Movies and TvShows featuring "based-on-broadway-play" theme.

A brother and sister's battle over a prized heirloom piano unleashes haunting truths about how the past is perceived — and who defines a family legacy.

Charlie Castle, a successful Hollywood actor, is caught in a moral dilemma when he is blackmailed into signing a contract that may ruin his career. As he tries to navigate the cutthroat world of the movie business, secrets are revealed, leading to murder and betrayal.

Two Seconds is a crime drama thriller film about a man named John Allen who is sentenced to death after being wrongfully accused of murder. The story is told in flashbacks as John reflects on his life while awaiting execution, including his troubled relationship with his unfaithful wife and his involvement in a dancehall murder. The film explores themes of justice, punishment, and the human psyche.

A young opera singer dreams of becoming a star and must navigate the challenges of fame, love, and the entertainment industry. Based on a novel and a play, this pre-code film captures the spirit of the 1930s.

A Hatful of Rain (1957) tells the story of Johnny Pope, a man living in Manhattan who is addicted to morphine. He hides his addiction from his pregnant wife, Celia, and his resentful brother, Polo. As the pressure builds, Johnny's relationships begin to crumble, and he must confront his addiction and seek help before it's too late.

A high living society playboy marries a nightclub singer, and she soon realizes that, though they're genuinely in love, the husband's endless partying completely dominates and is destroying their marriage.

In 1898, composer Sid Barnett manages to get his sweetheart, Adeline the beer-garden singer, to sing the lead in his new Broadway operetta; this infuriates Elysia, the erstwhile star. But Sid frets as Adeline spends increasing amounts of time with the dashing Major Day.

The action takes place during the Great War in the home of the First Lord of the Admiralty.

Take a Chance was based on the hit Broadway musical of the same name, though only one of the original songs, Eadie Was a Lady, has been retained. The thinnish plot involves the misadventures of a pair of pickpockets, played on Broadway by Jack Haley and Sid Silvers and on film by James Dunn and Cliff “Ukelele Ike” Edwards.

"Bilge" Smith (Richard Barthelmess), a tough sailor, meets Connie Martin (Dorothy Mackaill), a seamstress in a small harbor who has never had a boyfriend. Connie is instantly smitten. She invites Smith to dinner, where he dances with her and gives her a kiss. Connie has a hard time letting him go, and makes him promise that he will come back.

Marty is a shipping clerk in the garment district and a wise guy trying to cut corners and get by on angles, and not very good at it. He meets Helen and decides to change his ways, but lack of patience in slow-progress jobs leads him to become involved with a neighborhood gang.