Actor's Life
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    Applause (1930)

    Stage director Rouben Mamoulian jolted the (at the time) moribund sound-film industry with...

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    Love Happy (1950)

    The Marx Brothers help young Broadway hopefuls while thwarting diamond thieves.

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    Show Boat (1951)

    The captain's daughter (Kathryn Grayson) marries a gambler (Howard Keel) who turns performer on a...

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    Show People (1928)

    A Southern girl (Marion Davies) comes to Hollywood, falls for a slapstick comic (William Haines) and...

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    A Star Is Born (1937)

    A matinee idol turns to alcohol in response to his wife's heightened popularity in this...

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    Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943)

    A Hollywood tour-bus guide (Eddie Cantor) joins a wartime revue with Joan Leslie, Bette Davis, Errol...

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    Redbelt (2008)

    A martial artist (Chiwetel Ejiofor) finds his integrity on the line after he saves an action star...

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    Stone Time Touch

    A filmmaker of Armenian descent tries to reconnect with her heritage and homeland.

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    Charlie Chaplin: The Forgotten Years

    For a variety of reasons, mostly political, Charlie Chaplin left the United States in the early...

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    Christopher Reeve: Hope in Motion

    The afternoon of May 27, 1995 marked a deeply tragic turning point for the late Christopher Reeve....

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    Full Frontal (2002)

    A film-within-a-film evolves as the lives of several people unfold during one day in Los Angeles.

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    Rockets Redglare! (2004)

    Bellvue Hospital, May 8, 1949. Agnes Tarrulli Morra, a 15-year-old heroin addict, gives birth to...

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    My Wife is an Actress (2002)

    A "normal" guy who is married to a hot actress gets worried that she is involved with her costar....

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    Esther Kahn (2002)

    A young Jewish woman (Summer Phoenix) of the lower class takes a mentor (Ian Holm) in order to...

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    Puder

    Amidst the chaos of rehearsals at a small theater, makeup artist Vippan hatches a scheme.

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    Superstar in a Housedress: the Life and Legend of Jackie Curtis (2004)

    Craig Highberger's portrait of Jackie Curtis recalls an era when Jackie, Candy Darling and Holly...

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    800 Bullets (2004)

    Carlos, a fiesty boy fueled by seeing pictures of his dead father, takes off to Almeria, Spain to...

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    Scarlet Diva (2002)

    A young Italian actress embarks on a self-destructive spree of sex, drugs and other excess while...

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    Welcome to Hollywood

    A film director tries to turn a young actor into a success story, but runs into many problems along...

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    The Hard Way (1991)

    A Hollywood star (Michael J. Fox) of action movies tags along with a New York police detective...

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    The Front (1976)

    A man acts as a front for renowned television writers politically blacklisted during the McCarthy...

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    Goodbye, Norma Jean (1976)

    Goodbye Norma Jean purports to be a biography of the early years of Norma Jean Baker (Misty Rowe),...

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    Break a Leg

    Unable to land good roles, a frustrated actor (John Cassini) decides to sabotage his competitors.

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    Waiting for Guffman (1997)

    An effeminate theater director (Christopher Guest) assembles blithely talentless Missourians (Eugene...

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    Lumiere (1976)

    Actress Jeanne Moreau made her directorial debut with this tale about a gathering of actresses who,...

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    Limelight (1953)

    A has-been music-hall clown (Charles Chaplin) helps a suicidal ballerina (Claire Bloom) become the...

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    Next Stop, Greenwich Village (1976)

    A stage-struck Jewish boy (Lenny Baker) leaves his mother (Shelley Winters) in 1950s Brooklyn.

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    James Dean: Forever Young (2005)

    Documentary on James Dean that focuses on the work he did prior to his three feature films. Footage...

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    Floating Weeds (1959)

    The leader (Ganjiro Nakamura) of a traveling acting troupe meets his former mistress (Haruko...

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    Dead Tired (1995)

    A popular comic actor's reputation is threatened by the machinations of an imposter.