Ruby Keeler
Also Known As: Ethel Ruby Keeler
Biography: Ruby Keeler, born Ethel Hilda Keeler, (August 25, 1910 – February 28, 1993) was an actress, singer, and dancer most famous for her on-screen coupling with Dick Powell in a string of successful early musicals at Warner Brothers, particularly 42nd Street (1933). From 1928 to 1940, she was married to legendary singer Al Jolson. She retired from show business in the 1940s but made a widely publicized comeback on Broadway in 1971. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ruby Keeler, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
Adult: No
Birthday: August 25, 1910
Age: 114 years old
Gender: Female
Deathday: February 28, 1993
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42nd Street
Overview: A producer puts on what may be his last Broadway show, and at the last moment a chorus girl has to replace the star.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-03-11
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Gold Diggers of 1933
Overview: During the Great Depression, all Broadway shows are closed down. A group of desperate unemployed showgirls find hope when a wealthy songwriter invests in a musical starring them, against the wishes of his high society brother. Thus start Carol, Trixie and Polly's schemes to bilk his money and keep the show going.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-05-27
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Footlight Parade
Overview: 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 audiences.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-10-21
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Dames
Overview: A reformer's daughter wins the lead role in a scandalous Broadway show.
Genres: Romance Music Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-09-01
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The Phynx
Overview: 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.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-03-06
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Hollywood Handicap
Overview: 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 Santa Anita race track. Many Hollywood personalities attend the event.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-05-28
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Flirtation Walk
Overview: A private stationed in Hawaii gets involved with the general's engaged daughter. In order to avoid a scandal, the pair break up, but meet again years later when he's at West Point producing the annual play that turns out to star her.
Genres: Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-12-01
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Colleen
Overview: Musical about dingaling millionaire businessman Cedric Ames and his various employees
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-03-21
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Ready, Willing and Able
Overview: Two starving songwriters will only get funding if they get British actress Jane Clarke to star in their show.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-03-06
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Shipmates Forever
Overview: 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 real love in it.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-10-12
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Go Into Your Dance
Overview: An irresponsible Broadway star gets mixed up with gambling and gangsters.
Genres: Music Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-04-20
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Mother Carey's Chickens
Overview: A financially-strapped mother and her children relocate from the city to a small rural town.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-07-29
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42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
Overview: Making-of documentary about the 1933 musical, 42nd Street.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-03-21
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Show Girl in Hollywood
Overview: Broadway actress leaves New York to become a star in Hollywood, and succeeds despite sleazy directors and her own ego.
Genres: Comedy Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-04-20
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Sweetheart of the Campus
Overview: 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 monetary woes, but somehow Ozzie's band manages to attract enough attention to increase the enrollment and keep the school from having to shut down.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-06-26
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Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound
Overview: Short documentary about the Great Depression's impact on film, specifically Berkeley musicals.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-03-21
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Calling All Girls
Overview: The process by which girls are chosen for chorus line members in movie musical is shown. Numbers from popular 1930s musicals are then presented. These include "Don't Say Goodnight" from Wonder Bar (1934); "Lullaby of Broadway" from Gold Diggers of 1935 (1935) ; "Shadow Waltz" from Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933); and "By a Waterfall" and "Shanghai Lil" from Footlight Parade (1933).
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-01-24
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Busby Berkeley: A Journey with a Star
Overview: Profile of famed dance director Busby Berkeley's career, in particular "The Gang's All Here"
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-02-20
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A Day at Santa Anita
Overview: Orphaned horse-trainer's little daughter has reciprocated bond with horse, which needs her presence to win races.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-05-22
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Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Overview: Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American entertainment industry during the Great Depression.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-08-06
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And She Learned About Dames
Overview: 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 as "Miss Complexion of 1934." Martha Howson wins the contest, which includes a trip to Hollywood and a tour of the Warner Brothers lot with Lyle Talbot. When she gets to the studio, all she wants to do is meet Dick Powell, star of the new Warner Brothers film Dames (1934).
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-03-27
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Beverly Hills Brats
Overview: A rich young boy arranges to be kidnapped so he'll get more attention from his parents.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-10-06
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Six Hits and a Miss
Overview: A musical which begins with six men and a woman singing; then a dance number; finally, the six men and woman sing again.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-10-24
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That's Dancing!
Overview: 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, 30s, 40s 50s and 60s up to the break dance and the music videos from the 80s.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-01-18
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Studio Highlights
Overview: A short promotional film about Ruby Keeler and her upcoming film "Flirtation Walk." It provides a brief look at her career on Broadway, early films, and personal life away from the studio before showing a trailer for the new film.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-08-01
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Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood
Overview: Gene Kelly is a legend of the heyday of the Hollywood musical. His name stands for masterpieces such as "Singin' in the Rain" and "An American in Paris". As a singer, dancer, actor, choreographer and director, he was a true all-round artist who revolutionized the world of dance in particular. Kelly, who loved to experiment, explored new forms of dance expression and helped a whole generation of young talents to fame. From his beginnings in cabarets and on Broadway to his recognition as a choreographer and director, the documentary shows how the good-looking star with a charming smile expanded the boundaries of dance expression: He danced in the open air in the streets of New York, with a cartoon character or his own reflection. But this dazzling entertainer image should not obscure the fact that Kelly, as a staunch supporter of the American civil rights movement, also saw dancing as a political statement.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2025-01-02
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Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
Overview: A TV special on the 100th anniversary of the birth of film.
Genres: Family Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-05-18
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