Movies and TvShows featuring "theater-manager" theme.

Being Julia is a story about a talented actress in London during the 1930s who struggles with love, infidelity, and social climbing. She seeks revenge and finds herself in an open marriage, exploring a relationship with a younger man. With elements of comedy and romance, the movie portrays the complexities of her personal and professional life in the theater world.

The Black Sheep is a comedy crime movie that follows the story of a priest who becomes a detective and investigates a murder that takes place in a theater. With an arm in a sling, the priest faces various challenges and encounters interesting characters while trying to solve the case. The movie is based on a short story and features elements such as a church, a private detective, and a soccer fan.

The Young Stranger follows the story of a 16-year-old boy who faces various challenges including estranged family relationships, high school drama, and his own rebellious nature. He finds himself caught in a political pressure-filled situation that leads to an altercation and a need for self-defense. As he goes through these experiences, he learns important life lessons about reconciliation, personal growth, and the value of family.

Ginger, an orphan, is living with her foster-uncle, Rexford Whittington, a broken-down Shakesperian actor. Although denied the love of a mother and father, Ginger looks after her uncle, gives him lectures, loves him, defends him and keeps house for him. But, through a meddling do-gooder, she is placed in the home of the Parkers, and clashes immediately with the pampered young son, Hamilton.

Remake of Josef von Sternberg's 1930 classic.

Biographical movie about the early 20th century broadway stars Nora Bayes and Jack Norworth.

Shortly after his arrival from South America to New York, Steven Humbolt is found dead in his apartment at the Savoia Hotel. Inspector Decker Dawes investigates the case and although the cause of death is described as apoplexy, Dawes is convinced it as murder, especially after he learns that Humbolt had been married fifteen times.

Television director/producer Michael Pressman mounts a production of Frankie and Johnny in the Clare de Lune starring his wife, Lisa Chess. But their attempts to stage the play and work on their marriage keep running afoul, and everything's threatened by their difficult male lead, Alan Rosenberg. Michael's best hope, as a husband and producer, is to step into the character that Alan has abandoned.

Two unemployed stuntmen smuggle marijuana out of Mexico. Early embarassing roles by Reiner and Marshall!

A group of children put on a show in order to prove that a down and out musician was the real composer of a Broadway show's songs.

An usherette in a theatre, where a distinguished and popular actor performs, gets her big break when the leading actress has an accident. The director decides to take advantage of the heretofore unexploited talent of the girl and asks her to replace the leading actress. This unexpected opportunity transforms her from a humble usherette into a shining star. Later on, she wins the heart of the leading actor with whom she was secretly in love. However, her sudden rise to theatrical-musical stardom creates complications in their love affair, as her companion sinks into disappointment and drowns himself in drink, abandoning his career. Nevertheless, the usherette/leading actress doesn't give up; She looks for him, finds him and supports him, psychologically and morally, until he makes a comeback to the stage and their love nest.

A daydreaming dramatist and his beloved persevere through hard times in the hope that one of his plays will be a hit.

A famous actor has problems with her relationship and the organization of her theatrical performance.