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Series
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
1 DVD (90 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Torch singer Petey Brown is beautiful and smart. The beautiful gets her in trouble. She'll need all of the smart to get out of it in this bluesy, boozy noir salute to tough dames in tough times. On a holiday visit to her family in the waning days of World War II, Petey expects a merry Christmas. Instead she gets a tangled web of mobsters, cheating wives, war-traumatized vets and the kind of love that grabs hold fast and goes wrong faster"--Container....
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Seattle pianists Jack and Frank Baker are stuck in a rut. Playing the same tired tunes night after night, the brothers are in desperate need of change. So when they meet a sultry singer named Susie Diamond, their future starts to sparkle. But life in the limelight brings old rivalries to the surface. As Jack and Susie's relationship heats up, the Baker boys soon find their act--and their lives--growing more entertaining than either of them may be...
5) Whitney
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 120 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Whitney Houston is a musical icon, known for such hit songs as "How Will I Know," "I Will Always Love You" and "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)." Her debut album, "Whitney Houston," set industry records as the best-selling debut album for a female singer. The documentary follows her life and career, culminating in her untimely death at the age of 48. Her friends and family describe their relationship with the singer and her private struggles....
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (106 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Soon after arriving in France on a music scholarship, young Australian Marjorie takes the opera world by storm. Exhilarated by her achievement, she garners worldwide fame and is heralded as one of the greatest singers of her time. But tragedy strikes in the form of a crippling paralysis ...
8) Soul men
Publisher
Weinstein Company
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (98 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Louis and Floyd are two former backup soul singers who have not spoken to each other in 20 years. They reluctantly agree to travel across the country together to a reunion concert to honor their recently deceased lead singer. Cleo is a beautiful young woman who is believed to be Floyd's daughter. She accompanies them as their new singer.
Series
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
1 DVD (101 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Forget her string of Broadway successes. Forget even the flowers and candlelight ardor of handsome bachelors. There's only one great passion in Grace Moore's life, to star at New York's Metropolitan Opera House. This film is about how Grace Moore sang her dream into reality.
10) Jailhouse rock
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2000.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A young man is sent to prison when he accidentally kills a man in a barroom brawl. While behind bars he takes up singing and is helped in the record business by a beautiful young woman.
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (207 min.) : sound, color & black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Director Martin Scorsese presents the story of Bob Dylan's journey, from his roots in Minnesota to his early days in the coffee houses of Greenwich village to his ascent to pop stardom in 1966. Includes never before seen footage and rare concert performances by Bob Dylan.
12) Marguerite
Publisher
Cohen Media Group
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (129 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
Description
1921 not far from Paris. It is party day at Marguerite Dumont's castle. Nobody knows much about this woman except that she is rich and that her whole life is devoted to her passion: music. When a young, provocative journalist decides to write a rave article on her latest performance, Marguerite starts to believe even further in her talent. This gives her the courage she needs to follow her dream.
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2001]
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (91 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Nederlands
Description
An ambitious father constantly pushed his daughter to be a recording artist and has her compete in every competition around town. The daughter, Marva, does everything to fail in her chances. When a famous pop star stops to help Marva's dad, he decides to kidnap the star and "ransom" her for 15 minutes of fame for his daughter.
Author
Publisher
Kultur
Pub. Date
[2003?]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (28 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Kiss, kiss dahlings focuses on three generations of actresses in three different eras. In The last mile, a look at both the comic and the poignant minutes in an opera diva's life just before the curtain rises on her Metropolitan Opera debut in "Tosca."
15) Sheryl
Publisher
Showtime
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A documentary portrait of the singular storyteller who's lived it all and seen it all but never told it all, until now. From humble beginnings to sold out world tours Sheryl Crow's life has been nothing short of extraordinary. Whether battling sexism in the music industry, mourning ill-fated romances or surviving a well-publicized battle with breast cancer, Crow has always found a way to turn even her darkest experiences into captivating, timeless...
16) Nashville girl
Publisher
Scorpion Releasing
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A teenager in Nashville works on becoming a country singer any way she can.
17) Romance
Series
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
Remastered edition.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (76 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
This tale of a woman whose tender relationship with the younger clergyman is crushed by her remorse over her illicit affair with a wealthy man. Suffused with glamour and ardent emotion.
18) Memphis
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
2015, ©2013.
Edition
DVD.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (78 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded sheet
Language
English
Description
A strange singer with God-given talent drifts through the mythic city of Memphis under its canopy of ancient oak trees, shattered windows, and burning spirituality. Surrounded by lovers, legends, hustlers, preachers, and a wolfpack of kids, the unstable performer avoids the recording studio and is driven to spend time in his own form of self-discovery. Shown in fragments, his journey drags him from love and happiness right to the edge of another dimension....
19) Kiss me, stupid
Publisher
Metro Goldwyn Mayer Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2008.
Edition
Widescreen edition (2.35:first).
Physical Desc
1 DVD (125 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Two would-be songwriters hijack Dino as he passes through their town. Their attempts to charm him into listening to their songs encounter a problem when one man's wife is the head of Martin's fan club. A substitute is hired to claim his attentions. Things do not exactly work out as planned.
20) Joyful noise
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2012.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (118 min) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The small town of Pacashau, Georgia, has fallen on hard times, but the people are counting on the Divinity Church Choir to lift their spirits by winning the National Joyful Noise Competition. The discord between its two leading ladies threatens to tear them apart. Their newly appointed director, Vi Rose Hill, stubbornly wants to stick with their tried-and-true traditional style, G.G. Sparrow thinks tried-and-true translates to tired-and-old.
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