Melody 1971

The leader of a marching band demonstrates an unusual way of writing music.

A heat wave sends the residents of a New York City tenement to their fire escapes for whatever breeze is stirring. The tenants are a cross section of melting-pot culture: Irish, Jewish, German, and Itali…

A jazzbo cat is playing jazz in his home when he is disturbed by the mouse orchestra hidden within his wall.

This 1926 Fleischer Song Car-Tune encouraged movie going audiences to follow the bouncing ball, or racist caricature, and in on a minstrel classic. In this way, the short ed sentimentality, a sen…

Abstract animated short film. Grey and white squares change size and shape on a black background.

A flirtatious hotel orchestra leader provokes conflict.

Paula is a circus performer married to the alcoholic clown-acrobat Lorio. Lorio's heavy drinking leads to him being severely injured during a performance. This forces Paula and the now-crippled Lorio to b…

A producer and his partner clash over two women in show business.

Charlie and his partner are to deliver a piano to 666 Prospect St. and repossess one from 999 Prospect St.

It's a straight musical involving a barbershop quartet of alley cats and some dogs summoned from the pound to quiet them to little success. The animation and visual gags are simple and old fashioned, but …

Plump and Runt are street musicians who are rivals for Florence's affection.

A young woman, who wants to be in the Follies, is making ends meet by working at a department store's sheet music department, where she sings the latest hits. She is accompanied on piano by her childhood …

Two rival trumpeters in a college band sabotage each other at every turn while competing for the affections of their beautiful new manager Ellen Miller. When both men pursue spots in Artie Shaw's prestigi…

A nightclub singer uses alcohol in excess to sooth her painful life.

When stage fright threatens his legendary career, "The Street Singer" abandons fame and fortune to find solace among a traveling gypsy camp, where he discovers that love doesn't require an audience. A cel…

An average television repairman must care for the newborn triplets of his former hometown sweetheart—now a famous movie star—so her career will not suffer.

A collection of numerous burlesque acts from the 1950s, including strippers, and cult character Betty Page introducing the acts.

Professor Smelts the band leader gets into a romantic rivalry with one of his musicians over the affections of a pretty girl.

Pierrot goes to the house of his love to serenade her, but her father kicks him out. Soon the moon and its goddess Diana come towards the man and offers him something better.

A sensitive but confused teenager feels pressure from all directions and turns to drugs, which causes problems for him in school and at home.