Uno scienziato americano nel corso di un viaggio di lavoro in Germania conosce e si innamora di una bellissima donna. Dopo un breve periodo di fidanzamento lo scienziato la sposa e la porta negli Stati Uniti. Ma un brutto giorno l'uomo viene contaminato dalle radiazioni e così la moglie, per pagargli le costosissime cure, è costretta a tornare a lavorare in un night club. Una sera conosce un playboy da cui si sente terribilmente attratta.
Due fratelli in duo musicale per localacci, uno scapestrato e genialoide e l'altro tranquillo, litigano per bella cantante che hanno assoldato con successo. Lei se ne va. Scritto e diretto dall'esordiente Kloves che non manca di ambizioni anche stilistiche, vale più sul piano figurativo che su quello narrativo. Perfetti i due Bridges e notevole il sessappiglio della Pfeiffer che si esibisce in una sensuale interpretazione di "Makin' Whoopee". 4 nomination agli Oscar.
Sull'isola di Trinidad, la cantante e ballerina Chris Emery viene a conoscenza della morte del marito Neil. Pur sembrando un suicidio, la polizia sospetta che Neil sia stato ucciso dal suo amico Max Fabian, che è in realtà un truffatore. Per aiutare le indagini, Chris accetta di avvicinarsi sentimentalmente a Fabian per raccogliere informazioni.
Un cantante di talento si esibisce in locali gestiti dal crimine organizzato. Tuttavia, quando cambia idea, un malavitoso manda i suoi scagnozzi per ucciderlo. Nonostante sopravviva, la sua vita sarà molto cambiata.
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.
Nightclub dancer comes unglued after killing a man.
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.
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.
A small-town girl comes to Dallas to make it as a stripper.
Finding himself unwittingly involved in a love triangle with his unfaithful wife and her lover sends a man over the edge.
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.