Strike Up the Band
The merriest pair on the screen!
1940 · 2h · PASSED
Comedy, Music, Romance
Directed by
Busby Berkeley
Overview
Jimmy and Mary get a group of kids together to play in a school orchestra. A huge contest between schools is coming up and they have a hard time raising money to go to Chicago for the contest.
Director and cast
- Busby Berkeley Director
- Mickey Rooney as Jimmy Connors
- Judy Garland as Mary Holden
- June Preisser as Barbara Frances Morgan
- Paul Whiteman and Orchestra as Performers
- William Tracy as Phillip Turner
- Larry Nunn as Willie Brewster
- Paul Whiteman as Paul Whiteman
- Margaret Early as Annie
- Ann Shoemaker as Mrs. Connors
- Francis Pierlot as Mr. Judd
More films
Annie (1999)
Comedy · Family · Music · Unrated
Things seem pretty bad for a young girl living a "hard-knock life" in an orphanage. Fed up with the dastardly Miss Hannigan, Annie escapes the run-down orphanage determined to find her mom and dad. It's an adventure that takes her from the cold, mean streets of New York to the warm, comforting arms of bighearted billionaire Oliver Warb...
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Director
- Rob Marshall
- Cast
- Alicia Morton, Kathy Bates, Victor Garber
The Big Store (1941)
Comedy · Music · Approved
A detective is hired to protect the life of a singer, who has recently inherited a department store, from the store's crooked manager.
- Runtime
- 1h 23m
- Director
- Charles Reisner
- Cast
- Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx
Rock 'n' Roll High School (1979)
Comedy · Music · PG
A group of rock-music-loving students, with the help of the Ramones, take over their school to combat its newly installed oppressive administration.
- Runtime
- 1h 33m
- Director
- Allan Arkush
- Cast
- P. J. Soles, Vincent Van Patten, Clint Howard
Beach Blanket Bingo (1965)
Comedy · Music · UNRATED
In the fourth of the highly successful Frankie and Annette beach party movies, a motorcycle gang led by Eric Von Zipper kidnaps singing star Sugar Kane managed by Bullets, who hires sky-diving surfers Steve and Bonnie from Big Drop for a publicity stunt. With the usual gang of kids and a mermaid named Lorelei.
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- Director
- William Asher
- Cast
- Frankie Avalon, Annette Funicello, Deborah Walley
Cats (1998)
Comedy · Drama · Fantasy · Approved
"Jellicle" cats join for a Jellicle ball where they rejoice with their leader, Old Deuteronomy. One cat will be chosen to go to the "Heavyside Layer" and be reborn.
- Runtime
- 2h
- Director
- David Mallet, Trevor Nunn
- Cast
- Elaine Paige, John Mills, Ken Page
Underground (2007)
Action · Not Rated
In the UK suburbs, an underground tournament is set to challenge twelve fighters from different backgrounds to compete for the price of £500,000. They have been handpicked for a no-holds barred competition that will push each fighter to their limit. Each fighter has their own reason for competing, and each will give everything they've ...
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Director
- Chee Keong Cheung
- Cast
- Mark Strange, Nathan Lewis, Joey Ansah
Bodyguard: A New Beginning (2008)
Action · Drama · Thriller · R
Leung is the bodyguard of a Chinese Triad boss, Wong, to whom his loyalty is unrivaled. Living in Hong Kong, Wong requests that his bodyguard travel to the UK to protect a young British woman, whose true identity is known only by Wong himself. Even Wong's son, Yuen, is kept in the dark, which leads to a betrayal that threatens to destr...
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Director
- Chee Keong Cheung
- Cast
- Vincent Sze Cho-Lam, Richard Ng Yiu-Hon, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
Comments
Talk about the film with other members