The best Lester Dorr’s music movies

Lester Dorr

Lester Dorr

08/05/1893- 25/08/1980
Today we present the best Lester Dorr’s movies. If you are a great movie fan, you will surely know most of them, but we hope to discover a movie that you have not yet seen … and that you love! Let’s go there with the best Lester Dorr’s movies.
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Anchors Aweigh

Anchors Aweigh
7/10
Two sailors, Joe and Clarence have four days shore leave in spend their shore leave trying to get a girl for Clarence. Clarence has his eye on a girl with musical aspirations, and before Joe can stop him, promises to get her an audition with José Iturbi. But the trouble really starts when Joe realizes he's falling for his buddy's girl.

Dames

Dames
7/10
A reformer's daughter wins the lead in a scandalous Broadway show.

Torch Singer

Torch Singer
6.7/10
When she can't support her illegitimate child, an abandoned young woman puts her up for adoption and pursues a career as a torch singer. Years later, she then searches for the gave up child.

You'll Never Get Rich

You'll Never Get Rich
6.7/10
  • Genre: ComedyMusicRomance
  • Release: 25/09/1941
  • Character: Photographer at Crystal Room (uncredited)
A Broadway choreographer gets drafted and coincidentally ends up in the same army base as his object of affection’s boyfriend.

Sing, Baby, Sing

Sing, Baby, Sing
5.8/10
  • Genre: Music
  • Release: 21/08/1936
  • Character: Kansas City News Vendor
The "Caliban-Ariel" romance of fiftysomething John Barrymore and teenager Elaine Barrie is spoofed in this delightful 20th Century Fox musical. Adolphe Menjou plays the Barrymore counterpart, a loose-living movie star with a penchant for wine, women, and more wine. Alice Faye plays a nightclub singer hungry for publicity. Her agent (Gregory Ratoff) arranges a "romance" between Faye and Menjou. Eventually Faye winds up with Michael Whalen, allowing Menjou to continue his blissful, bibulous bachelorhood. Sing, Baby, Sing represented the feature-film debut of the Ritz Brothers, who are in top form in their specialty numbers--and who are awarded a final curtain call after the "The End" title, just so the audience won't forget them (The same device was used to introduce British actor George Sanders in Fox's Lancer Spy [37]).

For Me and My Gal

For Me and My Gal
7/10
  • Genre: MusicRomanceWar
  • Release: 21/10/1942
  • Character: Stage Manager (uncredited)
Two vaudeville performers fall in love, but find their relationship tested by the arrival of WWI.

Straight, Place and Show

Straight, Place and Show
5.7/10
  • Genre: ComedyMusic
  • Release: 30/09/1938
  • Character: Photographer
The Ritz Brothers go to the race track. They raise training end entrance money in a wrestling match and help a young man train the horse of his fiancée.

Hot Rod Gang

Hot Rod Gang
5.3/10
  • Genre: DramaMusic
  • Release: 01/08/1958
  • Character: Dryden Philpott
A kid who wants to enter his car in the drag races joins a rock band to make enough money to do it.

No, No, Nanette

No, No, Nanette
5.2/10
  • Genre: ComedyMusic
  • Release: 19/12/1940
  • Character: Travel Agent
Perky young Nanette attempts to save the marriage of her uncle and aunt by untangling Uncle Jimmy from several innocent but ensnaring flirtations. Attempting one such unentanglement, Nanette enlists the help of theatrical producer Bill Trainor, who promptly falls in love with her. The same thing happens when artist Tom Gillespie is called on for help. But soon Uncle Jimmy's flirtations become too numerous, and Nanette's romances with Tom and Bill run into trouble. Will Uncle Jimmy's marriage survive, and will Nanette find happiness with Tom, Bill, or somebody else?

The Canary Comes Across

The Canary Comes Across
6/10
  • Genre: Music
  • Release: 26/01/1938
  • Character: Convict (uncredited)
A prisoner with a good singing voice escapes, only to grow jealous when an opera singer who looks like him is delivered back to the prison and receives attention, especially from Ann, the warden's daughter who leads the prison glee club.

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