Actor: Ruby Keeler

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Birthday: 1910-08-25
Born in: Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
Biography: Ruby Keeler, born Ethel Hilda Keeler, (August 25, 1910 – February 28, 1993) was an actress, singer, and dancer most famous for her on-screen coupling with Dick Powell in a string of successful early musicals at Warner Brothers, particularly 42nd Street (1933). From 1928 to 1940, she was married to legendary singer Al Jolson. She retired from show business in the 1940s but made a widely publicized comeback on Broadway in 1971. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ruby Keeler, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​

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Gold Diggers of 1933

During the Great Depression, all Broadway shows are closed down. A group of desperate unemployed showgirls find hope when a wealthy songwriter invests in a musical starring them, against the wishes of his high society brother. Thus start Carol, Trixie and Polly's schemes to bilk his money and keep the show going.
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Gold Diggers of 1933

1933

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42nd Street

A producer puts on what may be his last Broadway show, and at the last moment a chorus girl has to replace the star.
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42nd Street

1933

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Footlight Parade

A fledgling producer finds himself at odds with his workers, financiers and his greedy ex-wife when he tries to produce live musicals for movie-going audiences.
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Footlight Parade

1933

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That's Dancing!

A documentary film about dancing on the screen, from it's orgins after the invention of the movie camera, over the movie musical from the late 20s, 30s, 40s 50s and 60s up to the break dance and the music videos from the 80s.
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That's Dancing!

1985

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The Love Goddesses

This insightful documentary features some of the major and most beautiful actresses to grace the silver screen. It shows how the movie industry changed its depiction of sex and actresses' portrayal of sex from the silent movie era to the present. Classic scenes are shown from the silent movie 'True Heart Susie,' starring Lillian Gish, to 'Love Me Tonight' (1932), blending sex and sophistication, starring Jeanette MacDonald (pre-Nelson Eddy), and to Elizabeth Taylor in 'A Place in the Sun' (1951), plus much , much more.
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The Love Goddesses

1965

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Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American entertainment industry during the Great Depression.
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Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

1975

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Dames

A reformer's daughter wins the lead role in a scandalous Broadway show.
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Shipmates Forever

An admiral's son with no interest in carrying on the family tradition is a successful crooner. He finally joins the Navy to prove he can, but with no real love in it.
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Shipmates Forever

1935

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Hollywood Handicap

A group of stable hands is given a race horse when its owner retires from the business. They raise money to run the horse in the Hollywood Derby at Santa Anita race track. Many Hollywood personalities attend the event.
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Hollywood Handicap

1938

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Show Girl in Hollywood

Broadway actress leaves New York to become a star in Hollywood, and succeeds despite sleazy directors and her own ego.
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Show Girl in Hollywood

1930

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The Phynx

A rock band is invented by the government as a cover to find hostages in a remote castle in Albania held by communist enemies of the USA.
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Ready, Willing and Able

Two starving songwriters will only get funding if they get British actress Jane Clarke to star in their show.
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Ready, Willing and Able

1937

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