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Young Girls of Rochefort, TheYoung Girls of Rochefort, The (Les Demoiselles de Rochefort) (1967) Aro Favourite
Dir. Jacques Demy
Feat. Catherine Deneuve, Francois Dorleac, Gene Kelly
The carrot of love is dangled in Jacques Demy's positively radiant follow–up to UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG: an unbridled, colour–saturated…
I Could Go on SingingI Could Go on Singing (1963)
Dir. Ronald Neame
Feat. Judy Garland, Dirk Bogarde, Jack Klugman
A successful singer visits her estranged son while on tour in England. Teary melodrama was Garland's last film and featured arguably her best acting.
Bells are RingingBells are Ringing (1960)
Dir. Vincente Minnelli
Feat. Judy Holliday, Dean Martin, Fred Clark
Winning musical rom–com from Vincente Minnelli (MEET ME IN ST LOUIS), with Judy Holliday playing a fictionalised version of real–life…
Cloud-Capped Star, TheCloud-Capped Star, The (1960)
Dir. Ritwik Ghatak
Feat. Supriya Choudhury
The kind–hearted daughter of a middle–class refugee family from East Pakistan sacrifices her own happiness for her unappreciative family,…
Expresso BongoExpresso Bongo (1960)
Dir. Val Guest
Feat. Cliff Richard, Laurence Harvey
Brash and colourfully classic 'beat' musical with Cliff Richard as a struggling bongo–playing nightclub act who is snatched from obscurity by a…
Give a Girl a BreakGive a Girl a Break (1953)
Dir. Stanley Donen
Feat. Debbie Reynolds, Marge Champion, Gower Champion
Musical comedy about three unknown actresses who are all competing for Broadway stardom after a temperamental performer walks off the set of a major…
Young Man With a HornYoung Man With a Horn (Young Man of Music) (1949) Recommended
Dir. Michael Curtiz
Feat. Kirk Douglas, Doris Day, Lauren Bacall
Sharp biopic based on legendary jazz trumpeteer Bix Beiderbecke (played here by Kirk Douglas), who rose from obscurity to possess one of the most…
Red Shoes, TheRed Shoes, The (1948) Aro Favourite
Dir. Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Feat. Anton Walbrook, Moira Shearer, Marius Goring
Beloved dance classic is a strikingly realised story of a young ballerina who, in an echo of the Hans Christian Andersen story, becomes torn between…
Man I Love, TheMan I Love, The (1946)
Dir. Raoul Walsh
Feat. Ida Lupino, Robert Alda, Bruce Bennett
Romantic drama about a New York lounge singer who becomes homesick and decides to visit her siblings on the West Coast, where she unexpectedly falls…
Hard Way, TheHard Way, The (1943)
Dir. Vincent Sherman
Feat. Ida Lupino, Dennis Morgan, Joan Leslie
Musical drama based on a story by Irwin Shaw, which was reportedly inspired by Ginger Rogers' first marriage to Jack Pepper. Joan Leslie plays a…

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