Movies and TvShows featuring "show-must-go-on" theme.

Alice, a curious teenager, stumbles upon a white rabbit and follows it into a whimsical wonderland. She encounters eccentric characters like the Mad Hatter, the Queen of Hearts, and the Cheshire Cat. Along her journey, Alice learns valuable lessons about courage, identity, and imagination.

When a concert pianist returns to her hometown for a Christmas concert, she reunites with old friends and reconnects with her ex-boyfriend. Together, they must overcome challenges and revive their music quartet in time for the performance.

In the midst of the Great Depression, a young chorus girl named Peggy Sawyer gets a chance to audition for a new Broadway musical. She must navigate through the challenges of show business, including rivalry, deception, and financial problems, in order to succeed and fulfill her dreams.

A Broadway show is forced to bow to the whims of a talentless, whacky, but rich, Broadway actress with a contract.

Because of his luxurious fur coat, a hammy actor becomes involved with crooks. His coat resembles the one that a gang's fence wears, and he is continually finding stolen jewelry in his coat pockets. When the gang learns that he is planning to turn the loot over to Scotland Yard, they go gunning for him and wound him while he is on stage performing 'Falstaff.' And, although wounded, he continues with his performance, trouper that he is that believes the show must go on, while the police are apprehending the gunmen.

In 1927 Olive Borden starred in Fox drama The Monkey Talks directed by Raoul Walsh. She played a circus performer who meets a man pretending to be a talking monkey.

Eugenio is a magician who is part of a traveling circus. On Christmas Eve, he discovers an abandoned baby and takes it in. As the circus continues its tour, Eugenio must balance his performances with taking care of the baby. Along the way, he encounters twin sisters, acrobats, and other circus artists. The film explores themes of love, sacrifice, and the show must go on mentality.