Tess Gardella
Actor · 1894 – 1950 · Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, USA
Movies4
Movie5.3ComedyMusicPresident Franklin Roosevelt appoints a theatrical producer as the new Secretary of Amusement in order to cheer up an American public still suffering through the Depression. The new secretary soon runs afoul of political lobbyists out to destroy his department.
Stand Up and Cheer!
1934 · 12 votes
Movie6.8DramaThis film sticks very closely to the Edna Ferber novel, rather than the musical based on the novel. There are only two major changes from Ferber's book : *Julie in this version is a white woman, not a racially mixed one; therefore she and her husband are not unlawfully married. * Ravenal returns at the end, instead of dying as in the novel
Show Boat
1929 · 4 votes
Movie5.7ComedyMusicA once-wealthy sister and brother rent out their Southern mansion and stay on as cook and butler.
Honey
1930 · 3 votes
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Dave Apollon & His Orchestra "Trees", "The Lady in Red", "Born to Swing" and "Shine".