Lucky Jackson arrives in town with his car literally in tow ready for the first Las Vegas Grand Prix - once he has the money to buy an engine. He gets the cash easily enough but mislays it when the pretty swimming pool manageress takes his mind off things. It seems he will lose both race and girl, problems made more difficult by rivalry from Elmo Mancini, fellow racer and womaniser.
The history of Hollywood musical movies, from the very beginning until the 21st century, hosted by Shirley Jones.
Live performance of Beth Hart at the Crossroads Festival. Recorded in Bonn, Germany on March 24th, 2011.
A Reno singer witnesses a mob murder and the cops stash her in a nunnery to protect her from the mob's hitmen. The mother superior does not trust her, and takes steps to limit her influence on the other nuns. Eventually the singer rescues the failing choir and begins helping with community projects, which gets her an interview on TV—and identification by the mob.
From the mean streets of the Belleville district of Paris to the dazzling limelight of New York's most famous concert halls, Edith Piaf's life was a constant battle to sing and survive, to live and love. Raised in her grandmother's brothel, Piaf was discovered in 1935 by nightclub owner Louis Leplee, who persuaded her to sing despite her extreme nervousness. Piaf became one of France's immortal icons, her voice one of the indelible signatures of the 20th century.
Brazilian singer Maria Bethania has a 40-year singing career. A documentary shows her concerts and famous family.
A celebration of the Irish punk/poet Shane MacGowan, lead singer and songwriter of The Pogues, that combines unseen archive footage from the band and MacGowan’s family with original animations.
A man who loves an aspiring opera singer is prepared to sacrifice everything to help her with her career, even though he knows she doesn't love him.
The program on this DVD is basically a retrospective produced in the early 1990s for public television that was originally called «A Bing Crosby Christmas: Just Like the Ones You Used to Know» that was narrated by Gene Kelly and hosted by Bing's widow, Kathryn Crosby. The program itself features clips from fifteen of Bing's classic television specials, concentrating on the period from the early 1960s onwards when he included Kathryn and their three children in the programs.
Marie Rottrová: To mám tak ráda
A famous singer, bored with music and fans, goes to live in Mexico. His manager sends a woman to bring him back. They fall in love.
The story of the famous and influential 1960s rock band and its lead singer and composer, Jim Morrison.
He has sold 120 million albums since 1960, that is to say more than 60 years of career and more than 7000 concerts all over the world, but Salvatore Adamo remains humble, concerned about others, his family and his public. Can one write a story with so many good feelings? Without a doubt, he brings to those who follow him always a deep peace and joy. In this documentary, Salvatore Adamo tells the story of his career and his special relationship with his audience. To the sound of his most beautiful melodies, he confides without taboo on his musical journey, his inspirations and his musical and artistic universes in a broad sense.
A trio of female soul singers cross over to the pop charts in the early 1960s, facing their own personal struggles along the way.
The lives of two struggling musicians, who happen to be brothers, inevitably change when they team up with a beautiful, up-and-coming singer.
A look at what goes on backstage during the last broadcast of America's most celebrated radio show, where singing cowboys Dusty and Lefty, a country music siren, and a host of others hold court.
One week before St. Nicholas Day, St. Nicholas writes an application for sick leave. All gifts for polite children are ready, except for one: a 9-year-old girl Yustia did not write him a letter with her wishes. The same is due to his hospitalization and the fact that no child can be left without a gift, St. Nicholas assigns his responsibilities to the girl's father. The girl's father is a musician and composer who, after the death of his wife (the girl's mother), no longer plays music, but tries to make a career as a presenter, forgetting about his child's dreams.
Four socialites unexpectedly clash: heiress Brooke Carter runs into gambler Johnny Spanish at the race track while playboy Michael O. Pritchard nearly runs into stage star Kitty O'Kelly with his car. Backstage at Kitty's show, it turns out she and Brooke are old friends who attended public school together. The foursome do the town, accompanied by Brooke's companion Elizabeth, who throws herself at Michael's butler and chauffeur Rodney James.
A pop singer who has been successful on Broadway, is homesick and returns.
A pampered dog named Trouble must learn to live in the real world while trying to escape from his former owner's greedy children and must learn how to survive on the big-city streets.