nightclub entertainer
15 movies and shows
The Nutty Professor
Tue, 04 Jun 1963
A timid, nearsighted chemistry teacher discovers a magical potion that can transform him into a suave and handsome Romeo. The Jekyll and Hyde game works well enough until the concoction starts to wear off at the most embarrassing times.
The Fabulous Baker Boys
Fri, 13 Oct 1989
The lives of two struggling musicians, who happen to be brothers, inevitably change when they team up with a beautiful, up-and-coming singer.
Blonde Venus
Fri, 23 Sep 1932
In an effort to be able to afford expensive treatment for her gravely ill American husband, a retired German entertainer returns to the cabaret as Blonde Venus and catches the eye of a wealthy politician.
Affair in Trinidad
Tue, 29 Jul 1952
A nightclub singer enlists her brother-in-law to track down her husband's killer.
The Joker is Wild
Thu, 26 Sep 1957
A Prohibition-era nightclub crooner has his career is cut short when his throat is slashed by a mob boss.
The Gold Racket
Sat, 10 Apr 1937
At the request of the Mexican government, a federal agent and a lady reporter team up to catch a gang that has been smuggling gold from Mexico to the U.S. and then selling it to the U.S. government.
Bring on the Girls
Fri, 30 Mar 1945
A millionaire joins the Navy hoping to find a girl who'll marry him for himself, not for his money. A beautiful gold-digger who works at a resort hotel sets out to get him.
Paris top secret
Wed, 19 Nov 1969
The underworld (imaginary and real) of Paris, depicted through several sketches. Kaleidoscope of the immoral and nauseating aspects of the capital.
Shirley
Thu, 29 Sep 2011
Shirley is the youngest of eight children from a mixed race marriage. By the time she is a toddler the family have moved to the all white area of Splott and by the time she is 12 Shirley has discovered she has an extraordinary voice and can earn money singing in pubs around the docks after her father if jailed for sexual crimes. As a young teenager she begins singing and dancing in 'coloured review shows'. But it is a chance meeting with struggling agent Mike Sullivan that changes her life forever. He promises to make her a star, but has no idea of the personal sacrifice that will mean for the teenaged Shirley.
Siege of Terror
Mon, 03 Apr 1972
Finding himself unwittingly involved in a love triangle with his unfaithful wife and her lover sends a man over the edge.
Fadime
Thu, 01 Jan 1970
Fadik is a street singer working with her three musician friends. They are homeless. As she sleeps on a deck of a boat, Erol finds her. He is the boat's owner yet she believes he is its captain. She runs into a gang and their bags get exchanged, she finds a fortune in her bag now. The money belongs to Erol, his friend Faruk robbed his factory. Fadik takes Erol as her servant, she doesn't know he is rich. Faruk's men kidnap the three musicians, Erol and Fadik meet, the police catches Faruk though he puts the blame on Fadik. In the trial the truth is revealed. In the end, Erol and Fadik start a happy new life so do the three musicians.
Και Πετάει... Και Πηδάει
Sun, 13 Mar 1988
La Lupe: Queen of Latin Soul
Tue, 05 Jun 2007
A born rebel and innovator, Lupe Yoli aka La Lupe or La Yiyiyi was renowned for her emotional performances. Her renditions of classics such as "My Way," "Fever" and "Going Out of My Head" were known worldwide. But beyond her musicianship, celebrity and scandal, Lupe Yoli was also a single mother of two, a survivor of domestic abuse, a Santera who later became a Christian Evangelist speaker.