Ned Sparks Movies

Short documentary about the Great Depression's impact on film, specifically Berkeley musicals.

Left only with their yacht after going broke in the Great Depression, a high-society family sets sail for the South Seas. Screwball comedy, with...

A gang of crooks evade the police by moving their operations to a small town. There the gang's leader, John Madison, encounters a faith healer and...

A homeless and destitute violinist joins a combo to bring it success, but has problems with her love life.

After being nabbed while trying to stow away on board an ocean liner en route to Hawaii, young Bobby Breen sings for his travel fare and, along with...

A midwest band leader and his lead singer share a love-hate relationship as they try for success in New York.

A famous singer and matinée idol helps a pretty young theater usher in her dreams of becoming a singer, but when her career begins to take off...

In 1898, composer Sid Barnett manages to get his sweetheart, Adeline the beer-garden singer, to sing the lead in his new Broadway operetta; this...

American theatrical manager discovers Greta Muller preparing for the Olympics in Switzerland and brings her to Madison Square Garden.

A young man bets $10,000 that for 24 hour he can tell nothing but the truth.

While breaking into a bank safe, a gangster overhears a bank employee singing and decides to put her in a Broadway revue

Satire on radio, built around the supposed feud between bandleader Ben Bernie and journalist Walter Winchell.

Johnny Quinlan is so desperate for a job that he takes a gig as a "bag man" for the mob. Meanwhile, his beleaguered wife has to deal with her...

This is a film about the life of Gus Edwards, a well known vaudeville composer, entertainer, and producer.

A woman-hater who inherits a beauty salon gets a new perspective on females after capturing a gang of thieves.

On board a yacht sailing from India to Britain, the owner of the vessel is murdered by one of the passengers. (This film was produced both in full...

"Twinkletoes" Minasi wants to be a great dancer like her deceased mother. Twink meets Chuck Lightfoot, a noted prizefighter, who falls in love with...

The plot revolves around a down-on-her-luck woman named Mary whose lack of references makes it impossible for her to gain employment. When a friend...

A singer is involved with two women in his life, one a "good" girl and one a "bad" one."

A British nobleman, heavily in debut to a moneylender, agrees to marry the man's daughter in exchange for his debt being cleared. However, since the...