Rags To Riches
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    Movies

    I'm No Angel (1933)

    A sideshow performer (Mae West) in a one-ring circus sues her boyfriend (Cary Grant) for breach of...

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    Movies

    It (1927)

    A salesgirl with plenty of "it" (sex appeal) pursues a handsome playboy.

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    Movies

    Half a Sixpence

    British musical star Tommy Steele had starred in Half a Sixpence in London and on Broadway, thus he...

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    Movies

    Isn't She Great (2000)

    Jacqueline Susann (Bette Midler) writes ``Valley of the Dolls'' and, at the height of her success,...

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    Movies

    Small Time Crooks (2000)

    A dishwasher/ex-convict (Woody Allen) and his manicurist wife (Tracey Ullman) scheme to get rich by...

  • La Bamba picture
    Movies

    La Bamba (1987)

    Mexican-American Ritchie Valens (Lou Diamond Phillips) becomes a rock 'n' roll star, then dies at 17...

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    Movies

    Serenade (1956)

    A vineyard worker (Mario Lanza) becomes an opera singer in love with a socialite (Joan Fontaine) and...

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    Movies

    The Buddy Holly Story (1978)

    The Lubbock, Texas, rock 'n' roller (Gary Busey) becomes a star with the Crickets (Don Stroud,...

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    Movies

    Pecker (1998)

    A blue-collar Baltimore teen (Edward Furlong) becomes a New York celebrity when a dealer discovers...

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    Movies

    Marriage - Italian Style (1964)

    A woman who's had an ongoing affair with her lover for twenty years, feigns a serious illness to get...

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    Movies

    Dimples (1936)

    An 1850s New York dowager (Helen Westley) pays a petty thief (Frank Morgan) $5,000 for his cute...

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    Movies

    The Great Ziegfeld (1936)

    The life and times of Broadway showman Florenz Ziegfeld (William Powell) and his two wives (Luise...

  • Million Dollar Mermaid picture
    Movies

    Million Dollar Mermaid (1952)

    Australian swimmer Annette Kellerman (Esther Williams) becomes a promoter's (Victor Mature) star in...

  • Show Boat picture
    Movies

    Show Boat (1951)

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

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    Movies

    Annie Get Your Gun (1950)

    The story of the great sharpshooter, Annie Oakley, who rises to fame while dealing with her...

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    Movies

    James Ellroy: Demon Dog of American Crime Fiction (1998)

    A tour through contemporary American crime fiction novelist James Ellroy's Los Angeles--guided by...

  • Imagine: John Lennon picture
    Movies

    Imagine: John Lennon (1988)

    Never-before-seen home movies and the late musician's own narration enhance this portrait of former...

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    Movies

    Little Dorrit (1988)

    Dickens' tale of a girl (Sarah Pickering), her debtor father (Alec Guinness) and their benefactor...

  • Beyond the Valley of the Dolls picture
    Movies

    Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970)

    Three college singers (Dolly Read, Cynthia Myers, Marcia McBroom) join a Hollywood scene of...

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    Movies

    Millions (2005)

    Young British brothers (Alexander Nathan Etel, Lewis Owen McGibbon) must spend a fortune in found...

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    Movies

    Blank Check (1994)

    An 11-year-old (Brian Bonsall) cashes a crook's check for $1 million and becomes the envy of his...

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    Movies

    Josie and the Pussycats (2001)

    In a plot to take over the world, a music mogul tries to use the band (Rachael Leigh Cook, Tara...

  • Annie picture
    Movies

    Annie (1982)

    Daddy Warbucks (Albert Finney) protects little orphan Annie (Aileen Quinn) from Miss Hannigan (Carol...

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    Movies

    Glitter (2001)

    A singer (Mariah Carey) develops a volatile relationship with the disc jockey (Max Beesley) who...

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    Movies

    Kismet (1955)

    A roguish poet is given the run of the scheming Wazir's harem while pretending to help him usurp the...

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    Movies

    The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz

    Mordecai Richler's Jewish hero (Richard Dreyfuss) tries to get rich quick in 1940s Montreal.

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    Movies

    Bamboozled (2000)

    A Harvard-educated black man (Damon Wayans), the only minority representative at a foundering TV...

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    Movies

    Xica da Silva (1982)

    The romanced story of Xica da Silva, a slave that used her "feminine atributs" in order to get...

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    Movies

    Surviving Eden (2006)

    A documentary crew captures the capitalistic trappings a reality show winner falls into during his...

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    Movies

    The Third Wish

    A first edition of Dickens' ``Great Expectations'' grants three wishes to an aspiring writer (Jenna...