Las Vegas Nights

Spreadin the Jam

A young woman who is unable to pay her rent gets some unexpected help when the other tenants throw a last-minute rent party in her apartment. In the process, they all charm the landlady out of a year's rent. The entire story is told in song (swing music) and dance (Jitterbug, Lindy Hop etc.).
Movie Star Rating : 5.3  Read More

The Prisoner of Swing

Musical satire based on Anthony Hope's Ruritanian novel "The Prisoner of Zenda" in which a commoner takes the place of a lookalike king.
Movie Star Rating : 0  Read More

Bandstand

In 1945, as America's soldiers come home to ticker-tape parades and overjoyed families, Private First Class Donny Novitski, singer and songwriter, returns to rebuild his life with only the shirt on his back and a dream in his heart. When NBC announces a national competition to find the nation's next great musical superstars, inspiration strikes! Donny joins forces with a motley group of fellow veterans, forming a band unlike any the nation has ever seen. Along the way, they discover the power of music to face the impossible, find their voice and finally feel like they have a place to call home.
Movie Star Rating : 7.7  Read More

Ill Remember April

The daughter of a formerly wealthy man tries to get a job singing on a radio show, but gets involved in a feud and murder.
Movie Star Rating : 4  Read More

Rhythm Inn

A bandleader, desperate to get his band's instruments out of hock, promises the pawnshop clerk-an aspiring songwriter-that he'll let the band's female singer do the clerk's songs at a local club if he will let the band "borrow" their instruments at night. The clerk's girlfriend, however, thinks that the band singer is after more than her boyfriend's songs.
Movie Star Rating : 2  Read More

Double Deal

Tommy McCoy and "Dude" Markey are both in love with Harlem singer/dancer Nita. Markey robs a jewelry store and turns the loot over to gang-boss Murray Howard. Later, Markey robs the safe, steals the jewelry, and, in order to get rid of his rival for Nita, frames the robbery on McCoy. The latter's big-brother thinks otherwise and, with Nita's help, sets out to prove it.
Movie Star Rating : 5  Read More

Hi-De-Ho

Young Cab Calloway's mother is concerned, because Cab spends his days listening to the radio, pretending to lead a miniature orchestra. A deacon passing by the apartment hears him singing and advises him go to his wife's gypsy tea room. As she reads the tea leaves, she sees situations which lead to Cab and his orchestra performing musical numbers.
Movie Star Rating : 8  Read More

Frances Carroll & The Coquettes

Bandleader Frances Carroll leads The Coquettes, an all-female band, in several swing tunes.
Movie Star Rating : 5  Read More

Symphony of Swing

Artie Shaw and his orchestra perform four popular songs, "Alone Together", "Jeepers Creepers", "Deep Purple", and "Lady Be Good".
Movie Star Rating : 6.5  Read More