Heart (1952)
- USA
- 117 min
- režie: Walter Lang
- IMDB: 7 (981 hodnocení)
Jane Froman (Susan Hayward), an aspiring songstress, lands a job in radio with help from pianist Don Ross (David Wayne), whom she later marries. Jane's popularity soars, and she leaves on a European tour... but her plane crashes in Lisbon, and she is partially crippled. Unable to walk without crutches, Jane nevertheless goes on to entertain the Allied troops in World War II.
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Z nóbl společnosti (1956)
- USA
- 111 min
- režie: Charles Walters
- IMDB: 7 (10,405 hodnocení)
Zbývá jediný den do svatby bohaté Tracy Samanthy Lord (Grace Kelly) a v rodinném sídle se začínají objevovat první hosté. Nechybí zde Tracyn první manžel, hudebník a skladatel C.K. Dexter-Haven (Bing Crosby) s Louisem Armstrongem a jeho kapelou, pikantní detaily z milionářské veselky se snaží zachytit reportér Mike Connor (Frank Sinatra) z magazínu Spy. Zatímco Tracy má o své budoucnosti po boku nového manžela definitivně jasno, Dexter svou exmanželku stále velmi miluje a je odhodlán ji svatbu překazit. Velkolepě pojatý večírek na rozlučku se svobodou je tak jeho poslední šancí, jak vývoj událostí ještě zvrátit.(dopitak)
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Porgy and Bess (1959)
- USA
- 138 min
- režie: Otto Preminger
- IMDB: 7.4 (1,146 hodnocení)
Set in the early 1900s in the fictional Catfish Row section of Charleston, South Carolina, which serves as home to a black fishing community, the story focuses on the titular characters, crippled beggar Porgy, who travels about in a goat-drawn cart, and the drug-addicted Bess, who lives with stevedore Crown, the local bully.