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?
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.
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.
Captain Braddock of the Los Angeles Racket Squad schools a group of cadet policemen by telling them of three precarious and dangerous cases of con artistry. Included are tracking down a dance hall girl, who, together with a big operative, are thwarted in attempting a robbery; a racketeer fleecing a book publisher on a Trans-Atlantic voyage, and the tripping up of the plans of a phony land syndicate.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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?
Italian immigrant Rudolph Valentino makes it big in silent Hollywood, but he ends up struggling between his career and the woman he loves.
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.
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.
During the First Indochina War, a love triangle unfolds between an older British journalist, a young American idealist, and a Vietnamese woman.
A Portland taxi dancer is a suspect in a series of murders involving her former customers.
In 1948, aspiring songwriter Tony works as a bar pianist; he meets aspiring star Lola, and is immediately smitten. At Manhattan's Copacabana lounge, they both start finding fame. However, fate steps in and she is swept to Havana to work in a splashy nightclub act where she is convinced she will find her stardom. Instead, she finds Rico, a suave gangster and the club owner.
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.
Young undefeated boxer Terry Dolan, who's been lying to his invalid mother about his career, confides to Maisie that he hates and is terrified by boxing and wants out. Not wanting to let down his best friend and manager Skeets Maguire, who has hopes of him becoming the next champion, he is reluctant to bring up the subject with him. Maisie convinces Terry to tell Skeets, whose unexpected reaction induces him to step into the ring again.
A young woman is torn between a wealthy suitor who wants her body and the honest young man who wants what's best for her.