Ruby Keeler

A producer puts on what may be his last Broadway show, and at the last moment a chorus girl has to replace the star.

During the Great Depression, all Broadway shows are closed down. A group of desperate unemployed showgirls find hope when a wealthy songwriter...

A fledgling producer finds himself at odds with his workers, financiers and his greedy ex-wife when he tries to produce live musicals for movie-going...

A reformer's daughter wins the lead role in a scandalous Broadway show.

A rock band is invented by the government as a cover to find hostages in a remote castle in Albania held by communist enemies of the USA.

A group of stable hands is given a race horse when its owner retires from the business. They raise money to run the horse in the Hollywood Derby at...

A private stationed in Hawaii gets involved with the general's engaged daughter. In order to avoid a scandal, the pair break up, but meet again years...

Musical about dingaling millionaire businessman Cedric Ames and his various employees

Two starving songwriters will only get funding if they get British actress Jane Clarke to star in their show.

An admiral's son with no interest in carrying on the family tradition is a successful crooner. He finally joins the Navy to prove he can, but with no...

An irresponsible Broadway star gets mixed up with gambling and gangsters.

A financially-strapped mother and her children relocate from the city to a small rural town.

Making-of documentary about the 1933 musical, 42nd Street.

Broadway actress leaves New York to become a star in Hollywood, and succeeds despite sleazy directors and her own ego.

Ruby Keeler teams with the Nelsons (of TV and radio fame) as the singer in Ozzie's band. The setting is a college campus which is suffering from...

Short documentary about the Great Depression's impact on film, specifically Berkeley musicals.

The process by which girls are chosen for chorus line members in movie musical is shown. Numbers from popular 1930s musicals are then presented....

Profile of famed dance director Busby Berkeley's career, in particular "The Gang's All Here"

Orphaned horse-trainer's little daughter has reciprocated bond with horse, which needs her presence to win races.

Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American entertainment industry during the Great Depression.

Students at New York's Rovina Finishing School for Girls send their photographs to the makers of Claybury's Beauty Soap, in the hope of being chosen...

A rich young boy arranges to be kidnapped so he'll get more attention from his parents.

A musical which begins with six men and a woman singing; then a dance number; finally, the six men and woman sing again.

A documentary film about dancing on the screen, from it's orgins after the invention of the movie camera, over the movie musical from the late 20s,...

A short promotional film about Ruby Keeler and her upcoming film "Flirtation Walk." It provides a brief look at her career on Broadway, early films,...

1928 Fox Movietone short