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Movies Like Glorifying the American Girl

If you liked Glorifying the American Girl (1929), a music and comedy movie directed by Millard Webb, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

  1. 1Footlight Parade

    Footlight Parade (1933)

    ★ 6.8/10Also comedy and music

    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.

  2. 2Babes in Arms

    Babes in Arms (1939)

    ★ 6.4/10Also comedy and music

    Mickey Moran, son of two vaudeville veterans, decides to put up his own vaudeville show with his girlfriend Patsy Barton. But child actress Rosalie wants to make a comeback and replace Patsy both professionally and as…

  3. 3The Cocoanuts

    The Cocoanuts (1929)

    ★ 6.5/10Also comedy and music

    During the Florida land boom, the Marx Brothers run a hotel, auction off some land and thwart a jewel robbery.

  4. 4A Song Is Born

    A Song Is Born (1948)

    ★ 6.5/10Also comedy and music

    The story of seven scholars in search of an expert to teach them about swing music. They seem to have found the perfect candidate in winsome nightclub singer Honey Swanson. But Honey's gangster boyfriend doesn't want…

  5. 5Animal Crackers

    Animal Crackers (1930)

    ★ 6.9/10Also comedy and music

    The well-known explorer and hunter Captain Spaulding has just returned from Africa, and is being welcomed home with a lavish party at the estate of influential society matron Mrs. Rittenhouse when a valuable painting…

  6. 6Help!

    Help! (1965)

    ★ 6.9/10Also comedy and music

    An obscure Eastern cult that practices human sacrifice pursues Ringo after he unknowingly puts on a ceremonial ring (that, of course, won't come off). On top of that, a pair of mad scientists, members of Scotland Yard…

  7. 7Taking Care of Business

    Taking Care of Business (1990)

    ★ 6.3/10Also comedy

    An uptight advertising exec has his entire life in a filofax organizer which mistakenly ends up in the hands of a friendly convict who poses as him.

  8. 8Love Happy

    Love Happy (1949)

    ★ 5.8/10Also comedy and music

    The Marx Brothers help young Broadway hopefuls when they get mixed up with gangsters due to a tin of sardines containing Romanoff diamonds.

  9. 9A Day at the Races

    A Day at the Races (1937)

    ★ 7.1/10Also comedy and music

    Doctor Hugo Hackenbush, Tony, and Stuffy try and save Judy's sanitarium by winning a big race with a finicky horse owned by Judy's boyfriend Gil. There are a few problems. Hackenbush, who was recently put in charge of…

  10. 10The Big Store

    The Big Store (1941)

    ★ 6.3/10Also comedy and music

    A detective is hired to protect the life of a singer, who has recently inherited a department store, from the store's crooked manager.

  11. 11The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash

    The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash (1978)

    ★ 6.8/10Also comedy and music

    The story of the rise and fall of the Pre-Fab Four.

  12. 12Sneakerella

    Sneakerella (2022)

    ★ 5.9/10Also music and comedy

    When El, an aspiring sneaker designer from Queens, meets Kira King, the fiercely independent daughter of legendary basketball star and sneaker tycoon Darius King, sparks fly as the two bond over their mutual affinity…

  13. 13Fun with Dick and Jane

    Fun with Dick and Jane (1977)

    ★ 6.6/10Also comedy

    When an upwardly mobile couple find themselves unemployed and in debt, they turn to armed robbery in desperation.

  14. 14Ziegfeld Follies

    Ziegfeld Follies (1945)

    ★ 6/10Also music and comedy

    The late, great impresario Florenz Ziegfeld looks down from heaven and ordains a new revue in his grand old style.

  15. 15Amy Schumer: Mostly Sex Stuff

    Amy Schumer: Mostly Sex Stuff (2012)

    ★ 5.9/10Also comedy

    A ratings hit! Amy Schumer debuts her one-hour special in front of a live audience at the Historic Fillmore Theatre in San Francisco. Nothing is off limits as Schumer airs every hilarious, messed up detail of her…

  16. 16Godspell

    Godspell (1973)

    ★ 6.7/10Also comedy and music

    In modern-day New York City, John the Baptist calls out to a group of young men and women to learn from the teachings of Jesus. Through song and dance, they relive Christ's crucifixion.

  17. 17Much Ado About Nothing

    Much Ado About Nothing (2013)

    ★ 6.8/10Also comedy

    A modern retelling of Shakespeare's classic comedy about two pairs of lovers with different takes on romance and a way with words.

  18. 18Arlo the Alligator Boy

    Arlo the Alligator Boy (2021)

    ★ 6.8/10Also comedy and music

    Upon learning that he is from New York City, a wide-eyed boy, who is half human and half alligator, decides to leave his sheltered life in the swamp and search for his long lost father. A musical adventure.

  19. 19Wonder Man

    Wonder Man (1945)

    ★ 6.6/10Also comedy and music

    Boisterous nightclub entertainer Buzzy Bellew was the witness to a murder committed by gangster Ten Grand Jackson. One night, two of Jackson's thugs kill Buzzy and dump his body in the lake at Prospect Park in…

  20. 20A Burlesque on Carmen

    A Burlesque on Carmen (1915)

    ★ 5.8/10Also comedy

    A gypsy seductress is sent to sway a goofy officer to allow a smuggling run.

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