Movies and TvShows featuring "taxi-dancer" theme.
In the 1940s, two sisters join the first women's baseball league and face challenges as they try to help it succeed. They must overcome their own sibling rivalry while fighting against societal stereotypes. Along the way, they form friendships and build a strong team. Will they be able to prove themselves and make the league a success?
Sweet Charity follows the romantic misadventures of a taxi dancer named Charity Hope Valentine, who dreams of finding true love but seems to always end up in tragic relationships. Despite her struggles, Charity remains hopeful and determined to find happiness.
In post-World War II New York City, three brothers - a street hustler, a gentle giant, and an ice-wrestler - navigate the worlds of arm-wrestling, cross-dressing, family relationships, and racial tensions as they strive to achieve their dreams of success in the brutal world of professional wrestling.
Killer's Kiss follows a boxer who becomes entangled in a dangerous situation when he falls for a woman who is being pursued by a violent hoodlum. As the tension rises, the boxer must navigate a web of revenge, police investigation, and personal danger.
In Lured (1947), a serial killer is on the loose in London, targeting young women. Scotland Yard enlists the help of a fashion designer to go undercover and catch the killer. As she navigates the dangerous world of personal ads and dance halls, she gets closer to the truth and puts her own life at risk.
Swing Shift is a drama and romance film set in the 1940s and revolves around the lives of women working in an aircraft factory during World War II. The plot explores themes of extramarital affairs, jealousy, friendship between women, female bonding, male chauvinism, and the impact of the war on their personal lives.
Set in 1930s Shanghai, a Russian countess running a dancehall falls in love with an American diplomat as they navigate the chaos of war and the invasion of Japanese forces.
In 'I Died a Thousand Times,' an ex-convict is coerced into attempting a dangerous heist in the high Sierras. Along the way, he forms unexpected relationships and encounters treachery that threatens his life. This film-noir crime thriller explores themes of unrequited love, dissension, and the lengths people will go to for redemption.
Follow the Fleet is a 1936 musical comedy film in which a sailor discovers his former girlfriend is now a dance hostess at a San Francisco ballroom. Despite their rocky past, they rekindle their love as they navigate various misunderstandings and obstacles. Along the way, they showcase their singing and dancing skills, and ultimately find happiness together.
During the First Indochina War, a love triangle unfolds between an older British journalist, a young American idealist, and a Vietnamese woman.
The Lady Gambles is a film-noir drama about a woman who becomes trapped in a compulsion for gambling that takes over her life. She risks everything she has, including her marriage, in a desperate attempt to win big. As her addiction worsens, she falls into a downward spiral of deceit and violence, leading to tragic consequences.
Love Me or Leave Me (1955) tells the story of Ruth Etting, a singer who becomes a success in the music industry but struggles with a troubled marriage. Set in the 1920s and 1930s, the film showcases Ruth's ambition, the challenges she faces in show business, and her tumultuous relationship with her husband.
Cannery Row is a drama and romance movie that takes place in the 1940s on Cannery Row in Monterey, California. It follows the lives of various characters including a mentally challenged man, a drifter, and a prostitute. The movie has an episodic structure and explores themes of poverty, homelessness, and romance.
Paul Vanderkill is extraordinarily wealthy because his grandfather happened to buy farmland in what was to become Midtown Manhattan. The Loveland Dance Hall is one of the tenants of the Vanderkill estates. To reassure his aunt Sophie, Vanderkill visits Loveland to determine whether it is as disreputable as Sophie suspects. There he meets a dime-a-dance girl, Madeleine MacGonagal, who charms him with her quaint proletarian accent. They begin a secret affair, which turns into a secret marriage when pregnancy ensues. When the baby fails to survive, Madeleine decides that since he had married her only for the baby's sake, she should make haste to Mexico to secure a divorce. There she meets Panama Canal Kelly, a former suitor who now owns a silver mine. Her plans for divorce and quick remarriage are complicated when Vanderkill arrives to confront her.
In Deadline at Dawn, a sailor named Alex wakes up after a night of heavy drinking to find a dead woman in his apartment. With only a few hours before he must report back to his ship, he embarks on a desperate search for the real killer. Along the way, he encounters a taxi dancer named Edna, who agrees to help him. Together, they navigate the dark streets of New York City, facing danger and deception as they uncover the truth. Will Alex be able to clear his name and find the murderer before time runs out?
In 1930s Shanghai, a crime detective goes undercover to investigate a smuggling ring. Along the way, he falls in love with a society woman who becomes tangled in the dangerous world of deceit and murder.
After being released from prison, a man adopts a new identity and settles in a small town. However, his past catches up with him, forcing him to confront his past actions and make difficult choices.
The complicated relationship between an ambitious, ruthless nightclub dancer and the woman he loves.
Dr. Kildare's friend Dr. Gillespie is called in to investigate when a young man suffering from mental problems disappears on a killing spree.
The popular Caucasian-looking son (Richard Barthelmess) of a wealthy Chinese businessman lives away from his widowed father and passes as white, but experiences prejudice, rejection, insult, and heartache when the socialite (Constance Bennett) he loves learns of his heritage.