Ruby Keeler Movies

A producer puts on what may be his last Broadway show, and at the last moment a chorus girl has to replace the star.

During the Great Depression, all Broadway shows are closed down. A group of desperate unemployed showgirls find hope when a wealthy songwriter...

A fledgling producer finds himself at odds with his workers, financiers and his greedy ex-wife when he tries to produce live musicals for movie-going...

A reformer's daughter wins the lead role in a scandalous Broadway show.

A documentary film about dancing on the screen, from it's orgins after the invention of the movie camera, over the movie musical from the late 20s,...

A rich young boy arranges to be kidnapped so he'll get more attention from his parents.

Broadway actress leaves New York to become a star in Hollywood, and succeeds despite sleazy directors and her own ego.

Making-of documentary about the 1933 musical, 42nd Street.

An irresponsible Broadway star gets mixed up with gambling and gangsters.

This insightful documentary features some of the major and most beautiful actresses to grace the silver screen. It shows how the movie industry...

Musical about dingaling millionaire businessman Cedric Ames and his various employees

Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American entertainment industry during the Great Depression.

A rock band is invented by the government as a cover to find hostages in a remote castle in Albania held by communist enemies of the USA.

A financially-strapped mother and her children relocate from the city to a small rural town.

Ruby Keeler teams with the Nelsons (of TV and radio fame) as the singer in Ozzie's band. The setting is a college campus which is suffering from...

Students at New York's Rovina Finishing School for Girls send their photographs to the makers of Claybury's Beauty Soap, in the hope of being chosen...

Profile of famed dance director Busby Berkeley's career, in particular "The Gang's All Here"

An admiral's son with no interest in carrying on the family tradition is a successful crooner. He finally joins the Navy to prove he can, but with no...

A group of stable hands is given a race horse when its owner retires from the business. They raise money to run the horse in the Hollywood Derby at...

Short documentary about the Great Depression's impact on film, specifically Berkeley musicals.