The Crash of Flight 401

The Crash of Flight 401

True story recounting the crash of Eastern Airlines, Flight 401, which crashed in the Everglades while on approach to Miami in December 1972...

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Second Chorus

Second Chorus

Danny O'Neill and Hank Taylor are rival trumpeters with the Perennials, a college band, and both men are still attending college by failing their...

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Ava Gardner: Life Is Bigger Than the Movies

Ava Gardner: Life Is Bigger Than the Movies

A barefoot contessa, a screwed-up princess, an exquisite drunk, a bawdy aristocrat, a nightmare for puritanical America and the moguls of...

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Hollywood, la vie rêvée de Lana Turner

Hollywood, la vie rêvée de Lana Turner

Portrait of Julia Jean Turner, from her childhood to her rise of fame as Lana Turner, to her last role.

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Dancing Co-Ed

Dancing Co-Ed

After discovering his star dancer is expecting and can't perform, film producer H.W. Workman and his publicist concoct a scheme to stage a college...

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Bix: Ain't None of Them Play Like Him Yet

Bix: Ain't None of Them Play Like Him Yet

Through interviews, archival footage, photos and classic tunes, learn about the remarkable career and troubled life of legendary jazz cornetist Bix...

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Judy Garland: By Myself

Judy Garland: By Myself

As Hollywood biographies go, Judy Garland's story is one of the saddest success stories you'll ever hear. The sanitized studio version of her life...

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Symphony of Swing

Symphony of Swing

Artie Shaw and his orchestra perform four popular songs, "Alone Together", "Jeepers Creepers", "Deep Purple", and "Lady Be Good".

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From the Ends of the Earth

From the Ends of the Earth

An MGM short showing how materials are shipped by boat 'From the Ends of the Earth' to Hollywood. Featuring footage from the MGM films being made...

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Jazz Ball

Jazz Ball

A made-for-TV musical revue, compiled from soundies and film and TV performances by jazz greats from the 1930s to the 1950s.

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The Long Night of Lady Day

The Long Night of Lady Day

This acclaimed documentary depicts the sad life of the greatest of all jazz singers, Billie Holiday, a life engraved with personal tragedy and...

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Cole Porter in Hollywood: Begin the Beguine

Cole Porter in Hollywood: Begin the Beguine

An overview of Cole Porter’s musical contributions to the film Broadway Melody of 1940.

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Artie Shaw's Class in Swing

Artie Shaw's Class in Swing

This film is less a typical musical short and more like an educational film. It consists of a narrator describing the music, composition and style...

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