The best George Cleveland’s music movies

George Cleveland

George Cleveland

17/09/1885- 15/07/1957
If you love cinema, you will share this ranking of the best George Cleveland’s movies, although you may have ordered them differently. In any case, we hope you love it and with a little luck discovering a movie that you still don’t know about George Cleveland.

Man from Music Mountain

Man from Music Mountain
6.3/10
  • Genre: MusicWestern
  • Release: 30/10/1943
  • Character: Sheriff Hal Darcey
Roy returns home to fine a range feud between the cattlemen and the sheepmen. When his friend is killed he finds the rifle had a defective pin. He learns the rifle belongs to a ranch hand named Barker and that a third party has caused the feud. When he captures outlaws trying to blow up a dam, he claims Barker was the killer. But Barker has switched rifles and the outlaws now accuse Roy and Roy finds himself in trouble.

Mother Wore Tights

Mother Wore Tights
6.4/10
  • Genre: Music
  • Release: 20/08/1947
  • Character: Grandfather McKinley
In this chronicle of a vaudeville family, Myrtle McKinley (class of 1900) goes to San Francisco to attend business school, but ends up in a chorus line. Soon, star Frank Burt notices her talent, hires her for a "two-act", then marries her. Incidents of the marriage and the growing pains of eldest daughter Miriam are followed, interspersed with nostalgic musical numbers.

My Wild Irish Rose

My Wild Irish Rose
6.3/10
  • Genre: Music
  • Release: 24/12/1947
  • Character: Captain Brennan
Musical biography of Irish 19th century tenor Chauncey Olcott.

Walking My Baby Back Home

Walking My Baby Back Home
6.2/10
  • Genre: ComedyMusic
  • Release: 06/12/1953
  • Character: Col. Dan Wallace
A young man from a wealthy New York family pursues a career as the leader of a dance band. Musical.

A Date with Judy

A Date with Judy
6.5/10
Developed from a radio program which began in 1941, hyperactive teenager Judy challenges and is challeged by her overly proper parents, pest of a brother Randolph and boyfriend Oogie.

Sunbonnet Sue

Sunbonnet Sue
6/10
  • Genre: ComedyMusic
  • Release: 05/10/1945
  • Character: Casey, Tavern Owner
Set in New York's Lower East Side during the Gay '90s, this lively low-budget musical follows the exploits of a feisty and talented saloon owner's daughter who loves nothing more than to perform in her father's tavern. Her late-night shenanigans appall her wealthy and socially conscious aunt who launches a secret campaign to shut down the bar and force her niece to reside in her palatial home.

Klondike Kate

Klondike Kate
5.8/10
A young man in Alaska finds himself accused of murder, and must fight to clear his name.

Senorita from the West

Senorita from the West
5.4/10
Determined to become a radio singer, a young girl runs away from her family. She hooks up with a man who is actually the real voice of a famous radio crooner, who actually can't sing at all.

I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now

I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now
6.6/10
  • Genre: Music
  • Release: 31/07/1947
  • Character: John McCullen
A biopic of the career of Joe Howard (12 Feb.,1878 - 19 May, 1961), famous songwriter of the early 20th Century. Howard wrote the title song, Goodbye, My Lady Love; and Hello, My Baby among many others. Mark Stevens was dubbed by Buddy Clark, well known singer of the 30's and 40's

My Best Gal

My Best Gal
5.7/10
A girl from a show-business family seeks a backer for her boyfriend's musical.

Home in San Antone

Home in San Antone
4.8/10
  • Genre: MusicWestern
  • Release: 14/04/1949
  • Character: Grandpa Gibson
Posing as unemployed musicians,Roy Acuff (Roy Acuff) and his Smoky Mountain Boys (The Smoky Mountain Boys), are being helped by Ted Gibson (Bill Edwards), owner of the Harmony Inn in San Antonio, Texas. Gibson is impoverished because he keeps buying his kleptomaniac Uncle Zeke (Lloyd Corrigan)out of trouble, supports his Ma (Dorothy Vaughan), and Grandpa ('George Cleveland'). He wants to marry Jean Wallace (Lyn Thomas) , and doesn't know that Acuff and his musicians are traveling incognito for the radio show "Who Am I Helping?" If he guesses their identity, he wins $100,000.

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