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  • The Ritz picture
    Movies

    The Ritz (1976)

    With The Ritz, Terrence McNally's hit Broadway play of the same name is cinematized by director...

  • La Bamba picture
    Movies

    La Bamba (1987)

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

  • The Pleasure Seekers picture
    Movies

    The Pleasure Seekers

    A singer/dancer (Ann-Margret) shares a Madrid apartment with two other American women looking for...

  • The Bride picture
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    The Bride (1985)

    Baron Frankenstein (Sting) creates the perfect woman (Jennifer Beals) for his original monster...

  • Harum Scarum picture
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    Harum Scarum (1965)

    Assassins kidnap a Hollywood star (Elvis Presley) and throw him into palace intrigue with a Mideast...

  • Double Trouble picture
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    Double Trouble (1967)

    An American singer (Elvis Presley) in Europe gets mixed up with jewel thieves and a runaway English...

  • Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid picture
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    Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (1972)

    Aging outlaw Garrett (James Coburn) turns sheriff and is ordered to hunt down his outlaw friend...

  • The Passion of Joan of Arc picture
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    The Passion of Joan of Arc

    A French peasant girl (Renee Falconetti) opposing occupying British forces is tried for heresy and...

  • Salome picture
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    Salome

    Seeking to bring High Art to the American hinterlands, silent film star Alla Nazimova sank a great...

  • Thank Your Lucky Stars picture
    Movies

    Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943)

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

  • The Big Broadcast of 1938 picture
    Movies

    The Big Broadcast of 1938 (1938)

    The Bellows family causes comic confusion on an ocean liner, with time out for radio-style musical...

  • Fox Movietone Follies of 1929 picture
    Movies

    Fox Movietone Follies of 1929

    In this musical comedy, a young man from Virginia who is heir to a wealthy estate falls in love with...

  • Requiem For a Heavyweight picture
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    Requiem For a Heavyweight

    A punchy boxer (Anthony Quinn) ends his brutal career in the company of a sad trainer (Mickey...

  • Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars picture
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    Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars (1972)

    David Bowie performs 17 songs as his androgynous alter ego in a 1973 London concert.

  • Tickle Me picture
    Movies

    Tickle Me (1965)

    A singing rodeo rider (Elvis Presley) rocks a beauty spa/dude ranch and helps an exerciser (Jocelyn...

  • Superstar in a Housedress: the Life and Legend of Jackie Curtis picture
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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...

  • Truth Or Dare picture
    Movies

    Truth Or Dare (1991)

    Filmmaker Alek Keshishian shows the pop star Madonna on stage and behind the scenes with her...

  • This Is Elvis picture
    Movies

    This Is Elvis (1981)

    Actors (David Scott, Paul Boensch III, Johnny Harra) portray Elvis Presley at various ages, combined...

  • Josie and the Pussycats picture
    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...

  • Rainbow Bridge picture
    Movies

    Rainbow Bridge

    In this exercise in cinematic psychedelia (it's a classic example of the sort of film that only...

  • Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll picture
    Movies

    Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll (1991)

    Eric Bogosian does his one-man show, sketches of 10 strange urban characters.

  • Stepping Out picture
    Movies

    Stepping Out (1991)

    A tap dance teacher tutors a motley assortment of students in a church basement. The students learn...

  • Can-Can picture
    Movies

    Can-Can (1960)

    A French lawyer (Frank Sinatra) defends his client, a cafe owner (Shirley MacLaine) forced to bribe...

  • The Funny Farm picture
    Movies

    The Funny Farm

    Some potent comic talent lends credibility to the Canadian Funny Farm. Michael Chapin stars as Mark,...

  • The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing picture
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    The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing (1955)

    Evelyn Nesbit Thaw, the real-life personality so brilliantly (albeit briefly) portrayed by Elizabeth...

  • The Man With the Golden Arm picture
    Movies

    The Man With the Golden Arm (1955)

    A dried-out heroin addict (Frank Sinatra) returns to his wife (Eleanor Parker) and card dealing in...

  • Counterpoint picture
    Movies

    Counterpoint

    Famous orchestra conductor is captured by the Germans in WW2, is forced to put on private concerts...

  • Prince of Players picture
    Movies

    Prince of Players (1954)

    Actor Edwin Booth (Richard Burton) finds fame doing Shakespeare and shame as the brother of...

  • Dune picture
    Movies

    Dune (1984)

    Paul Atreides (Kyle MacLachlan) leads the fight for vital spice on a desert planet in the year...

  • The Seven Little Foys picture
    Movies

    The Seven Little Foys (1955)

    After the young wife of vaudevillian Eddie Foy passes away, he incorporates their seven children...