Movies and TvShows featuring "casting-office" theme.

Show People is a comedy movie that follows the story of an aspiring actress in the Hollywood movie industry. It portrays the grandiose behavior, slapstick comedy, and romance in the showbiz world. The movie showcases the struggles and successes of the main character as she navigates through the casting office, movie sets, and movie theaters. With celebrity cameos, pie-throwing, and slapstick comedy, Show People provides a hilarious and entertaining satire of the movie industry.

Yankee Doodle Daffy follows the misadventures of Daffy Duck, an agent and entertainer who tries to juggle multiple roles, including a pilot, musician, and talent agent. He faces numerous challenges, from auditions to appointments, while trying to make a name for himself in showbiz.

In 1915, Kansas theatre usher Merton Gill is a rabid silent-movie fan. When he brings Mammoth Studios free publicity by imitating star Lawrence Rupert's heroics, they bring him to Hollywood to generate another headline; he thinks he'll get a movie contract. Disillusioned, he haunts the casting offices, where he meets and is consoled by Phyllis Montague, bit player and stunt-woman. When Merton finally gets his "break," though, it's not quite what he envisioned.

Make Me a Star is a comedy film from 1932 that follows the story of an aspiring actor who goes through various comedic mishaps in his quest for stardom. From hilarious slapstick moments to unexpected twists, the film showcases the challenges and humor in the world of acting.

A tour of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio in 1925 shows the people who make the movies there, and gives viewers a glimpse at how movies are made.

A naïve farm girl is duped by con men who promise her movie stardom in exchange for her savings.

A collection of subversive comedy sketches and routines relating to the peace movement.

Down-on-his-luck film director Jimmie Dale takes a job at a fly-by-night acting school. He is drawn into the plans of the school's owner to bilk a wealthy young man out of the funds he has supplied to shoot a movie starring pretty student Alice Perkins. But Jimmie hopes to bilk the bilkers by actually completing the movie as ostensibly planned.

Paris, 1913: Passionate, odiferous Pepe Le Pew pursues the latest love of his life, a cat who's been made up to look like a skunk, through the sets of a silent-movie studio.

This short shows the entrances of the various Hollywood studios, then specifically visits Warner Bros. / First National Studios. We start at the casting office, then see Busby Berkeley and choreographer Bobby Connolly working with chorus girls on production numbers. Then come some candid shots of several contract stars. Finally we see comedian Hugh Herbert filming a scene for an upcoming release, then the various behind the scenes steps that transition the raw film in the camera into the finished product.

Emily the chicken lives in Hickville but dreams of Hollywood. Her chance comes when director J. Megga-Phone happens to drive past and gives her his card.

The process by which girls are chosen for chorus line members in movie musical is shown. Numbers from popular 1930s musicals are then presented. These include "Don't Say Goodnight" from Wonder Bar (1934); "Lullaby of Broadway" from Gold Diggers of 1935 (1935) ; "Shadow Waltz" from Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933); and "By a Waterfall" and "Shanghai Lil" from Footlight Parade (1933).