Acting

Xavier Cugat

Born January 1, 1900 · Girona, Catalonia, Spain

Died October 27, 1990 · aged 90

Xavier Cugat was a catalan musician and bandleader, born in Spain (Girona, 1 January 1900 – Barcelona, 27 October 1990) who spent his formative years in Havana, Cuba. A trained violinist and arranger, he was a leading figure in the spread of Latin music. In New York City, he was the leader of the resident orchestra at the Waldorf–Astoria before and after World War II. He was also a cartoonist and …

Known For

Bathing Beauty

Bathing Beauty · 1944

MovieMusicComedy

After breaking up with her fiancé, a gym teacher returns to work at a women's college, but a legal loophole allows him to enroll as one of her students.

That's Entertainment!

That's Entertainment! · 1974

That's Entertainment!

MovieDocumentaryFamily

Various MGM stars from yesterday present their favorite musical moments from the studio's 50 year history.

That's Entertainment! III

That's Entertainment! III · 1994

That's Entertainment! III

MovieDocumentaryMusic

Some of MGM's musical stars review the studio's history of musicals. From The Hollywood Revue of 1929 to Brigadoon, from the first musical talkies to Gene Kelly in Singin' in the Rain.

You Were Never Lovelier

You Were Never Lovelier · 1942

You Were Never Lovelier

MovieRomanceComedy

An Argentine heiress thinks a penniless American dancer is her secret admirer.

The Eddy Duchin Story

The Eddy Duchin Story · 1956

The Eddy Duchin Story

MovieDramaRomance

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

The Bachelor

The Bachelor · 1955

Paolo Anselmi is a happily single man. He lives in a flat with a friend but is forced to leave when the friend gets married. He then goes to a boarding house where he flirts with a girl but ditches her when she proposes marriage. When he goes and visits his mother he finds out that she is also trying to find the right girl for him. Is he going to surrender this time?

Two Girls and a Sailor

Two Girls and a Sailor · 1944

Two Girls and a Sailor

MovieMusicComedy

A sailor helps two sisters start up a service canteen. The sailor soon becomes taken with gorgeous sister Jean, unaware that her sibling Patsy is also in love with him.

Stage Door Canteen

Stage Door Canteen · 1943

Stage Door Canteen

MovieComedyRomance

A young soldier on a pass in New York City visits the famed Stage Door Canteen, where famous stars of theatre and film appear and host a recreational center for servicemen during the war. The soldier meets a pretty young hostess and they enjoy the many entertainers and a growing romance.

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Bathing Beauty

Bathing Beauty · 1944

MovieMusicComedy

After breaking up with her fiancé, a gym teacher returns to work at a women's college, but a legal loophole allows him to enroll as one of her students.

Orchestra Leader

That's Entertainment!

That's Entertainment! · 1974

That's Entertainment!

MovieDocumentaryFamily

Various MGM stars from yesterday present their favorite musical moments from the studio's 50 year history.

(archive footage) (uncredited)

That's Entertainment! III

That's Entertainment! III · 1994

That's Entertainment! III

MovieDocumentaryMusic

Some of MGM's musical stars review the studio's history of musicals. From The Hollywood Revue of 1929 to Brigadoon, from the first musical talkies to Gene Kelly in Singin' in the Rain.

(archive footage) (uncredited)

You Were Never Lovelier

You Were Never Lovelier · 1942

You Were Never Lovelier

MovieRomanceComedy

An Argentine heiress thinks a penniless American dancer is her secret admirer.

Xavier Cugat

The Eddy Duchin Story

The Eddy Duchin Story · 1956

The Eddy Duchin Story

MovieDramaRomance

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

Xavier Cugat (uncredited)

The Bachelor

The Bachelor · 1955

Paolo Anselmi is a happily single man. He lives in a flat with a friend but is forced to leave when the friend gets married. He then goes to a boarding house where he flirts with a girl but ditches her when she proposes marriage. When he goes and visits his mother he finds out that she is also trying to find the right girl for him. Is he going to surrender this time?

Xavier Cugat

Two Girls and a Sailor

Two Girls and a Sailor · 1944

Two Girls and a Sailor

MovieMusicComedy

A sailor helps two sisters start up a service canteen. The sailor soon becomes taken with gorgeous sister Jean, unaware that her sibling Patsy is also in love with him.

Xavier Cugat

Stage Door Canteen

Stage Door Canteen · 1943

Stage Door Canteen

MovieComedyRomance

A young soldier on a pass in New York City visits the famed Stage Door Canteen, where famous stars of theatre and film appear and host a recreational center for servicemen during the war. The soldier meets a pretty young hostess and they enjoy the many entertainers and a growing romance.

Xavier Cugat

The Merry Widow

The Merry Widow · 1926

The Merry Widow

MovieDramaRomance

Prince Danilo falls in love with dancer Sally O'Hara. However, his uncle, King Nikita I of Monteblanco, forbids the marriage due to her being a commoner. Thinking she's been jilted by her prince, Sally marries lecherous old Baron Sadoja, whose wealth has kept the kingdom afloat. When he suddenly dies, Sally must be wooed all over again by Danilo.

Orchestra Leader (uncredited)

Neptune's Daughter

Neptune's Daughter · 1949

Neptune's Daughter

MovieComedyRomance

Scatterbrained Betty Barrett mistakes masseur Jack Spratt for Jose O'Rourke, the captain of the South American polo team. Spratt goes along with the charade, but the situation becomes more complicated when they fall in love. Meanwhile, Betty's sensible older sister Eve fears Betty's heart will be broken when Jose returns to South America. She arranges to meet with the real O'Rourke and love soon blossoms between them as well.

Xavier Cugat

A Date with Judy

A Date with Judy · 1948

A Date with Judy

MovieMusicComedy

Best friends Judy and Carol compete for the affection of an older man during their high school dance. As Carol tries to rekindle Judy's relationship with Carol's bumbling brother, Oogie, Judy suspects that her father is having an affair with a beautiful dance instructor. The two girls team up to expose Judy's father -- who is only taking innocent dance lessons.

Songs

On an Island with You

On an Island with You · 1948

On an Island with You

MovieComedyRomance

A young navy lieutenant is brought in as technical adviser on a song-dance-and-swim film being made by screen star Rosalind Reynolds. Having once done a number with her at a Forces show, the young lad somehow believes she should be his girl. Her boyfriend is just one of those disagreeing.

Xavier Cugat

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse · 1921

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

MovieWarRomance

Set in the years before and during World War I, this epic tale tells the story of a rich Argentine family, one of its two descending branches being half of French heritage, the other being half German. Following the death of the family patriarch, the man's two daughters and their families resettle to France and Germany, respectively. In time the Great War breaks out, putting members of the family on opposing sides.

Violinist in Tango Bar Scene (uncredited)

Chicago Syndicate

Chicago Syndicate · 1955

Chicago Syndicate

MovieCrimeDrama

An ex-military accountant is recruited by the FBI to infiltrate the mob in Chicago in an attempt to break open the rackets. To complicate his job, two women stand in his way, each with their own agenda.

Benny Chico

Week-End at the Waldorf

Week-End at the Waldorf · 1945

Week-End at the Waldorf

MovieComedyDrama

Anything can happen during a weekend at New York's Waldorf-Astoria: a glamorous movie star meets a world-weary war correspondent and mistakes him for a jewel thief; a soldier learns that without an operation he'll die and so looks for one last romance with a beautiful but ambitious stenographer; a cub reporter tries to get the goods on a shady man's dealing with a foreign potentate.

Xavier Cugat

The Phynx

The Phynx · 1970

A rock band is invented by the government as a cover to find hostages in a remote castle in Albania held by communist enemies of the USA.

Xavier Cugat

In Gay Madrid

In Gay Madrid · 1930

MovieDramaRomance

Ricardo, a young law student in his home town of Madrid, is a carefree playboy who loves nightclubs and courting pretty girls. His father hopes to instill a more serious attitude in his son by transferring him to a school in the rural town of Santiago. At Santiago, his father's old friend is to be his guardian. When Ricardo arrives at Santiago he joins a fraternity, and continues his carefree lifestyle while serenading and courting his guardian's daughter, Carmina.

Songs

Donatella

Donatella · 1956

Donatella is a simple and honest roman girl, daughter of a bookbinder and girlfriend of Guido, a gas station owner. One day she finds a woman's handbag containing valuables and documents, and decides to return it to her owner, a wealthy American lady, who offers Donatella a job as a secretary as a reward: she has to manage the lady's villa during her absences. There, Donatella casually meets Maurizio, a rich, elegant and well-educated young man, and ends up falling in love.

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Susanna and Me

Susanna and Me · 1957

An expulsive star of a variety theatre cannot decide between the love of an honest archaeology professor and the love of an extravagant official who turns himself into a cabaret comedian in his sparetime.

Xavier Cugat

Luxury Liner

Luxury Liner · 1948

MovieComedyRomance

Capt. Jeremy Bradford has a particularly exciting luxury liner cruise in store when he's charged with transporting a troupe of opera singers to Rio de Janeiro. Anxious to become a singer herself, Bradford's young daughter, Polly, decides to skip out on school and sneak onto the ship before it departs. Angry that his daughter disobeyed him, Bradford puts her to work on the ship for punishment, but Polly has her own ideas about how to spend the trip.

Xavier Cugat

A Rose in the Wind

A Rose in the Wind · 1984

A Rose in the Wind

Xavier Cugat

Holiday in Mexico

Holiday in Mexico · 1946

Holiday in Mexico

MovieMusicComedy

Christine Evans, the fifteen-year-old daughter of the widowed American ambassador to Mexico Jeffrey Evans, believes that she is no longer a young girl and that she has fully matured into adulthood. Eager to make her mark in the sophisticated world of foreign diplomats living in Mexico, Christine appoints herself as organizer of her father's social activities and takes over the planning of a big garden party he will be hosting. Because he loves his daughter,

Xavier Cugat

A sud niente di nuovo

A sud niente di nuovo · 1956

A sud niente di nuovo

MovieComedyMusic

The Monitors

The Monitors · 1969

MovieComedyScience Fiction

Earthlings chafe at the peace established by a benevolent alien race and set about to rebel.

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