Movies: Ruby Keeler

Two starving songwriters will only get funding if they get British actress Jane Clarke to star in their show....

Broadway actress leaves New York to become a star in Hollywood, and succeeds despite sleazy directors and her own ego....

Making-of documentary about the 1933 musical, 42nd Street....

The process by which girls are chosen for chorus line members in movie musical is shown. Numbers from popular 1930s musicals are then presented. These include "Don't Say Goodnight" from Wonder Bar (1934); "Lullaby of Broadway" from Gold Diggers of 19...

A short promotional film about Ruby Keeler and her upcoming film "Flirtation Walk." It provides a brief look at her career on Broadway, early films, and personal life away from the studio before showing a trailer for the new film....

A musical which begins with six men and a woman singing; then a dance number; finally, the six men and woman sing again....

Students at New York's Rovina Finishing School for Girls send their photographs to the makers of Claybury's Beauty Soap, in the hope of being chosen as "Miss Complexion of 1934." Martha Howson wins the contest, which includes a trip to Hollywood and ...