The best Jay Eaton’s music movies

Jay Eaton

Jay Eaton

17/03/1899- 05/02/1970
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Swing Fever

Swing Fever
5.9/10
Comedy about a bandleader with hypnotic powers.

Gold Diggers of 1935

Gold Diggers of 1935
6.9/10
  • Genre: ComedyMusic
  • Release: 15/03/1935
  • Character: Jewelry Salesman (uncredited)
Romance strikes when a vacationing millionairess and her daughter and son spend their vacation at a posh New England resort.

City for Conquest

City for Conquest
7.2/10
  • Genre: CrimeDramaMusic
  • Release: 21/09/1940
  • Character: Party Guest (uncredited)
The heartbreaking but hopeful tale of Danny Kenny and Peggy Nash, two sweethearts who meet and struggle through their impoverished lives in New York City. When Peggy, hoping for something better in life for both of them, breaks off her engagement to Danny, he sets out to be a championship boxer, while she becomes a dancer paired with a sleazy partner. Will tragedy reunite the former lovers?

Broadway Serenade

Broadway Serenade
5.7/10
  • Genre: DramaMusicRomance
  • Release: 07/04/1939
  • Character: Atlantic City Party Guest (uncredited)
A married singer, pianist/composer team are struggling to hit it big in New York. Finally, they audition before a Broadway producer, but the producer only wants the singer, leaving the husband without a job and feeling a failure.

Dance, Girl, Dance

Dance, Girl, Dance
6.8/10
Judy O'Brien is an aspiring ballerina in a dance troupe. Also in the company is Bubbles, a brash mantrap who leaves the struggling troupe for a career in burlesque. When the company disbands, Bubbles gives Judy a thankless job as her stooge. The two eventually clash when both fall for the same man.

Talent Scout

Talent Scout
5.2/10
  • Genre: DramaMusicRomance
  • Release: 24/07/1937
  • Character: Extra in Carter's Outer Office (uncredited)
A Hollywood heartthrob helps a small-town girl achieve stardom.

Gold Diggers in Paris

Gold Diggers in Paris
5.8/10
When the representative of the Paris International Dance Exposition arrives in New York to invite the Academy Ballet of America to compete for monetary prizes, the taxi driver mistakenly brings him to the Club Ballé, a nightclub on the brink of declaring bankruptcy. The owners, Terry Moore and Duke Dennis, jump at the chance to go, despite being aware of the mistake. They hire ballet teacher, Luis Leoni, and his only pupil, Kay Morrow, to join the group, hoping to teach their two dozen show girls ballet en route to Paris by ship. Also going along and rooming with Kay is Mona, Terry's ex-wife, who wants to keep an eye on her alimony checks. Naturally, Kay and Terry fall in love.

Romance on the High Seas

Romance on the High Seas
7/10
Doris Day, in her film debut, plays Georgia Garrett, a singer sent by jealous wife Elvira Kent on an ocean cruise to masquerade as herself while she secretly stays home to catch her husband cheating. Meanwhile equally suspicious husband Michael Kent has sent a private eye on the same cruise to catch his wife cheating. Love and confusion ensues along with plenty of musical numbers.

Cadet Girl

Cadet Girl
7.6/10
A West Point cadet and his bandleader brother fall for a singer in the band.

My Love Came Back

My Love Came Back
6.3/10
  • Genre: ComedyDramaMusic
  • Release: 13/07/1940
  • Character: Party Guest (uncredited)
Amelia is a gifted violinist who is in danger of quitting the Brissac Academy of Music. Julius arranges to have a scholarship given to her through his employee Tony so that Julius can escort Amelia to every musical event in the city. The trouble begins when he cannot meet her one night and Tony goes in his place. Tony believes that Julius and Amelia are a couple and then son Paul thinks that Tony and Amelia are a couple as he is sending her the money. The worst part is that Amelia might leave classical music for swing music with classmates Dusty, Joy and the band.

Two Hearts in Wax Time

Two Hearts in Wax Time
5.4/10
  • Genre: FantasyMusic
  • Release: 23/03/1935
  • Character: Mannequin Dresser (uncredited)
In this MGM Colortone Musical short, a department store custodian who overindulges in drink sees the mannequins in the store's display windows come to life.

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