Freddie Mercury: The Final Act

Freddie Mercury: The Final Act 2022

6.80

The story of the extraordinary final chapter of Freddie Mercury’s life and how, after his death from AIDS, Queen staged one of the biggest concerts in history, the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert at Wembley Stadium, to celebrate his life and challenge the prejudices around HIV/AIDS. For the first time, Freddie's story is told alongside the experiences of those who tested positive for HIV and lost loved ones during the same period. Medical practitioners, survivors, and human rights campaigners recount the intensity of living through the AIDS pandemic and the moral panic it brought about.

2022

Thank Your Lucky Stars

Thank Your Lucky Stars 1943

6.10

An Eddie Cantor look-alike organizes an all-star show to help the war effort.

1943

Cab Calloway's Hi-De-Ho

Cab Calloway's Hi-De-Ho 1934

6.60

This jazz musical short has a comedy plot about marital infidelity. Bandleader Cab Calloway plays a ladies man who dates the wife (Fredi Washington) of a train porter who is frequently absent from home. Calloway and his Orchestra perform "Zaz-zuh-zaz" and "The Lady with the Fan" at the Cotton Club in Harlem.

1934

The Ragtime Band

The Ragtime Band 1913

5.20

Professor Smelts the band leader gets into a romantic rivalry with one of his musicians over the affections of a pretty girl.

1913

Rhythm in the Clouds

Rhythm in the Clouds 1937

5.00

Judy Walker is a poor songwriter who, through mistaken identity, gets her songs played on the radio.

1937

Doughboys in Ireland

Doughboys in Ireland 1943

1

According to Doughboys in Ireland, there were those who sang their way through WW2. Radio tenor Kenny Baker plays Manhattan orchestra leading Danny O'Keefe, who is drafted into the army along with a Ritz Brothers-like quartet called The Jesters. Stationed in Ireland, Danny believes that his New York sweetheart Gloria (Lynn Merrick) has forgotten about him, thus he inaugurates a romance with Irish colleen Molly Callahan (Jeff Donnell).

1943

Doorway to Suspicion

Doorway to Suspicion 1954

4.30

American band-leader in Germany marries girl working for "The Party". She is kidnapped into Eastern Zone, but in return the band-leader kidnaps the girlfriend of a Russian General.

1954