Movies and TvShows featuring "big-band" theme.
Close to the Enemy is a TV show set in post-World War II London, following a British intelligence officer who must work with captured German scientists to develop jet engine technology. The show explores themes of espionage, war crimes, and personal struggles in the aftermath of the war.
Cavalcade of Bands was an early-1950s American television series which aired on the now defunct DuMont Television Network.
In 1953, a progressive-thinking art history teacher arrives at Wellesley College and challenges the conservative norms and traditions of the all-female institution. She encourages her students to think independently and pursue their own ambitions, thereby questioning the roles assigned to women in society.
A joyful tale filled with music. The rise of radio. The jazz big bands. The legendary clubs and ballrooms. The soundtracks of the great musical films and TV shows. Sex and romance, gangsters, luxury cars and palm trees. From Barcelona to New York, with a stop in Cuba. The birth of Las Vegas. The sound of the maracas. Chihuahuas everywhere. The incredible life story of Xavier Cugat (1900-90).
The movie is a showcase for several acts that were popular at the time: band leader Paul Whiteman, a running storyline about a possible wedding and the marriage of the two-strip Technicolor process.
Duchess of Idaho is a romantic comedy/musical set at a ski lodge in Sun Valley, Idaho. The story revolves around a bandleader who becomes entangled in a love triangle. With deception, mix-up comedy, and battle of the sexes, the film follows the bandleader's journey as he navigates through humorous and romantic situations at the lodge.
In Pot o' Gold, Jimmy, a man living with his uncle, pretends to be a musical talent scout to help save a struggling music store. Along the way, he falls for a talented woman and faces various challenges, including mistaken identity and a family feud.
During the London Blitz in 1940, a detective and his assistant team up to solve a string of murders, uncovering a serial killer lurking in the midst of the war. As they navigate the dangers and uncertainties of the bombing raids, they unravel a web of intrigue and cover-ups, all while trying to catch the elusive killer.
Set in 1947, Knights of Swing is a feature film that chronicles a group of young jazz musicians whose dream is to form a “really swingin’ Big Band”. Unfortunately, things prove much more complicated when the community objects to the diversity of the band. Alliances form, and lines are drawn. What follows is soul searching, uplifting, and through music, our story illuminates forgiveness, healing and unconditional love.
International House is a comedy film set in an international hotel where an inventor showcases his latest invention. However, chaos ensues with misunderstandings, mistaken identities, and hilarious misadventures involving a gold digger, a businessman, a health inspector, and various other colorful characters. The film is filled with musical numbers and slapstick humor, making it a delightful comedy from the pre-Code era of Hollywood.
A hat-check girl at the Stork Club pretends to be wealthy in order to impress a swindler, but the plan backfires when she falls in love with a handsome marine.
The "Mario & Zelda Big Band Live" concert was held on September 14th, 2003, at the Nihon Seinenkan Hall in Tokyo, Japan. The DVD recording of this event was bundled with the Japanese gaming magazine "Nintendo Dream" vol. 101. Mario & Zelda Big Band Live was, as the name suggests, live performances of Mario and Zelda music arranged into jazz, Latin, country, and bluegrass. The host, Ashura Benimaru Itoh, started off the concert with an awesome guitar arrangement of the Super Mario Bros. "main theme" and "underworld theme." The performances that followed were divided almost evenly between the Tokyo CubaBoys Jr. (The Big Band of Rogues) and Mr. Yoshihiro Arita (with his band)
Band leader Jack Conrad is impressed by prison inmate Ray Ferrera on saxophone. Conrad hires Ray to join his band and tour upon his release. Ray hooks up with Jean, a dancer in the show, and the two become a successful dance act. However, when an ex-inmate buddy of Ray's robs the tour bus, Ray is suspected of wrongdoing by Jack and the others in the group. After a gang of thugs hijacks the tour bus, Ray tries to use his street smarts to redeem his reputation.
Follow the adventures of a group of young people on New Year's Eve in Russia as they navigate romance, social satire, and the antics of clowns and bureaucrats, all set to the backdrop of a big band musical.
Hollywood Hotel is a comedic musical set in the glamorous Hollywood Hotel, where a publicist, a makeup artist, and an orchestra leader all become entangled in a series of hilarious mix-ups and mistaken identities. With glamorous movie stars, catchy musical numbers, and plenty of laughs, Hollywood Hotel is a must-see for fans of classic Hollywood comedies.
A midwest band leader and his lead singer share a love-hate relationship as they try for success in New York.
Peyton Wells (Ben Lyon) rescues Judy Jones (Joan Marsh) from a very dull young man, at a sedate party given for her by her multi-millionaire grandfather Silas P. Jones (Purnell Pratt.) Judy refuses to accompany Peyton on a slumming trip to a cheap dance hall, and Peyton dances with several of the dowagers and tells them that Silas is practically dying of scarlet fever. The guests hastily depart and Joan joins Peyton at the Dreamland Dance Hall. She is mistaken by Jimmy Cassidy (Edward J. Nugent) as one of the hostesses and decides to dance with him as a lark. One thing follows another and Judy gets disinherited and takes a job at the dance hall through Jimmy and his friend Mabel(Isabel Jewell.) Jimmy confides to Judy his ambition to become a dance instructor over the radio and Judy decides to help him but can't get the needed financial backing. She gets Peyton to front the money, promising him she will reconsider his offer of marriage if Jimmy's plan fails.
When amateur songwriter Jill Wright moves from the Midwest to New York City, she is dismayed to discover that Rick Farrell, the owner of Miracle Publishing Co., has claimed as his own the song she submitted to his company. One of the many films made at Republic with a year attached to the "Hit Parade" title, which came from the "Hit Parade" radio program sponsored by Lucky Strike cigarettes.
Louis Armstrong performs with Nicodemus on this Soundie from 1942.
Bandleader Kay Kyser takes his troupe of nutty musicians, goofball comics and pretty girl singers on a tour around the world to entertain the troops during World War II.