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A comedy involving "an engaged movie star couple who have called off their wedding 11 times due to some backstage bickering. When fan Olivia de Havilland declares her love for Howard (even though she is set to wed handsome Patric Knowles), all of the characters discover how difficult--and hilarious--love can be."--Movies Unlimited.
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Footlight Parade is sheer cinematic joy. In this Depression-era romp, a timid stenographer (Ruby Keeler) removes her glasses and wow! she's a star. A gee-whiz tenor (Dick Powell) asserts his independence. Plucky chorines tap, greedy hangers-on get their comeuppances, and an indefatigable producer/dancer (James Cagney) and his Girl Friday (Joan Blondell) work showbiz miracles to stage live prologues for talkie houses to keep their company afloat during...
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Paige Townsen is a normal college girl working on her business degree who enjoys acting on the side. When a big movie franchise goes into production and opens its doors looking for the next "It" girl to play the lead role, Paige's roommates Cassie and Jake convince her to go to the open casting call. Never in her wildest dreams does she think she will even make it to the callbacks, but after an electric audition with Hollywood heartthrob Rainer Devon,...
6) Stage fright
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When her friend is accused of murdering the husband of a high society entertainer, an aspiring actress disguises herself as a maid to help him prove his innocence.
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To be or not to be? To act or not to act? The questions are the same to Joe, a struggling (jobless) actor whose every sinew and synapse cries out to perform and to soften the blow of not landing a part in a mega budget sci-fi movie. So in the stalwart (desperate) tradition of actors everywhere, Joe vows to put on a show, a special (even more desperate) version of the greatest play in the English tongue.
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It's the world of cats and Danny is an ambitious one going to Hollywood to become a film star. With the help of his newfound friends - the hilarious hippo, Tillie; the lovely but cynical Sawyer; and the adorable penguin, Pudge - Danny vows to break through the "species barrier" and prove that dreams really can come true!
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"The inn's service is rude, even quarrelsome. Is this any way to treat a guest who is the most respected Shakespearean of his day? It is if you're part of a theatrical group posing as innkeepers and trying to give the renowned but pompous David Garrick his comeuppance. Garrick, however, is aware of the ruse. And he's convinced that the young, recently arrived countess who seems to be falling in love with him is the worst actress of the bunch. But...