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Footlight Parade is sheer cinematic joy. In this Depression-era romp, a timid stenographer (Ruby Keeler) removes her glasses and wow! she's a star. A gee-whiz tenor (Dick Powell) asserts his independence. Plucky chorines tap, greedy hangers-on get their comeuppances, and an indefatigable producer/dancer (James Cagney) and his Girl Friday (Joan Blondell) work showbiz miracles to stage live prologues for talkie houses to keep their company afloat during...
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A comedy involving "an engaged movie star couple who have called off their wedding 11 times due to some backstage bickering. When fan Olivia de Havilland declares her love for Howard (even though she is set to wed handsome Patric Knowles), all of the characters discover how difficult--and hilarious--love can be."--Movies Unlimited.
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This is the story of a chaste young TV commercial actress who is romanced by a playboy architect. Despite all sorts of temptations, the girl refuses the architect's invitation to become his mistress, holding out for marriage or nothing. Meanwhile, a middle-aged rake tries to move in on the girl himself, with an equal lack of success.
9) Stage fright
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When her friend is accused of murdering the husband of a high society entertainer, an aspiring actress disguises herself as a maid to help him prove his innocence.
10) Show people
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Peggy Pepper, a Georgia girl who wants to be a dramatic actress, goes to Hollywood and at first can find work only as a patsy for Billy Boone in slapstick comedies. Billy, however, soon helps Peggy to become both a serious actress and a star. Fame and wealth go to Peggy's head; she becomes vain and snubs Billy in favor of André, her romantic leading man. Peggy eventually comes down to earth, however, and acknowledges her love for the patient Billy....
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"The inn's service is rude, even quarrelsome. Is this any way to treat a guest who is the most respected Shakespearean of his day? It is if you're part of a theatrical group posing as innkeepers and trying to give the renowned but pompous David Garrick his comeuppance. Garrick, however, is aware of the ruse. And he's convinced that the young, recently arrived countess who seems to be falling in love with him is the worst actress of the bunch. But...
12) Cats don't dance
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It's the world of cats and Danny is an ambitious one going to Hollywood to become a film star. With the help of his newfound friends - the hilarious hippo, Tillie; the lovely but cynical Sawyer; and the adorable penguin, Pudge - Danny vows to break through the "species barrier" and prove that dreams really can come true!
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To be or not to be? To act or not to act? The questions are the same to Joe, a struggling (jobless) actor whose every sinew and synapse cries out to perform and to soften the blow of not landing a part in a mega budget sci-fi movie. So in the stalwart (desperate) tradition of actors everywhere, Joe vows to put on a show, a special (even more desperate) version of the greatest play in the English tongue.
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Blanche, a famous Hollywood star, is crippled in a car accident and must be taken care of by her sister Jane, a former child star jealous of her sister's fame. As the hatred between the two sisters grows, Jane begins to torture her ailing sister. This title has been repackaged.
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Paige Townsen is a normal college girl working on her business degree who enjoys acting on the side. When a big movie franchise goes into production and opens its doors looking for the next "It" girl to play the lead role, Paige's roommates Cassie and Jake convince her to go to the open casting call. Never in her wildest dreams does she think she will even make it to the callbacks, but after an electric audition with Hollywood heartthrob Rainer Devon,...
16) Sinatra
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Through the years, Frank Sinatra did it his way. To set the record straight, he collaborated in the making of this movie of his life, featuring his own vocals and some astonishing personal revelations. It covers more than 50 years, beginning with a spirited boyhood in Hoboken and ending with the 1974 return from retirement of the man whose voice captivates generations. More than two dozen Sinatra standards grace this production, and most are from...
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