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A talented dancer, having no luck on Broadway, is invited to perform in a burlesque theater and falls in love with a wealthy financier. However, she must navigate through deceit, manipulation, and class distinctions to find happiness.

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.

Marjorie is a young Jewish woman who dreams of becoming an actress. She spends her summer working at a camp and falls in love with Noel, the camp's playwright. However, Marjorie's family disapproves of the relationship and pressures her to settle down with a more suitable man. As she navigates the expectations of society and her own desires, Marjorie learns about love, self-respect, and the importance of following her dreams.

In Broadway Melody of 1938, a struggling Broadway show producer makes a bet to turn a horse into a star to save his failing theater. Along the way, he falls in love with a talented dancer and must navigate deception, jealousy, and the pressures of show business. Will love prevail and the show go on?

In Everybody Sing, a neglected child named Judy Bellaire goes to boarding school and becomes a singing sensation. However, she faces challenges when her blackface act leads to false accusations and her expulsion. With the help of her friends, Judy overcomes the obstacles and finds success in show business.

A Russian dance company agrees to stage the new ballet written by a vaudeville hoofer.

An early Technicolor musical that concentrates on the fashions of the late 1930s, this film was reissued under the title All This and Glamour Too. The top models of the era, including several who are advertising household products, are in the cast. The plot centers around a chic boutique, whose owner, George Curson (Warner Baxter), tries hard to please his customers while keeping peace with his unhappy wife. A wealthy young woman, Wendy Van Klettering (Joan Bennett), decides to take a job as a model at the fashion house, just to amuse herself, but her presence annoys Curson, who must put together the best possible show to compete with rival fashion houses at the Seven Arts Ball. The film includes several hit songs, including the Oscar-nominated "That Old Feeling" by Sammy Fain and Lew Brown.

In Fashions of 1934, a con-artist poses as a wealthy backer to finance a Broadway show, but his schemes are threatened by a love triangle and a financial crisis. Set in the glamorous world of fashion, this musical comedy captures the excitement and deceit of show business in 1930s New York.

Aspiring actress Louise Muban attends the prestigious Paris School of Drama during the day and works at a dreary factory assembling gas meters at night. She daydreams and "acts" her way through life, and her fellow students at school begin to suspect her stories are just that - fabrications. After Louise begins to weave an actual meeting with a debonair playboy into a fantasy of club dates and romance, her classmate Nana discovers the lie when she too meets the playboy. Nana sets a trap for Louise, and the result is an end to one fantasy and the realization of another.

A stage-struck small-towner is tricked in backing a bad straight play, but it turns out to be a unintentional comedy hit. Problems arise, when he is sued for plagiarism.

A young Jewish man is torn between tradition and individuality when his old-fashioned family objects to his career as a jazz singer.

An alcoholic film star attempts a comeback. Director Walter Lang's 1940 comedy stars John Barrymore, Mary Beth Hughes, Anne Baxter, John Payne, Lionel Atwill and Edward Brophy.

In 1898, composer Sid Barnett manages to get his sweetheart, Adeline the beer-garden singer, to sing the lead in his new Broadway operetta; this infuriates Elysia, the erstwhile star. But Sid frets as Adeline spends increasing amounts of time with the dashing Major Day.

Two architects lose their heads over a glamorous actress.

A New York playboy, Wayne Carter, dates wild women until he falls for a hard-working stenographer, Helene Andrews.

Alan Mowbray and Donald MacBride reprise their roles in "Curtain Call" as theatrical producers Donald Avery and Geoffrey 'Jeff' Crandall. This time they try to con a millionairess into funding their latest show by posing as old friends of her lost love.

A wealthy young man falls hard for a beautiful showgirl, and her wily father quickly realizes the naïve boy would make the perfect investor for his daughter's new show. Comedy with music.

A married singer, pianist/composer team are struggling to hit it big in New York. Finally, they audition before a Broadway producer, but the producer only wants the singer, leaving the husband without a job and feeling a failure.

Broadway star Fay Lawrence (West) is a temperamental diva who is reluctantly persuaded by a Broadway producer (Gaxton) to star in his latest production.

A crooked producer makes money from Broadway flops by selling more than 100% interest to multiple parties. He only fails if it makes a profit.