Ruby Keeler
Birthday: 1910-08-25
Place of Birth: Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
Biography: Ruby Keeler, born Ethel Hilda Keeler, (August 25, 1910 – February 28, 1993) was an actress, singer, and dancer most famous for her on-screen coupling with Dick Powell in a string of successful early musicals at Warner Brothers, particularly 42nd Street (1933). From 1928 to 1940, she was married to legendary singer Al Jolson. She retired from show business in the 1940s but made a widely publicized comeback on Broadway in 1971. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ruby Keeler, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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42nd Street
A producer puts on what may be his last Broadway show, and at the last moment a chorus girl has to r...
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Gold Diggers of 1933
When all Broadway shows are shut down during the Depression, a trio of desperate showgirls scheme to...
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Footlight Parade
A fledgling producer finds himself at odds with his workers, financiers and his greedy ex-wife when ...
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The Phynx
A rock band is invented by the government as a cover to find hostages in a remote castle in Albania ...
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Hollywood Handicap
A group of stable hands is given a race horse when its owner retires from the business. They raise m...
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Flirtation Walk
A private stationed in Hawaii gets involved with the general's engaged daughter. In order to avoid a...
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Colleen
Musical about dingaling millionaire businessman Cedric Ames and his various employees...
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Ready, Willing and Able
Two starving songwriters will only get funding if they get British actress Jane Clarke to star in th...
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Shipmates Forever
An admiral's son with no interest in carrying on the family tradition is a successful crooner. He fi...
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Go Into Your Dance
An irresponsible Broadway star gets mixed up with gambling and gangsters....
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Mother Carey's Chickens
A financially-strapped mother and her children relocate from the city to a small rural town....
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42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
Making-of documentary about the 1933 musical, 42nd Street....
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Show Girl in Hollywood
Broadway actress leaves New York to become a star in Hollywood, and succeeds despite sleazy director...
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Sweetheart of the Campus
Ruby Keeler teams with the Nelsons (of TV and radio fame) as the singer in Ozzie's band. The setting...
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Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound
Short documentary about the Great Depression's impact on film, specifically Berkeley musicals....
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Calling All Girls
The process by which girls are chosen for chorus line members in movie musical is shown. Numbers fro...
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Busby Berkeley: A Journey with a Star
Profile of famed dance director Busby Berkeley's career, in particular "The Gang's All Here"...
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A Day at Santa Anita
Orphaned horse-trainer's little daughter has reciprocated bond with horse, which needs her presence ...
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Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American ent...
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Beverly Hills Brats
A rich young boy arranges to be kidnapped so he'll get more attention from his parents....
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Six Hits and a Miss
A musical which begins with six men and a woman singing; then a dance number; finally, the six men a...
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And She Learned About Dames
Students at New York's Rovina Finishing School for Girls send their photographs to the makers of Cla...
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That's Dancing!
A documentary film about dancing on the screen, from it's orgins after the invention of the movie ca...
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Studio Highlights
A short promotional film about Ruby Keeler and her upcoming film "Flirtation Walk." It provides a br...
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Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood
Gene Kelly is a legend of the heyday of the Hollywood musical. His name stands for masterpieces such...
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Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
A TV special on the 100th anniversary of the birth of film....
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