Movies and TvShows featuring "sister-act" theme.
White Christmas is a classic musical set in the 1950s, where a successful song-and-dance team, played by Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye, become romantically involved with a sister act, played by Rosemary Clooney and Vera-Ellen. They team up to save the failing Vermont inn of their former commanding general, who is played by Dean Jagger. The movie features iconic holiday songs and dance numbers, and is a heartwarming tale of love, friendship, and Christmas spirit.
Set in the 1920s, 'The Broadway Melody' tells the story of two sisters who come to New York City to pursue their dreams of becoming stars on Broadway. As they navigate the competitive world of showbiz and encounter love triangles and backstage drama, they strive to put on a show that will catapult them to fame.
A Siamese twin kills the husband who left her. The courts have to decide if she is convicted of murder, how can they punish her sister, who had nothing to do with the crime?
Gentlemen Marry Brunettes follows the adventures of two sisters, Connie and Bonnie Likens, as they navigate love, marriage proposals, and show business in Paris. With the Eiffel Tower as their backdrop, the sisters find themselves in comedic situations involving stolen bottles of milk, fights, bicycles, and sidewalk cafes. Along the way, they experience the joys and challenges of romance, including kisses, twin beds, telephone calls, drinking, and ice cream. The film captures the vibrant spirit of the roaring twenties and showcases the Charleston dance, bow and arrow antics, and bread theft. Through it all, the sisters rely on their wit and charm to outsmart theatrical agents, while engaging in a romantic rivalry. Gentlemen Marry Brunettes is a delightful journey filled with singing, stage performances, and sisterly bonds.
Unscrupulous agent Rush Blake makes singing waiter Buddy Clayton a big radio star while Peggy Cornell, who has lost her own radio show, helps Buddy.
The Andrews Sisters headline this musical. They play the lead act at a popular nightclub. The trouble begins when they hire a few students from a financially foundering dance school for their newest production. One of the dancers, a rich young socialite, desperately wants to be in it too, but her prurient maiden aunts refuse to allow her to disgrace their family by becoming a common chorine. She and the club owner (who must have the aunt's permission because the girl is underage) try to convince them, but it's not easy.
In the backdrop of World War I, two sisters struggle to make it big in the music industry while dealing with their own personal relationships and the challenges of wartime. With a unique blend of drama, romance, and music, Tin Pan Alley takes viewers on a journey through the ups and downs of the show business.
In this romantic comedy, three man-hungry sisters consult a fortune-teller to help them with their romantic futures.
The teenage daughter of a Brooklyn beauty-parlor owner blossoms under the influence of her recently-returned show-biz aunt.
In the first entry of this series, the show open with a troupe of dancing chorus girls getting a salute from crossed-eyed Ben Turpin. Then the master of ceremonies, Fredric March, brings on the various acts, starting with a pre-teen Mitzi Green), dressed as an adult and singing "Was That the Human Thing to Do?" , followed by Ginger Rogers and Jack Oakie singing-and-dancing to "The Girl Who Used to be You." Then the Three Brox Sisters do a triple imitation of Marlene Dietrich singing 'Falling in Love Again." 'Jack Duffy' does a drunken hillbilly bit involving a lamp post, the the finale has Eddie Peabody, playing a banjo for some chorus girls on a pedestal.
A country orphanage puts on a show with some musicians to save their 4H club from being shut down by greedy politicians.
Unable to complete the deal by telephone, advertising executive Roberts sends his assistant Ann to Cuba to lure a Cuban band, led by Desi Arnaz, on to an American radio program. Attracted to Ann, Arnaz and his band come to New York but complications arise when the squeaky-voiced, addle-brained sponsor of the program decides she wants to be the vocalist on the program.
Show business twin sisters Rosemary and Susie, one serious and the other a scatterbrain, join the WAVES and both fall in love with crooner Johnny Cabot.
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.
Professor Smelts the band leader gets into a romantic rivalry with one of his musicians over the affections of a pretty girl.
An all-girl band flees to Argentina to avoid their creditors. Comedy with songs.
A beautiful woman goes to Las Vegas in a scheme to make her husbnd jealous, but once she gets there she becomes involved with another man.
During World War II three brothers go to enlist in the Air Force, but since they're farmers they're told they're needed at home more than in the service. Determined to join up, they enlist the aid of a pretty young girl whose father is head of the local draft board.
The Dolly Sisters, Jenny and Rosie, rise to fame as a singing and dancing duo in the early 1900s. From their humble beginnings in London to their dazzling performances in Paris, they captivate audiences with their talent. Along the way, they navigate love, international travels, and encounters with various colorful characters. This biographical film celebrates their journey to stardom.
A husband-and-wife vaudeville team disguise their young son as a girl so he can enter a contest run by a movie studio that's looking for "a new Shirley Temple".