Showbiz Comedy
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    Anything Goes (1956)

    Anything Goes is a Technicolor-and-Vistavision remake of the 1936 film of the same name, which in...

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    Overnight Sensation

    With help from an old friend (Seth William Meier) and an agent, an aspiring filmmaker (Sean Dugan)...

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    Salome's Last Dance (1988)

    Film centers around playwright Oscar Wilde watching a performance of his play "Salome".

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    The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984)

    Kermit and company try to take their variety show to Broadway, while Miss Piggy grows jealous of a...

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    The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown (1957)

    Two men (Ralph Meeker, Keenan Wynn) kidnap a Hollywood actress (Jane Russell), who refuses to let...

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    Trois places pour le 26

    Yves Montand plays himself in this musical romantic comedy by Jacques Demy. Demy and Michel Legrand...

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    Les Girls (1957)

    An entertainer's memoirs of her years in a musical revue lead her to court and a reunion with her...

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    Lisa Picard Is Famous (2001)

    A mockumentary about would-be New York actress Lisa Picard, who hopes to get more than a fleeting...

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    Cannes Man (1997)

    A producer makes a bet that he can take the worst script -- entitled "Con Man" -- and get a deal for...

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    Silk Stockings (1957)

    A Russian commissar tries to lure back a defector, while an American producer is determined to...

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    Cosi (1997)

    A drifter (Ben Mendelsohn) lives near a slaughterhouse, works in a Sydney asylum and reluctantly...

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    Going Overboard (1989)

    A struggling young comedian takes a menial job on a cruise ship where he hopes for his big chance to...

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    Enemies of Laughter (2003)

    Struggling comedy writer Paul Halpern has been suffering through a serious of blind dates when he's...

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    The Barefoot Executive (1971)

    A TV-network page (Kurt Russell) becomes program director by picking hit shows with his girlfriend's...

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    Bert Rigby, You're a Fool (1989)

    An English coal miner (Robert Lindsay) turns traveling song-and-dance man, then Hollywood hopeful.

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    Hollywood North (2004)

    Toronto 1979: it is the heyday of the tax-shelter years and ambitious producer Bobby Meyers has...

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    Heartbreak Hospital (2002)

    A talented but struggling actress (Chelsea Altman) lands a role on a soap opera, but a murderer...

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    Talkin' Dirty After Dark (1991)

    One night in the life of a comedy club in South Central Los Angeles.

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    Doing Time for Patsy Cline (1999)

    A 17-year-old country-and-western singer leaves the outback of New South Wales to seek fame and...

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    Still Crazy (1998)

    The washed-up members (Stephen Rea, Billy Connolly, Jimmy Nail) of a British rock band stage a...

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    Pepe (1960)

    A poor Mexican (Cantinflas) with a white horse brings luck to a down-and-out Hollywood director (Dan...

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    Forever Female (1953)

    An aspiring playwright gets an opportunity to see his play produced but is forced to make...

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    My Favorite Year (1982)

    A rookie writer (Mark Linn-Baker) tries to keep an old swashbuckler (Peter O'Toole) sober for his...

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    Hijacking Hollywood (1997)

    A recent film-school graduate (Henry Thomas) encounters low wages, tyranny and blackmail in an...

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    The Back Lot Murders

    In this horror story liberally laced with comedy, an up-and-coming rock band called the Wiseguys are...

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    Who's the Caboose?

    A "mockumentary" satirizing the television industry's most competitive time of year -- pilot season....

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    New Suit (2003)

    A man (Jordan Bridges) incites a feeding frenzy in Hollywood when he spreads the word about a...

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    Just Write (1998)

    A Hollywood tour bus driver poses as a screenwriter to romance an up-and-coming young actress.

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    Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star (2003)

    Hoping to make a comeback, a man (David Spade) stays with a suburban family to prepare for the lead...

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    Brain Donors (1992)

    Three strange people bilk a rich widow and stage a ballet, in the comedic vein of the Marx Bros.