Movies and TvShows featuring "jive" theme.
German version of Dancing with the Stars, the reality competition in which celebrities perform choreographed dance routines which are judged by a panel of renowned ballroom experts and voted on by viewers.
The PJs is a stop-motion animated sitcom that follows the lives of the diverse residents living in a public housing project. The show uses humor to address serious social issues such as racism, poverty, and prejudice. Through the lens of comedy, it offers a satirical commentary on inner-city life and explores the challenges faced by the African-American community.
Stage Door Canteen is a heartwarming movie set during World War II, where a group of soldiers visit a canteen in New York that is frequented by famous stars of the time. The film showcases live performances by popular entertainers and explores the lives of the soldiers who find solace and joy in the midst of war. With comedy, music, and romance, Stage Door Canteen is a feel-good movie that celebrates the resilience and spirit of the human spirit.
A greedy, materialistic family attempts to cover-up the embezzlement committed by the son while keeping their other schemes active. They discover there are other, equally conniving players involved.
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.
The growth of small town juvenile crime starts a movement for the building of a youth center. The project leaders discuss with the mayor about buying an old warehouse and rebuilding it as the Center. However, the mayor has other plans. Freddie, Dodie, Lee, Betty, Roy and Monogram's other non-delinquent juveniles, now attending junior college, think otherwise.
A painter suffering from amnesia convinces himself that he's a famous bandleader and finds romance with a pretty singer. Comedy with music.
In 'The Zoot Cat', Tom the cat tries to impress a girl by wearing a zoot suit and engaging in various antics. He tries to play the piano and speak in jive slang, but his attempts only lead to mishaps and chaos. Meanwhile, Jerry the mouse enjoys watching Tom's failures and even takes advantage of the situation to play pranks on him. The short film showcases surrealism, slapstick comedy, and the iconic cat-and-mouse dynamic.
In this musical, a gang of college students decide to play a little trick by creating the perfect student. The fictional gal has everything a university would ever want. The trouble begins when the campus psych professor becomes determined to meet this girl. If the gang cannot bring her forward, they will be expelled. They hire a New York actress to portray the imaginary girl and all is well at the end. Songs include: "It Seems I've Heard That Song Before," "You're So Good to Me" "If It's Love," "Man," "Gotcha Too Ta Mee," "You Got to Study, Buddy." All the songs were penned by Sammy Cahn and Jule Styne who went on to become one of Hollywood's top song-writing teams.
Universal cowboy star Rod Cameron plays Geoffrey, conductor of a high-toned symphony orchestra. Secretly harboring the desire to become a swingin' jazz trumpeter, Geoffrey takes a job at a "hot" Broadway nightclub. Here he meets and falls in love with café songstress Donna (Frances Raeburn), who has led her family to believe that she's studying for a classical-music career. Meanwhile, a comedy-relief romance develops between Geoffrey's snooty valet Chumley (Arthur Treacher) and Donna's best pal Pat (Jacqueline De Wit). For those not interested in the plot (what there is of it), Swing Out, Sister includes specialty numbers by organist Selika Pettiford and the Lou Diamond Quintet.
Bandleader Tim Hartley's father objects strongly to his son's occupation choice and packs him off to Hawaii to manage the family hotel holdings. This proves to be a wrong move as Hawaiia has more bands than it does pineapples.
Down and Dirty Duck is a cult-favorite adult animation film that combines humor, satire, and fantasy. It follows the misadventures of a talking duck who gets involved in various comedic situations, including scams, adultery, and run-ins with the law.
In 1950s Harlem a vicious Italian gangster (Frank deKova) tries to muscle in on a black racketeer's (Paul Harris) numbers game.
Theatrical agent Waldo Main is inducted into the army, and turns his now clientless agency over to his secretary Dottie Duncan. Dottie decides to organize an all-girl orchestra to fill the void caused by so many orchestra members being called to service due to WWII, and joins struggling singers/songwriters Sally Richards and Sue Ford in this endeavor. Dottie's screwball schemes to get engagements for the group often lead to disaster.
At Katnip Kollege, a group of musical animals including a cat, a mouse, and a dog, learn to swing and dance to the beat of their own drum. They navigate college life, love, and friendship, all while pursuing their passion for music.
In this musical, four entertaining farmboys from Iowa head for the Big Apple to find fame and fortune but find themselves in trouble when a radio sponsor finds himself accused of kidnapping a girl. Songs include: "Septimus Winner," "Peaceful Ends the Day," "Cherokee Charlie," "Let's Go to Calicabu," "Swing-a-Bye My Baby," "Changeable Heart," "If It's a Dream Don't Wake Me," "Since the Farmer in the Dell," "Caliacau," and "Listen to the Mockingbird."
Swing and jitterbug.
Louis Jordan's Orchestra perform Jordan Jive. Setting is a canteen, with the orchestra and audience in US military uniform. The Swing Maniacs go through some extremely strenuous acrobatic dancing.
Louis Prima, between song numbers, tells how he happened to get a job in a Hollywood cafe playing music while a couple, unrelated to anything else, play a slot machine in the background. This short was reissued in 1944 and again in 1952. Lucille Ball has a bit part. Song numbers include; "Way Down Yonder in New Orleans", "Up a Lazy River", "Dinah","Basin Street Blues" and "Johnny Get Your Gun."
When his daughter is kidnapped, a private investigator must protect her from a criminal gang. With the help of a CIA agent, he fights to save her and bring the criminals to justice.