Movies and TvShows featuring "great-white-way" theme.
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There(2003)
83%TomatometerA documentary film that explores Broadway's Golden Age and features interviews with the legendary performers and creators who shaped the era. It takes a look at the vibrant and influential period of American theater from the 1940s to the 1960s, highlighting the musicals, the stars, and the behind-the-scenes stories that made Broadway the cultural phenomenon it is today.
As part of their public feud, Bandleader Bernie pretends a girl singer is no good so columnist Winchell promotes her in his column.
Nora Moran, a chorus girl, is involved in a car crash that leads to the death of the State Governor. As she faces trial and impending execution, the true events of that fateful night are revealed, exposing corruption and deceit. Nora is torn between her loyalty to her brother and her own desire for vindication.
Set in the 1920s, 'The Broadway Melody' tells the story of two sisters who come to New York City to pursue their dreams of becoming stars on Broadway. As they navigate the competitive world of showbiz and encounter love triangles and backstage drama, they strive to put on a show that will catapult them to fame.
The Stooge is a comedy film from 1951 about a clumsy man named Bill Miller who dreams of becoming a vaudeville performer. He meets a successful entertainer named Ted Rogers and they form a partnership, with Bill playing the role of the stooge. As their act becomes popular, Bill's clumsiness starts to become a hit with audiences. However, their partnership is tested when Bill's selfishness and drunkenness start to cause problems. Eventually, Bill learns the importance of selflessness and the value of their friendship.
Husband-and-wife vaudeville stars separate when success goes to his head.
Show girl Jill Deverne is married to song writer Fred Deverne, and everyone is involved in the Broadway night life and endless parties. Jill is being pursued by a gangster, and she leaves her husband after he spends the night with a floozie. Jill ends up as the gangster's moll, but she soon gets tired of the lifestyle.
A celebrated Broadway actress and a wealthy widowed businessman are brought together through their shared affection for a young orphan.
Broadway producer Johnny Demming is only interested in big-name talent and scoffs that his sister, father and other small-time talent could be used in a successful show.
When a burlesque performer is murdered, a dancer takes it upon herself to solve the crime and clear her name.
A New York doctor saves a chorus girl from a window ledge, twice, and rounds up racketeers.
Blind Mrs. Lind comes to American to visit her three children whom she thinks are successful.
Around the turn of the century, two young men, Johnnie Bennett, a composer and Steve Adams, an artist, go to New York City to make their fortune. They both fall in love with the same girl, Patricia O'Neill. The artist paints a picture of her which outrages her father's sensibilities; but, as a result of the picture, she wins a chance to star in a Broadway play. She soon learns that the artist is just a trifler; and she turns to the composer, who loves her sincerely
Harry Wallace (Harry Richman) is the star of a musical comedy who, while on a leave of absence from Broadway, encounters a troupe of untalented showboat players and takes them to New York City. Without letting them in on the joke, he then features them in a new revue, hoping that unintentionally-funny act will bring the house down.
Gangsters, nightclubs and the Roaring '20s.
A Broadway show is forced to bow to the whims of a talentless, whacky, but rich, Broadway actress with a contract.
Joanna Manners is a flapper with a million-dollar figure, million-dollar looks, and a million dollars in cash. She falls in love with John Wilmore, a gut who hasn't got a dime nor a pot to put it in if he had a dime. There are those who object. Especially, the crowd of gold-digging gigolos and hustlers she knows.
A kooky waiter and sometimes vaudevillian promises to get his employer's daughter into a Broadway show. When he kidnaps the show's star, she gets her opportunity, as the understudy, to play the role and become a star herself.
A detective goes undercover as a producer to investigate an actor's murder, which occurred during the performance of a play...
A young secretary falls in love with her boss, a middle-aged playwright. Complications ensue when her boss' son falls for her.