Acting
Tommy Dorsey
Born November 19, 1905 · Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, USA
Died November 26, 1956 · aged 51
No biography available.
Known For
That's Entertainment, Part II · 1976That's Entertainment, Part II
★ 7.01976
MovieDocumentaryMusic
Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire present more golden moments from the MGM film library, this time including comedy and drama as well as classic musical numbers.
A Song Is Born · 1948A Song Is Born
★ 6.41948
MovieComedyMusic
The story of seven scholars in search of an expert to teach them about swing music. They seem to have found the perfect candidate in winsome nightclub singer Honey Swanson. But Honey's gangster boyfriend doesn't want to give her up.
Presenting Lily Mars · 1943Presenting Lily Mars
★ 6.41943
MovieMusicRomance
Starstruck Indiana small-town girl Lily is pestering theatrical producer John Thornway for a role but he is reluctant.
Thrill of a Romance · 1945Thrill of a Romance
★ 6.61945
MovieComedyMusic
A soldier falls in love with a newly-married woman after her husband abandons her for a business meeting on their honeymoon.
Du Barry Was a Lady · 1943Du Barry Was a Lady
★ 6.51943
MovieComedyFantasy
Hat check man Louis Blore is in love with nightclub star May Daly. May, however, is in love with a poor dancer but wants to marry for money. When Louis wins the Irish Sweepstakes, he asks May to marry him and she accepts even though she doesn't love him. Soon after, Louis has an accident and gets knocked on the head, where he dreams that he's King Louis XV pursuing the infamous Madame Du Barry.
Girl Crazy · 1943Girl Crazy
★ 5.71943
MovieComedyRomance
Rich kid Danny Churchill has a taste for wine, women and song, but not for higher education. So his father ships him to an all-male college out West where there's not supposed to be a female for miles. But before Danny arrives, he spies a pair of legs extending out from under a stalled roadster. They belong to the Dean's granddaughter, Ginger Gray, who is more interested in keeping the financially strapped college open than falling for Danny's romantic line. At least at first...
The Fabulous Dorseys · 1947The Fabulous Dorseys
★ 5.81947
MovieMusicRomance
The story of Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey from their boyhood in Pennsylvania through their rise, their breakup, and their personal reunion.
I Dood It · 1943I Dood It
★ 5.11943
MovieMusicComedy
Constance Shaw, a Broadway dance star, and Joseph Rivington Reynolds, a keen fan of hers, marry after she breaks up with her fiancé. Connie thinks Joseph owns a gold mine, but he actually works as a presser at a hotel valet shop. When everyone learns what he really is, Joseph is banned from the theater. When he sneaks in again, he learns of a plot to set off a bomb in the adjoining munitions warehouse.