bandleader movies

Mallrats (1995)
6.755 / 10

Romance, Comedy

Both dumped by their girlfriends, two best friends seek refuge in the local mall. Eventually, they decide to try and win back their significant...

The Eddy Duchin Story (1956)
6.2 / 10

Drama, Romance, Music

The life story of the famous pianist and band-leader of the 1930s and 1940s.

Orchestra Wives (1942)
5.8 / 10

Drama, Music, Romance

Connie Ward is in seventh heaven when Gene Morrison's band rolls into town. She is swept off her feet by trumpeter Bill Abbot. After marrying him,...

Flying Down to Rio (1933)
6.1 / 10

Comedy, Music, Romance

A dance band leader finds love and success in Brazil.

Something to Sing About (1937)
6.4 / 10

Comedy, Romance

James Cagney has a rare chance to show his song-and-dance-man roots in this low-budget tale of a New York bandleader struggling with a Hollywood...

Stolen Harmony (1935)
6 / 10

Crime

Band leader Jack Conrad is impressed by prison inmate Ray Ferrera on saxophone. Conrad hires Ray to join his band and tour upon his release. Ray...

Playmates (1941)
4.8 / 10

Music, Comedy

Lulu Monahan, the press agent for John Barrymore, is attempting to get a sponsor for a radio program. To that end, she and the agent for bandleader...

Pacific Paradise (1937)
0 / 10

Music

In this MGM Miniature Musical, Harry Owens and his orchestra perform several song numbers.

You Were Meant for Me (1948)
6 / 10

Music

A bandleader falls in love and marries a small town girl.

Indochine, une révolution musicale (2024)
8 / 10

Documentary, Music, TV Movie

Frances Carroll & 'The Coquettes' (1940)
5 / 10

Music

Bandleader Frances Carroll leads The Coquettes, an all-female band, in several swing tunes.

Sitting on the Moon (1936)
6 / 10

Comedy, Drama

A successful songwriter and a struggling singer become involved professionally and romantically on the road to stardom.

Deconstructing Dad: The Music, Machines and Mystery of Raymond Scott (2010)
5.8 / 10

Documentary, Music

His filmmaker son probes the professional and private lives of his remote but fascinating father: bandleader, composer, inventor, and electronic...

Laugh It Off (1940)
5.3 / 10

Music

As WWII begins, vaudeville entertainer Tommy Towers is called up to serve. He arranges a job for his girlfriend at the local pub. To keep moral up,...

Let's Make Music (1941)
5.6 / 10

Music, Romance

An elderly schoolmarm makes a hit in New York after a bandleader jazzes up her corny song.

Henry Busse and His Orchestra (1940)
2 / 10

Music

This one-reel musical short, part of the WB/Vitaphone Melody Master series, features the music of trumpet-player and orchestra leader Henry Busse and...

Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra (1938)
5 / 10

Documentary, Music

In a nightclub setting, Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra, with two of his vocalists, perform four of the group's best known songs. For the complete...

Off the Record (1936)
0 / 10

Music

This musical short salutes bandleader B.A. Rolfe on his 40th anniversary in show business.

Stan Kenton and His Orchestra (1947)
1 / 10

Music

A brief history of Stan Kenton's musical career from taxi-dance gigs to his successful big band orchestra.

Freddie Rich and His Orchestra (1938)
6.2 / 10

Music

A musical short subject in which band leader Freddie Rich conducts three musical numbers with his orchestra, with solos by Nan Wynn with the Three...