show-business
  • The Great Ziegfeld picture
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    The Great Ziegfeld (1936)

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

  • Annie Get Your Gun picture
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    Annie Get Your Gun (1950)

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

  • Terror Firmer picture
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    Terror Firmer (1999)

    A homicidal maniac is on the loose in the city and the low budget film crew on a Troma movie have...

  • Purple People Eater picture
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    Purple People Eater (1988)

    A shaggy alien and a 12-year-old boy (Neil Patrick Harris) form a band and bail out oldsters (Ned...

  • Say One For Me picture
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    Say One For Me

    The priest of a Times Square church populated by show-biz types decides to hold a charity...

  • The Legend of Leigh Bowery picture
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    The Legend of Leigh Bowery (2003)

    Filmmaker Charles Atlas interviews friends, family and colleagues of the late fashion designer and...

  • Gentlemen Marry Brunettes picture
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    Gentlemen Marry Brunettes (1955)

    Sibling chorus girls (Jane Russell, Jeanne Crain) go to Paris and live like their mother and aunt...

  • Ride picture
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    Ride (1998)

    Fresh from film school, an aspiring director (Melissa De Sousa) boards a bus with artists traveling...

  • My Giant picture
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    My Giant (1998)

    A sleazy showbiz agent (Billy Crystal) tries to exploit a very large, gentle man (Gheorghe Muresan)...

  • A Decade Under the Influence picture
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    A Decade Under the Influence (2003)

    A documentary examining the decade of the 1970s as a turning point in American cinema. Some of...

  • Jeanne Eagels picture
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    Jeanne Eagels (1957)

    A 1920s dancer/actress (Kim Novak) leaves her jealous lover (Jeff Chandler) for Broadway, Hollywood...

  • Les Girls picture
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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...

  • Voyage of the Rock Aliens picture
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    Voyage of the Rock Aliens (1985)

    Aliens land in the town of "Speelburgh" searching for the source of rock & roll. They find trouble...

  • Hey Babe! picture
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    Hey Babe! (1984)

    This musical centers upon the life of a precocious, orphan with show-business aspirations. To...

  • Stagedoor picture
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    Stagedoor (2006)

    Filmmaker Alexandra Shiva shines the spotlight on a summer camp in New York's Catskill Mountains...

  • Jane Austen in Manhattan picture
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    Jane Austen in Manhattan (1980)

    Two teachers vie for the right to stage a play written by Jane Austen when she was twelve years old.

  • Bert Rigby, You're a Fool picture
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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.

  • W.C. Fields and Me picture
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    W.C. Fields and Me (1976)

    The Hollywood comedian's (Rod Steiger) story is told as recalled by Carlotta Monti (Valerie...

  • Li Hsiao-Lung Ch'uan-Ch'i picture
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    Li Hsiao-Lung Ch'uan-Ch'i (1978)

    The martial artist is seen in clips and recalled by Steve McQueen, James Coburn and others who knew...

  • Chaplin picture
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    Chaplin (1992)

    From London poverty to Hollywood legend, silent-film star Charlie Chaplin's (Robert Downey Jr.) life...

  • Venus picture
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    Venus (2006)

    The arrival of a friend's (Leslie Phillips) vivacious grandniece (Jodie Whittaker) turns the life of...

  • The George Raft Story picture
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    The George Raft Story (1961)

    Story follows the rise of George Raft from a Hell's Kitchen crooner to a Hollywood star who...

  • The Life of Reilly picture
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    The Life of Reilly (2007)

    Charles Nelson Reilly offers anecdotes and comic quips in a one-man stage show about his childhood...

  • Joey Breaker picture
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    Joey Breaker (1993)

    Autobiographical film about an agent who discovers there is more to life than his job.

  • A Piece of Eden picture
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    A Piece of Eden (2000)

    A New York press agent applies his show-business acumen to revitalize his ailing father's Indiana...

  • Martians Go Home picture
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    Martians Go Home (1990)

    A musician triggers a Martian invasion.

  • The Day of the Locust picture
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    The Day of the Locust

    An art director in the 1930's falls in love and attempts to make a young woman an actress despite...

  • Your Cheatin' Heart picture
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    Your Cheatin' Heart

    Country singer/composer Hank Williams' (George Hamilton) wife (Susan Oliver) drives him to fame, cut...

  • Festival in Cannes picture
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    Festival in Cannes (2002)

    An American actress (Greta Scacchi) as well as an aging icon and her estranged husband gather for...

  • The Oscar picture
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    The Oscar

    As an Oscar nominee (Stephen Boyd) for best actor sits in the theater, his life as a Hollywood heel...