Movies and TvShows featuring "radio-performer" theme.

Set in 1940s New York, Radio Days follows the lives of a working-class family and their deep connection to radio. Through a series of vignettes, we witness the impact of radio on their lives, from the thrilling broadcasts of World War II to the scandalous dramas behind the scenes. Filled with nostalgia, laughter, and heartwarming moments, this postmodern film celebrates the magic of radio and the power of family.

Il Mare (2000) is a romantic fantasy film about a house on stilts by the sea. Eun-joo, an architecture student living in 1999, leaves a Christmas card in the mailbox of the beach house before moving out. Sung-hyun, an eccentric man who is a radio performer, receives the card in 1997. A magical mailbox connects them, enabling Eun-joo and Sung-hyun to communicate with each other despite living in different timeframes. As they exchange letters, they fall in love and try to change the course of their lives. The movie explores themes of love, friendship, and the power of connection.

A determined woman tries to trap a confirmed bachelor into marriage by arranging for him to meet her daughter.

Gerald McBoing-Boing is a misfit boy who cannot speak but discovers his ability to create unique sound effects. He faces rejection and teasing from his peers but eventually finds acceptance and embraces his special talent.

Poor Little Rich Girl is a movie about a wealthy girl named Barbara who accidentally gets separated from her father and goes on an adventure to find him. Along the way, she encounters various obstacles and meets new friends. Will Barbara be able to find her father and return home safely?

A charlatan posing as Baron Munchhausen is invited to be guest speaker at a girls' school.

Cholita, after a long absence in Mexico City, is returning home to take up her duties as head of the rancho and, as everyone expects, to marry her childhood sweetheart José. Expectations are somewhat dashed as she shows up with Fernando to whom she is engaged. This makes José and Cholita's uncle more than a little bit put out as Fernando is not only not a Mexican, he is also a city slicker afraid of the country.

A Fort Wayne, Indiana housewife (Alice Brady) drags her husband (Guy Kibbee) and daughter (Betty Furness) to Europe for culture.

A teenage fan sets out to boost her favorite radio singer's career. Comedy with songs.

The owner of a shoe polish company sponsors a radio show that showcases black performers. Since his wife's father put up the money to be the sponsor, she insists on singing on the show. She goes on after the main star, singer Nina Mae McKinney. The wife sings so badly that the sponsor's customers abandon him. He is forced to shine shoes on street corners, while Nina Mae and her boyfriend win a bet on a daily number and end up on easy street.

Sad-eyed, uniquely talented child actress Edith Fellows was Columbia's "answer" to Shirley Temple, Jane Withers and Deanna Durbin. In Little Miss Roughneck, Fellows is cast as Foxine LaRue, a tomboyish sort who is being prodded into a show-biz career by her stage mother Gert (Margaret Irving). Young Mr. Partridge (Scott Colton) becomes Foxine's agent, principally because he's sweet on the girl's older sister Mary (Jacqueline Wells). Blackballed from Hollywood because of her mother's pushiness, Foxine tries to help out Partridge and her own family by cooking up a bizarre publicity stunt, enlisting the aid of easy-going Mexican "papacita" Pascual (Leo Carrillo).