The best William Benedict’s music movies

William Benedict

William Benedict

16/04/1917- 25/11/1999
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The Kid from Brooklyn

The Kid from Brooklyn
6.5/10
  • Genre: ComedyMusic
  • Release: 21/03/1946
  • Character: Newsboy
Shy milkman Burleigh Sullivan accidentally knocks out drunken Speed McFarlane, a champion boxer who was flirting with Burleigh's sister. The newspapers get hold of the story and photographers even catch Burleigh knock out Speed again. Speed's crooked manager decides to turn Burleigh into a fighter. Burleigh doesn't realize that all of his opponents have been asked to take a dive. Thinking he really is a great fighter, Burleigh develops a swelled head which puts a crimp in his relationship with pretty nightclub singer Polly Pringle. He may finally get his comeuppance when he challenges Speed for the title.

Second Chorus

Second Chorus
5.7/10
Danny O'Neill and Hank Taylor are rival trumpeters with the Perennials, a college band, and both men are still attending college by failing their exams seven years in a row. In the midst of a performance, Danny spies Ellen Miller who ends up being made band manager. Both men compete for her affections while trying to get the other one fired.

Road to Utopia

Road to Utopia
7.1/10
While on a ship to Skagway, Alaska, Duke and Chester find a map to a secret gold mine, which had been 'stolen' by thugs. In Alaska to recover her father's map, Sal Van Hoyden falls in with Ace Larson, who secretly wants to steal the gold mine for himself. Duke, Chester, the thugs, Ace and his henchman chase each other all over the countryside—for the map.

Grand Ole Opry

Grand Ole Opry
6.8/10
  • Genre: ComedyMusic
  • Release: 25/06/1940
  • Character: Newsboy (uncredited)
Aided by musicians at the Grand Ole Opry, a small-town mayor in the Ozarks takes on a group of crooked politicians.

Can This Be Dixie?

Can This Be Dixie?
5.7/10
  • Genre: ComedyMusic
  • Release: 13/11/1936
  • Character: Shenandoah Peachtree (uncredited)
A young girl and her uncle who run a traveling medicine show lend their efforts to salvage an old plantation.

Rhythm in the Clouds

Rhythm in the Clouds
5.7/10
  • Genre: ComedyMusic
  • Release: 21/06/1937
  • Character: Bellboy
Judy Walker is a poor songwriter who, through mistaken identity, gets her songs played on the radio.

Cadet Girl

Cadet Girl
7.6/10
  • Genre: ComedyMusicRomance
  • Release: 28/11/1941
  • Character: Soldier at Camp Show (uncredited)
A West Point cadet and his bandleader brother fall for a singer in the band.

All by Myself

All by Myself
6.6/10
Career woman Jean. almost a partner in Mark's advertising firm, has been falling in love with Mark, who of course is unaware of it. But unknown to Jean, Mark has become engaged to singer Val. When Jean finds out she tries to save face by saying that she is also engaged, and then uses a little social blackmail to get psychiatrist Bill Perry to pretend to be her fiancé for an evening out with Mark and Val.

Do You Love Me

Do You Love Me
6.3/10
  • Genre: Music
  • Release: 17/05/1946
  • Character: Singing Western Union Boy (uncredited)
Katharine Hilliard, mousy dean of a stuffy music school, meets and is insulted by swing band leader Barry Clayton on a train. To "show" him she takes a friend's advice, removes her glasses, and puts on a designer gown. Naturally, she becomes gorgeous. Soon, both Barry and crooner Jimmy Hale are after her, and she finds herself in the midst of triangles and misunderstandings.

People Are Funny

People Are Funny
5.3/10
  • Genre: ComedyMusic
  • Release: 11/01/1946
  • Character: NBC Usher
A comedy based on NBC's "People Are Funny" radio (and later television) program with Art Linkletter with a fictional story of how the program came to be on a national network from its humble beginning at a Nevada radio station. Jack Haley is a producer with only half-rights to the program while Ozzie Nelson and Helen Walker are the radio writers and supply the romance. Rudy Vallee, always able to burlesque himself intentional and, quite often, unintentional, is the owner of the sought-after sponsoring company. Frances Langford, as herself, sings "I'm in the Mood for Love" while the Vagabonds quartet (billed 12th and last) chimes in on "Angeline" and "The Old Square Dance is Back Again."

Jesse James at Bay

Jesse James at Bay
5.7/10
When Jesse learns that Krager is cheating settlers, he and his gang rob trains to obtain money for them to purchase their land. Krager, finding a Jesse look alike in Burns, hires him to wreck havoc on the ranchers. When Jesse kills Burns he switches clothes and goes after the culprits.

Moonlight in Vermont

Moonlight in Vermont
6.4/10
A poor country girl from Vermont travels to New York City to attend a theatrical school.

Rhythm on the River

Rhythm on the River
6.8/10
  • Genre: ComedyMusic
  • Release: 28/08/1940
  • Character: Elevator Boy
Popular songwriter Oliver Courtney has been getting by for years using one ghost writer for his music and another for his lyrics. When both writers meet at an inn, they fall in love and then try to sell their songs under their own name. The problem is every song publisher thinks they're copying Courtney's style.

That's My Baby!

That's My Baby!
4.7/10
A love triangle occurs between the publisher's daughter Betty Moody. comic book artist Tim Jones, and the company's wily manipulative manager Hilton Payne. In addition, Betty's dad, Phineas Moody suffers from severe melancholy; and an emergency cure of laughter is required to save his health.

The Powers Girl

The Powers Girl
6.5/10
  • Genre: ComedyMusic
  • Release: 15/01/1943
  • Character: Office Boy
Two small-town sisters who've come to New York City for very different reasons find themselves competing for the affections of a brash magazine photographer. Comedy.

Get Hep to Love

Get Hep to Love
6.8/10
  • Genre: DramaMusic
  • Release: 02/10/1942
  • Character: Soda Jerk
Orphan prodigy singer runs away from her oppressive aunt and tricks a rural couple into adopting her.

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