Star! is a musical biopic that tells the story of a famous stage actress who rises to fame and battles personal and professional challenges. Set in the 1920s and 1930s in Manhattan, New York City, the film explores the actress's ambition, divorce, pregnancy, and struggles with alcoholism. It showcases her rise to stardom in the musical theater industry, her relationships with other performers, and her constant pursuit of fame.
In Pandora's Box, a young woman named Lulu attracts the attention of several men, leading to tragedy and chaos when her actions unleash their destructive desires. The film explores themes of sexuality, passion, and the consequences of forbidden love, all set against the backdrop of the Weimar Republic.
Just Around the Corner is a heartwarming comedy set during the Great Depression. The story follows a maintenance man and single father, Temple, who finds himself in a series of humorous and poignant situations while trying to provide a better life for his daughter. When Temple's architect uncle Sam unexpectedly passes away, leaving behind a lucrative project, Temple's life takes an unexpected turn. With the help of a snobbish reporter and a millionaire manager, Temple navigates the ups and downs of the 1930s in a delightful and memorable way.
A group of nude male performers sing and dance through a variety of comedic and romantic situations, exploring themes of homosexuality, relationships, and self-acceptance.
Show business twin sisters Rosemary and Susie, one serious and the other a scatterbrain, join the WAVES and both fall in love with crooner Johnny Cabot.
Blue Skies follows the story of a man in show business who falls in love with a dancer while trying to revive his career. Along the way, they face various obstacles and navigate a love triangle. Filled with music, dance, and comedy, this movie showcases the glamour and entertainment of the stage.
In this musical, a sharp witted press agent teams up with an unemployed chorine and dubs her "Miss Manhattan" to promote a cheap line of clothing. To escort her about town, the agent invents a "Mr. Manhattan." He then has them fake a marriage. When he realizes that he is in love with his creation, the agent promptly fires "Mr. M" and takes her to the altar personally. Songs include: "Ma, He's Making Eyes At Me," "Unfair To Love," and "A Lemon In The Garden Of Love."
Viola Drayton (Minter) has a fascination for fairies, but real life intervenes when her father, a colonel (W.T. Carleton), is called off to the European War (that's what they called World War I in early 1915). He leaves Viola in the care of the Nevisons (Herbert Wilke and Ina Brookes) and gives them thirty thousand dollars to invest on her behalf. When word arrives that Drayton has been killed in battle, Mr. Nevison takes Viola's money for himself, but he squanders it and his wife has to take in boarders. Viola hates her life at the Nevisons so she runs away and gets a job at a theater playing...a fairy.
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