Top Rated Music Movies on Pantaflix - Page 292

Pelvis

1977

Pelvis

1977
4.2
A young man moves to New York to strike it big in the music business.
That Girl from Paris

1936

That Girl from Paris

1936
6.6
Nikki Martin, a beautiful French opera star, stows away on an ocean liner in hopes of escaping her jealous fiancee. Once aboard, she joins an American swing band and falls in love with its leader, who, after hearing her sing, eventually comes to reciprocate her feelings.
Tropic Holiday

1938

Tropic Holiday

1938
5.8
A screenwriter falls in love with a Mexican woman while searching for a story line south of the border.
Minstrel Man

1944

Minstrel Man

1944
5
Unusually elaborate for a PRC film, Minstrel Man is a lively musical drama built around the talents of veteran vaudevillian Benny Fields. The star is cast as Dixie Boy Johnson, who rises from the ranks of minstrel shows to become a top Broadway attraction. On the opening night of his greatest stage triumph, Dixie Boy's wife dies in childbirth. Profoundly shaken, he walks out of the show, leaving the baby to be raised by his showbiz pals Mae and Lasses White (Gladys George, Roscoe Karns). The kid grows up to be an attractive young woman named Caroline (Judy Clark), who follows in her dad's footsteps by billing herself as-that's right-Dixie Girl Johnson. This leads to a tearful reunion between Caroline and the father she'd long assumed to be dead. If Minstrel Man seems at times to be a dress rehearsal for Columbia's The Jolson Story (1946), it shouldn't surprising: the PRC film was directed by Joseph H. Lewis, who went on to helm Jolson Story's musical highlights.
The Merry Monahans

1944

The Merry Monahans

1944
5
The film concerns a family vaudeville troupe headed by patriarch Pete Monahan. Because of his love affair with the bottle, Pete manages to get himself and his family blacklisted from every major vaude house in the country. Though Pete's kids Jimmy and Patsy love their dad, they're forced to break away from the act and go off on their own to survive. Eventually, the whole gang is reunited in a shamelessly lachrymose musical finale.
Why Girls Leave Home

1945

Why Girls Leave Home

1945
5
In this crime drama, a young woman leaves her unhappy life at home to become a sophisticated night club singer. Her first job is nearly fatal when she entangles herself with the mobsters who own the joint and learns too much about their operation. Her boss decides to kill her and make it look like suicide. An intrepid reporter disbelieves the report and exposes the truth to the public.
Punk in Africa

2012

Punk in Africa

2012
7.2
Three chords, three countries, one revolution...PUNK IN AFRICA is the story of the multiracial punk movement within the recent political and social upheavals experienced in three Southern African countries: South Africa, Mozambique and Zimbabwe.
The Big Broadcast of 1937

1936

The Big Broadcast of 1937

1936
5.4
The employees of a failing radio station must put on a huge ratings winner to have any chance of continued operation.
Music for Millions

1944

Music for Millions

1944
6
Six-year-old "Mike" goes to live with her pregnant older sister, Babs, who plays string bass in José Iturbi's orchestra. And the orchestra is rapidly turning completely female, what with the draft. As the orchestra travels around the country, Babs' fellow orchestra members intercept and hide her War Office telegram to protect the baby.
The Marriage of Figaro

1975

The Marriage of Figaro

1975
5.4
Mozart's Marriage of Figaro is a comedy whose dark undertones explore the blurred boundaries between dying feudalism and emerging Enlightenment. Herman Prey's Figaro is admirably sung in a firm baritone and aptly characterized. So too, is his antagonist, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau as the Count perpetually frustrated by the scheming wiles of Figaro and Susanna, here the perky Mirella Freni, who sings and acts like a dream. The Countess is creamy-voiced Kiri Te Kanawa, and the Cherubino, Maria Ewing, looks just like the horny, teenaged page she's supposed to be. The all-star leads are complemented by worthy supporting singers, the Vienna Philharmonic at the top of its form, and the experienced Mozartian, Karl Böhm conducting a stylishly fleet performance.
To Russia... with Elton

1979

To Russia... with Elton

1979
6.4
Footage of a concert given in Moscow, Russia, by rock singer Elton John.
Don't Ever Leave Me

1965

Don't Ever Leave Me

1965
5.5
A young singer secretly gets married since he does not want to let his fans down. After a while the gutter press make up a love story which seriously worries his young bride.
Die Fledermaus

1962

Die Fledermaus

1962
6.5
Dr. Gabriel Eisenstein, legal counsel at Arabayam & Co., is serving an eight-day sentence in the Grinzing district prison for insulting a public official. At the same time, however, he is to attend Prince Orlofsky's ball on behalf of his employer, Basil Arabayam, posing as Marquis Renard with a fictitious wife. Said woman is to persuade the prince to donate oil-rich lands in Bakutin on the Black Sea to her, which are to be immediately transferred to Arabayam...
Let's Rock!

1958

Let's Rock!

1958
4
A lounge singer tries to adjust to rock 'n' roll music.
Stille Nacht V: Dog Door

2001

Stille Nacht V: Dog Door

2001
6
Tom Waits, the brothers Quay, and a dog door.
Jocks

1984

Jocks

1984
3.4
One of the few films about Italo Disco, this Riccardo Sesani film follows two young males -- Tom Hooker and Russel Russel as DeeJay and Hi-Fi -- in a quest to find find a financial backer for the biggest disco party ever!
A Song Goes Round the World

1933

A Song Goes Round the World

1933
3.4
A Song Goes Round the World is a 1933 German drama film directed by Richard Oswald and starring Joseph Schmidt, Viktor de Kowa and Charlotte Ander.
Garden of the Moon

1938

Garden of the Moon

1938
6.2
Don Vincente is determined to make a success of himself and his band. He gets his break by performing at the Garden of the Moon, which is broadcast over the radio. The problem is that John Quinn is the club's ruthless, scheming manager who will do anything to keep Vincente under his thumb. John's assistant, Toni Blake, falls for Vincente, complicating the escalating war.
Save the Children

1973

Save the Children

1973
6.4
A concert film highlighted by performances from Marvin Gaye, Jerry Butler, and Roberta Flack.
The Darktown Revue

1931

The Darktown Revue

1931
3.4
With a series of long takes and frontal camera set-ups, Michaeux provides a record of several cabaret acts, using intertitles to separate the individual numbers. This quietly outrageous film begins with the high-toned Heywood Choir singing "Watermelon time" and concludes with Amon David playing a preacher using heavy blackface. Amon Davus was known as "the Back Biting Comedian, Par Excellence", and his sermon is one of Michaeux's many notable send-ups of the clergy.