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A Wave, a WAC and a Marine (1944) on 7 october 1944
, 1h10Directed by Phil Karlson
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Elyse Knox, Ann Gillis, Sally Eilers, Richard Lane, Ramsay Ames, Henny Youngman
Rating73%
Rainbow Island (1944) on 5 october 1944
, 1h38Directed by Ralph Murphy
Origin USA
Genres Musical
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Musical films
Actors Dorothy Lamour, Eddie Bracken, Gil Lamb, Barry Sullivan, Anne Revere, Reed Hadley
Rating69%
Rainbow Island (1944) on 5 october 1944
, 1h38Directed by Ralph Murphy
Origin USA
Genres Adventure, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Dorothy Lamour, Eddie Bracken, Gil Lamb, Barry Sullivan, Anne Revere, Reed Hadley
Rating69%
Music in Manhattan (1944) on 6 october 1944
, 1h21Directed by John H. Auer
Origin USA
Genres Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Anne Shirley, Dennis Day, Phillip Terry, Raymond Walburn, Jane Darwell, Byron Foulger
Rating59%
The story begins as Frankie Foster (Anne Shirley) leaves home for Manhattan after graduating high school. With little money and no prospects, Frankie is just about to move back home when she meets Stanley Benson (Dennis Day) at a diner where Frankie has been washing dishes. Stanley asks Frankie out for dinner and a movie and convinces her to stay in Manhattan and take some classes at the local community college. Frankie tells Stanley that she is broke, and he suggests a way she can earn some extra money. She doesn't like the tone of Stanley's voice, but she is broke and has little choice, so she follows Stanley to his friend Johnny Pearson's place (played by Phillip Terry). Johnny calls himself a manager, but Frankie immediately knows he is truly a pimp. He offers her an opportunity to earn some money and even gives her a room she can live in. Frankie wants to tell him where to go, but she is broke so she moves in to Johnny's apartment building and begins sleeping with men, for money, during the nights, and working with Johnny's mother, Mrs. Pearson (Jane Darwell) during the day in the family's bakery, which is nothing more than a cover business for tax purposes.