Movies and TvShows featuring "leading-lady" theme.

In the movie, 'The Mirror Crack'd', a major movie star is murdered during an annual event in a British village. Amateur sleuth Miss Marple, played by a strong female character, is determined to solve the crime. As she investigates, she uncovers a web of revenge and secrets, with close-ups of lips and mouths holding important clues. With suspense and mystery, this movie is a classic whodunnit with a strong female protagonist.

In His New Job, the Little Tramp gets a job at a movie studio and causes chaos on set. He accidentally kisses a woman's hand, hits himself on the head with a mallet, and gets into a fight with the wrong person. Despite his mishaps, he eventually becomes the star of the film.

The Matinee Idol is a comedy movie that tells the story of a famous matinee idol and his exploits in the entertainment industry. From his struggles as a struggling performer to becoming a star, the movie explores the ups and downs of his career. With elements of comedy, romance, and drama, this movie takes viewers on a journey through the world of show business.

A detective goes undercover as a producer to investigate an actor's murder, which occurred during the performance of a play...

Affair with a Stranger is a 1953 movie about a struggling writer who meets a stage actress and starts an affair, while also dealing with his troubled marriage. The story explores themes of infidelity, marriage problems, and ambition.

This tribute to Myrna Loy is organized chronologically with a few photographs, many film clips, a handful of personal appearances, and a detailed commentary delivered on camera by Kathleen Turner. Turner walks us through Loy's career as a dancer and an actress miscast as an exotic. She comes into her own as a grown-up women: shrewd, funny, decorous, and sexy - in "Manhattan Melodrama" and "The Thin Man." Her volunteer work during World War II, later stage work, and progressive politics come in for admiration as well. It's her style - seen best in her roles as a wife of charm and independence - that's captured and celebrated here.

In this musical short, a waitress at the Warner Bros. commissary gets her big break.

Maggie, a headlining comedienne with the Follies, takes a fall off the stage into the orchestra pit and lands on the drum of musician Al Cassidy. One thing leads to another, they fall in love and get married. Al becomes a famous songwriter and Maggie stays home and has children. One day Al is hired to write a big number for Selma Larson, one of the Follies' most beautiful stars, and falls for her.

A romance between a struggling composer and an American singer.

Phyllis Diller’s brand of comedy is as timeless today as it was in the 1960s, when she became a regular on popular variety and talk shows. From her outrageous costumes to wildly teased hair, Diller was a pioneer among female comediennes, paving the way for future stars. Who can forget her hilarious housekeeping and marriage tips, her beleaguered husband Fang, her cackling laugh and self-deprecating sense of humor? Phyllis Diller: Not Just Another Pretty Face highlights some of her best routines. Special guest stars such as Don Rickles and Dean Martin make this a fun trip back in time.

Elaine Stritch at Liberty is a one-woman show featuring famous actress Elaine Stritch as she shares anecdotes about her career in the entertainment industry, her struggles with alcoholism and sobriety, as well as her battle with chronic illness, including diabetes. The show takes the audience on a journey through the highs and lows of Stritch's life, showcasing her talent in singing, dancing, and storytelling. Filmed in a theatrical performance format, the show delves into Stritch's internal struggles, the loss of loved ones, and her experiences in the world of show business.

Maggie and her husband Richard are both college professors and have a daughter, 17-year-old Jenny. Their marriage is falling apart, and when Richard admits to having an affair with a student at the college they both work at.

Jimmy Jump's young wife goes in strongly for amateur theatricals. After one of her performances a theater manager signs her up. He opens a publicity campaign by having her appear in public in spectacular costumes, with a monkey for a pet. The monkey gets away and Jimmy is elected to capture it. When peace once more descends upon them, the young wife decides to give up her career and devote her time to Jimmy.

Teenage orphan Jenny Yates becomes starstruck when a revival of an old Victorian melodrama passes through her small New England town, to the disapproval of her stern grandfather, Uriah. Stowing away in the car of Philip Greene, a wealthy young man working with the theater troupe, Jenny talks her way into the play's lead role. But director Archie Fisher doesn't tell her that the new version of the play is meant as a spoof.

Jack Craigen, an engineer who has just finished a construction job in South Africa, returns to New York. There, at the home of his Uncle Cannell, he meets stage-struck society girl Helen Steele and her playwright fiancé Tracey. Scheming to win the lead in their new production, The Siren , Helen wagers Cannell and Tracey that she can vamp Jack--a notorious woman-hater--and have him propose to her in a week.

Three short stories connect in a funny, fierce and at times tragic way laced together through the themes of dreams, reincarnation and the supernatural.

Snub is an street sweeper with OCD, living in a neighborhood full of fussy people. He is sweeping the street when he anticipates a cop who is about to throw some litter into the road and dashes over to catch it in his cart. He then tries to save a drunken man from falling into the road before stopping his cart to pick up a solitary leaf which has dared to fallen upon the ground. The eccentric and obsessed street sweeper meticulously disposes of the leaf but when he turns around he finds half the tree has shed its leaves at that very moment