Children of Pleasure
"A picture of jazz-mad youth. More thrilling than "Our Moderns" or "Our Dancing Daughters""
A successful songwriter, dazzled by high society, falls for a society girl who is just playing around.
"A picture of jazz-mad youth. More thrilling than "Our Moderns" or "Our Dancing Daughters""
A successful songwriter, dazzled by high society, falls for a society girl who is just playing around.
Lawrence Gray
Danny Regan
Wynne Gibson
Emma Gray
Judith Wood
Pat Thayer
Kenneth Thomson
Rod Peck
Lee Kohlmar
Bernie
May Boley
Fanny Kaye
Benny Rubin
Andy Little
Jack Benny
Radio Performer Jack (uncredited)
Sidney Bracey
Miles the Butler (uncredited)
A successful songwriter, dazzled by high society, falls for a society girl who is just playing around.
A good example of an early musical. Has more of a plot than average for the time. The film is well preserved, but audio recording techniques clearly had not yet been mastered. The weakest part of the film is the comedy bits.
A prince from a small kingdom courts a wealthy widow to keep her money in the country.
A reformer's daughter wins the lead role in a scandalous Broadway show.
After writing a tell-all book about her days in the dance troupe "Barry Nichols and Les Girls", Sybil Wren is sued for libeling her fellow dancer Angele. A Rashômon style narrative presents the story from three points of view where Sybil accuses Angele of having an affair with Barry, while Angele insists that it was actually Sybil who was having the affair. Finally, Barry gives his side of the story.
Ann Schuyler is an upper-crust socialite who bullies her reporter husband into conforming to her highfalutin ways. The husband chafes at the confinement of high society, though, and yearns for a creative outlet. He decides to write a play and collaborates with a fellow reporter.
A race car driver tries to outrun the beautiful tax auditor out to settle his account.
With socialite Tracy Lord about to remarry, her ex-husband - with the help of a sympathetic reporter - has 48 hours to convince her that she really still loves him.
Aspiring pop star Erica ends up as the entertainment at her ex-fiancé’s wedding after reluctantly taking a gig at a luxurious island resort while in the wake of a music career meltdown.
After finding out about her fiancé's cheating ways, a pop superstar impulsively marries a total stranger. They must soon decide if two people from such different worlds can find true love.
An on-the-lam punk rocker and a young woman obsessed with a local band go on an unexpected and epic journey together through the decaying suburbs of the American Midwest.
A washed-up '80s pop star gets a chance at a comeback when reigning pop diva Cora Corman invites him to write & record a duet with her, but there's a problem--Alex hasn't written a song in years; he's never written lyrics and he has to come up with a hit in a matter of days.