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A Day at Santa Anita (1937)
Character: Ruby Keeler (uncredited)
Orphaned horse-trainer's little daughter has reciprocated bond with horse, which needs her presence to win races.
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Beverly Hills Brats (1989)
Character: Goldie
A rich young boy arranges to be kidnapped so he'll get more attention from his parents.
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Studio Highlights (1934)
Character: Self
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.
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And She Learned About Dames (1934)
Character: Herself
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 a tour of the Warner Brothers lot with Lyle Talbot. When she gets to the studio, all she wants to do is meet Dick Powell, star of the new Warner Brothers film Dames (1934).
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Calling All Girls (1942)
Character: Herself (archive footage)
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 1935 (1935) ; "Shadow Waltz" from Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933); and "By a Waterfall" and "Shanghai Lil" from Footlight Parade (1933).
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Six Hits and a Miss (1942)
Character: Herself
A musical which begins with six men and a woman singing; then a dance number; finally, the six men and woman sing again.
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Dames (1934)
Character: Barbara Hemingway
A reformer's daughter wins the lead role in a scandalous Broadway show.
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42nd Street (1933)
Character: Peggy Sawyer
A producer puts on what may be his last Broadway show, and at the last moment a chorus girl has to replace the star.
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Sweetheart of the Campus (1941)
Character: Betty Blake
Ruby Keeler teams with the Nelsons (of TV and radio fame) as the singer in Ozzie's band. The setting is a college campus which is suffering from monetary woes, but somehow Ozzie's band manages to attract enough attention to increase the enrollment and keep the school from having to shut down.
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Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)
Character: Polly Parker
During the Great Depression, all Broadway shows are closed down. A group of desperate unemployed showgirls find hope when a wealthy songwriter invests in a musical starring them, against the wishes of his high society brother. Thus start Carol, Trixie and Polly's schemes to bilk his money and keep the show going.
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Ready, Willing and Able (1937)
Character: Jane
Two starving songwriters will only get funding if they get British actress Jane Clarke to star in their show.
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Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975)
Character: Self (archive footage)
Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American entertainment industry during the Great Depression.
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Footlight Parade (1933)
Character: Bea Thorn
A fledgling producer finds himself at odds with his workers, financiers and his greedy ex-wife when he tries to produce live musicals for movie-going audiences.
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Colleen (1936)
Character: Colleen Reilly
Musical about dingaling millionaire businessman Cedric Ames and his various employees
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Flirtation Walk (1934)
Character: Kathleen "Kit" Fitts
A private stationed in Hawaii gets involved with the general's engaged daughter. In order to avoid a scandal, the pair break up, but meet again years later when he's at West Point producing the annual play that turns out to star her.
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Show Girl in Hollywood (1930)
Character: Ruby Keeler
Broadway actress leaves New York to become a star in Hollywood, and succeeds despite sleazy directors and her own ego.
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That's Dancing! (1985)
Character: From '42nd Street' and 'Dames' (archive footage)
A documentary film about dancing on the screen, from it's orgins after the invention of the movie camera, over the movie musical from the late 20s, 30s, 40s 50s and 60s up to the break dance and the music videos from the 80s.
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The Phynx (1970)
Character: Ruby Keeler
A rock band is invented by the government as a cover to find hostages in a remote castle in Albania held by communist enemies of the USA.
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Hollywood Handicap (1938)
Character: Herself
A group of stable hands is given a race horse when its owner retires from the business. They raise money to run the horse in the Hollywood Derby at Santa Anita race track. Many Hollywood personalities attend the event.
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Go Into Your Dance (1935)
Character: Dorothy 'Dot' Wayne
An irresponsible Broadway star gets mixed up with gambling and gangsters.
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Shipmates Forever (1935)
Character: June Blackburn
An admiral's son with no interest in carrying on the family tradition is a successful crooner. He finally joins the Navy to prove he can, but with no real love in it.
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