Södrans Revy

The Hollywood Revue of 1929

November 1929 •English

An all-star revue featuring MGM contract players.

The Kacey Musgraves Christmas Show

November 2019 •English

Join Kacey Musgraves for a holiday variety show featuring new songs, time-honored classics, and a rotating cast of celebrity friends.

Love, Dance, and 1000 Songs

October 1955 •German

Clear the stage for Marika

August 1958 •German

A dance and music film tailored completely for Marika Rokk: After her divorce, the wife of a composer uses her wit and charm to engage Marika as a singer and dancer on the stage. This manages to give life once again to the extinguished love between her and her former husband.

Midnight Revue

July 1962 •German

Despite the fact that production manager Kruse doesn't have the actors or the crew for the job, he recklessly boasts that he could direct a revue film. To prevent him losing face, Kruse brings together four people - a dramaturg, a composer, a writer and an architect - and gives them the thankless task of turning his idea into a film. Except for the relatively unknown composer Alexander Ritter, who is enthusiastically committed to the project, the other members of the team find themselves stuck in this mess.

Hellzapoppin'

December 1941 •English

Olsen and Johnson, a pair of stage comedians, try to turn their play into a movie and bring together a young couple in love, while breaking the fourth wall every step of the way.

At the Green Cockatoo by Night

November 1957 •German

The inhibited, uptight Irene Wagner must take over running the seedy dance club the Green Cockatoo or lose her classic dance studio to creditors.

Dancing Lady

November 1933 •English

Janie lives to dance and will dance anywhere, even stripping in a burlesque house. Tod Newton, the rich playboy, discovers her there and helps her get a job in a real Broadway musical being directed by Patch. Tod thinks he can get what he wants from Janie, Patch thinks Janie is using her charms rather than talent to get to the top, and Janie thinks Patch is the greatest. Steve, the stage manager, has the Three Stooges helping him manage all the show girls. Fred Astaire and Nelson Eddy make appearances as famous Broadway personalities.

Bob Hope on the Road to China

September 1979 •English

Bob Hope tours China, takes in the culture and meets up with Big Bird, Crystal Gayle, Peaches and Herb, and others.

Mary's Incredible Dream

January 1976 •English

An extended dream sequence presents a biblical allegory about the creation, downfall and rebirth of humanity, told through a series of surrealistic vignettes and musical numbers.

The Star Wars Holiday Special

November 1978 •English

Luke Skywalker and Han Solo battle evil Imperial forces to help Chewbacca reach his imperiled family on the Wookiee planet - in time for Life Day, their most important day of the year!

Bette Midler: Diva Las Vegas

January 1997 •English

Diva Las Vegas was a show at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas starring Bette Midler performing as singer and comedian. The one-time performance was filmed for television; HBO released it as a TV special originally broadcast on January 18, 1997 and repeated on February 2, 1997. Midler won the 1997 Primetime Emmy Award for Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program for the special. Among the songs performed were The Rose, Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy, From A Distance, Friends, Wind Beneath My Wings, Stay With Me and Do You Want To Dance?. Bette's daughter Sophie von Haselberg appeared for a short time during the song "Ukulele Lady". She sat with the rest of the cast and musicians on stage playing a ukulele and singing the words.

Gröna Hund

November 1962 •Swedish

The first variety show produced by AB Svenska Ord. It was the first of the three "Dog-revues", the second being "Gula Hund" and the third one "Svea hund".

Elstree Calling

February 1930 •English

A series of 19 musical and comedy "vaudeville" sketches presented in the form of a live television broadcast hosted by Tommy Handley (as himself).

Ziegfeld Follies

August 1945 •English

The late, great impresario Florenz Ziegfeld looks down from heaven and ordains a new revue in his grand old style.

Lynda Carter: Encore!

September 1980 •English

Lynda Carter's second musical TV special.

Lynda Carter's Special

January 1980 •English

Lynda Carter's first musical TV special.

Le Bal

December 1983 •French

In a French nightclub, choreographed song and dance routines are performed, rather than a streamlined narrative. They tell the story of Parisian culture and politics from the 1920s—1980s. A disparate, anachronistic series of characters, including an ordinary waiter, a Nazi collaborator, resistance fighters, and 1960s student protestors gather to celebrate and satirize 20th century France's icons, demons, and social changes.

Ça c'est Claude François

May 1967 •French

Vita Napoletana

December 1933 •Italian

A variety film consisting of 13 solo songs and two musical sketches, one comedic, the other serious, all in the Italian language but made entirely in the USA by members of the Italian-American community in New York. Missed by the American Film Institute and IMDb, information was found in the New York State Archives' files from that state's old censors' office.