Keyword: big band

Swing Fever

5

1943

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Lowell Blackford (Kay Kyser) is blessed with a gift of music,but also cursed with a hereditary evil eye which hypnotizes people,and he is virtually a recluse. He goes in search of a Broadway publisher for a symphonietta he has written, and ends up crashing an audition at the Swing Publishing Company, where he meets torch singer Ginger Gray (Marilyn Maxwell) and her fiance and promoter, Waltzy Malone (William Gargan). Ginger accidently walks off with his music and he follows her to a gym where Waltzys fighter, Killer Kennedy (Nat Pendleton), has just been kayoed by his sparring partner. Waltzy learns of Lowells hypnotic power and believes that Kennedy can win the championship if Lowell uses his power against the champ. He arranges for Lowell to lead the band at the club where Ginger sings. The latter objects to the role she is to play in getting Lowell to use his evil eye but Waltzy persuades her to go along by telling Lowell that Kennedy is her brother and it means everything to her if he wins the fight. Lowell, after having Ginger turn down his marriage proposal, joins the Tank Corps. Waltzy is frantic and he has a phoney doctor tell Lowell he needs rest followed by attending a prize fight, and also tells him Ginger has accepted his proposal.

International House

7.1

1933

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Assorted wacky characters converge on a Chinese hotel to bid on a new invention, television.

King of Jazz

6.8

1930

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American Pre-Code color film starring Paul Whiteman and his Jazz orchestra.

Pot o' Gold

6.1

1941

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Jimmy goes to work with his uncle, the owner of a food factory. Before he gets there, he befriends an Irish family who happens to be his uncles worst enemy because of their love for music and in-house band who constantly practices.

Check and Double Check

5.7

1930

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Typical Amos n Andy storyline has the boys trying to make a go of their open-air taxi business while they get caught up in a society hassle, involving driving musicians to a fancy party. All the regular characters are here (or mentioned), including the famous Mystic Knights of the Sea. The only film appearance of radios long-running characters.

Pardon My Rhythm

6.5

1944

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A high-school bandleader captures the attention of a popular coed by winning a music contest.