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    Poor Little Rich Girl

    A runaway rich girl (Shirley Temple) poses as an orphan and joins a song-and-dance couple (Alice...

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    Odd Birds

    Hayward, California circa 1965. A young Chinese-American teenager cherishes her dreams of Broadway...

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    Sing Boy Sing (1958)

    A pop star (Tommy Sands) raised on gospel turns religious, despite his greedy manager (Edmond...

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    The Jazz Singer (1953)

    A young Jewish man returns from Korea with dreams of making it on Broadway, but grows at odds with...

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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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    Simone (2002)

    A young, suicidal woman falls in love with a older, mysterious sculptress.

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    Glitch (1988)

    The story of two down-and-out petty thieves who find themselves casting a film with a bevy of...

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    Livin' Large (1991)

    A young man (Terrence ``T.C.'' Carson) ad-libs at a crime scene and becomes an Atlanta TV-news...

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    The Black Cat

    An actress playing role of a notorious witch in a movie experiences terrifying developments in real...

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    Cracking Up (1998)

    The story of a performance artist whose brilliance is exceeded only by his urge to self-destruct.

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    The Other Side of the Tunnel

    A screenwriter winds up sequestered in a monastery with his younger writing partner to finish an...

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    Tales From a Hard City

    Documentary profile of four showbusiness hopefuls in economically depressed Sheffield, England.

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    Musicals Great Musicals

    A primer on MGM's Arthur Freed Unit.

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    The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender (1998)

    Filmmaker Mark Rappaport examines the representation of homosexuality in Golden Age Hollywood...

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    Louis Prima: The Wildest! (2000)

    An innovative musician and performer from the 1930s up until his death from a brain tumor in 1978,...

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    When In Rome (2002)

    Twin sisters (Mary-Kate Olsen, Ashley Olsen) find adventure in Italy after an international tycoon...

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    Controlled Chaos (2003)

    Overworked, overdedicated Elsie harbors a secret infatuation with her boss, the manically driven...

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    Broadway: The Golden Age (2004)

    The Golden Age of Broadway theater is brought to the screen by interviews with over 100 Broadway...

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    Swingers (1996)

    Would-be sultans of coolness help a socially inept friend find romance as they strut through...

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    Hans Christian Andersen's Thumbelina (1994)

    A tiny girl meets a fairy prince who saves her from the creatures of the woods. Animated.

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    Fast Forward (1985)

    An Ohio break dancer (John Scott Clough) goes to New York for an audition with his group, the...

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    Bellissima (1953)

    Outfitted in a blonde wig of Dolly Partonesque proportions, aging sexpot Elzbieta is determined to...

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    Casting About (2007)

    A lyrical documentary about the experience of casting actresses for a dramatic film.

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    Heckler

    Actor and comic Jamie Kennedy and other celebrities discuss stardom and criticism.

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    Abbott and Costello in Hollywood

    Two would-be talent agents (Bud Abbott, Lou Costello) try to get their singer client in a musical.

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    Babes on Broadway

    Talented young hopefuls strive for their big break on Broadway in this follow-up to ``Babes in...

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    Broadway Melody of 1936 (1935)

    A Broadway columnist (Jack Benny) feuds with a producer (Robert Taylor) whose upstate girlfriend...

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    Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940)

    A casting mix-up leads a dancer (George Murphy) to land a major role intended for his partner (Fred...

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    Down Mexico Way

    Bogus filmmakers bilk a town, and a cowboy (Gene Autry) and his sidekick (Smiley Burnette) cross the...

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    Footlight Parade (1933)

    A director (James Cagney) creates and stages extravagant musical prologues for movie theaters.