Movies and TvShows featuring "great-white-way" theme.
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.
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.
When a burlesque performer is murdered, a dancer takes it upon herself to solve the crime and clear her name.
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.
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.
A New York doctor saves a chorus girl from a window ledge, twice, and rounds up racketeers.
A Broadway show is forced to bow to the whims of a talentless, whacky, but rich, Broadway actress with a contract.
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.
A detective goes undercover as a producer to investigate an actor's murder, which occurred during the performance of a play...
A cross-dressing farce, adapted from "Madame Lucy" by Jean Arlette, in which to help a friend in a lawsuit, Jack Mitchell disguises himself as the mysterious "Madame Brown," a missing witness important to the case of the plaintiff. He attracts the romantic attention of two old roués and one hot Broadway showgirl.
A married tightwad learns to loosen up by living the life of a playboy.
As part of their public feud, Bandleader Bernie pretends a girl singer is no good so columnist Winchell promotes her in his column.
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.
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
Chorus girl Peggy Lane, finds a small part in a new show for David North, a stages-truck country boy. At rehearsal, David meets Delerys Devore, the show's star, and she quickly offers him a larger part in her act. Quite taken with David, Delerys invites him to her home on the pretext that Peggy will be there; when Peggy does not show up, David leaves, infuriating his hostess. Derelys has Peggy fired the next day, and in reprisal Peggy goads her into a Carmenesque fight backstage just before the show. Derelys is unable to go on stage, and Peggy takes her place, becoming the hit of the show. Peggy and David are later married and give up show business, finding contentment living on a farm.
Husband-and-wife vaudeville stars separate when success goes to his head.
Gangsters, nightclubs and the Roaring '20s.
A New York City cab driver in need of $200 picks up a movie star in his cab, and schemes to get the money from her.
Musical about vaudeville performers, from 1944.