Rags To Riches
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    Muertos de Risa

    Bruno and Nino are two comedians who were going nowhere until their agent made them into a massively...

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    Mahogany (1975)

    A poor Chicago secretary (Diana Ross) takes the fast lane to fame as a model and a fashion designer.

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    Mon Homme (1997)

    Marie is the proverbial prostitute with a heart of gold. One evening upon returning to her...

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    Mrs. Winterbourne (1996)

    Friendship grows between a rich family's matriarch (Shirley MacLaine) and a luckless pregnant woman...

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    Curly Sue (1991)

    A con man (James Belushi) targets a corporate lawyer (Kelly Lynch) and steals her heart with his...

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    It Could Happen to You (1994)

    A New York policeman (Nicolas Cage) keeps his promise to split a $4 million lottery prize with a...

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    Wannabes (2002)

    Two brothers seeking the luxuries of life find it in the business of organized crime: a world of...

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    A Million to Juan (1994)

    An impoverished orange vendor's life changes when a stranger offers him a check for one million...

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    The Five Pennies

    Dixieland cornetist Loring ``Red'' Nichols (Danny Kaye) quits for his wife (Barbara Bel Geddes) and...

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    The Gene Krupa Story (1959)

    The jazz drummer (Sal Mineo) alienates his girlfriend (Susan Kohner) and his buddy (James Darren),...

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    Ragtime (1981)

    New York's police commissioner (James Cagney) faces a man (Howard E. Rollins Jr.) holed up in the...

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    Pele Eterno

    Documentary about Brazilian soccer genius, Edson Arantes do Nascimento, aka Pelé.

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    Daltry Calhoun (2005)

    A Tennessee sod tycoon (Johnny Knoxville) tries to save his business while learning how to be a...

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    The Benny Goodman Story (1955)

    The jazz clarinetist and bandleader's (Steve Allen) story includes his boyhood, his sweetheart...

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    Trading Places (1983)

    Sporting billionaire brothers reverse the roles of a Wall Street commodities broker (Dan Aykroyd)...

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    Carmen Miranda: Bananas Is My Business (1995)

    Born in 1909, Carmen Miranda was already famous in Brazil during the 1930s; her discovery by...

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    Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film (2006)

    Ric Burns unearths rarely seen footage and offers keen observations on the life and artistic...

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    The Greatest Lover

    In this tale, a complete reversal of "Pretty Woman" (1990/USA), an uneducated refugee form the...

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    The Dolly Sisters

    Hungarian stage sisters Jenny (Betty Grable) and Rosie (June Haver) dazzle early 1900s audiences...

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    Cottonwood

    A group of off- off- off- off-Broadway actors wile away their days at a local eatery dreaming of...

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    Leprechaun in the Hood (2000)

    An evil leprechaun (Warwick Davis) and a powerful producer (Ice-T) pursue three rap artists who...

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    The Hong Kong Tycoon

    Set in Hong Kong, this drama details one man's rise from rags to riches. ~ Clarke Fountain, All...

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    Freewheelin'

    Skateboarding is the only passion in teenager Peralta's life. ~ All Movie Guide

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    Gavilan o Paloma

    This drama tells the true and quite unbelievable story of popular Mexican singer Jose Sosa, played...

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    El Dia Que Me Quieras

    Set in Caracas in 1935, a famed tango singer, Carlos Gardel, brings happiness to oppressed citizens...

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    Harlow (1965)

    A screen adaption of the blistering best-seller which examines the story of the platinum blonde...

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    Annie

    When Daddy Warbucks (Victor Garber) is accused of not caring enough for the poor, he takes in orphan...

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    The Philosopher's Stone

    An old clerk finds a stone that can turn things into gold.

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    Eva Peron (1996)

    Drama based on the life of Eva Peron, an obscure actress, who rose to become wife of Argentine...

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    Rivers of Babylon (1998)

    A seemingly simple-minded man named Racz is hired to work in the boiler room of a ritzy hotel in the...