Paul Robaix ist ein bekannter Regisseur, verheiratet mit der berühmten Leinwanddiva Lucy Dell. Robaix will die klassische Oper "Madame Butterfly" verfilmen - aber er möchte nicht, dass seine Frau die Hauptrolle wie in seinen vorangegangenen Filmen übernimmt. Produzent Sam Lewis und Lucy Dell schmieden einen Plan, wie sie sie trotzdem in dem Film unterbringen können: Lucy verkleidet sich als Geisha - und bekommt prompt die Hauptrolle. Als Robaix den Trick durchschaut, verlangt er die Scheidung...
An aspiring Jewish actor moves out of his parents' Brooklyn apartment to seek his fortune in the bohemian life of Greenwich Village in 1953.
A washed-up movie queen finds romance, but continues to desire a comeback.
This documentary revisits the making of Gone with the Wind via archival footage, screen tests, insightful interviews and rare film footage.
After a mix-up with his application photograph, an aspiring actor is invited to a screen test and goes off to Hollywood.
When Hollywood film studios reject her because she's too young, an Arkansas woman sets out to build a career as an actress on her own.
Even big stars need to stand in front of the director and audition for their roles, and some of the best screen tests are from the early years of legends. See some of Hollywood's top names and greatest talents in their very first appearances on celluloid. From Dustin Hoffman's 1966 stock and personality tests to Raquel Welch and James Coburn cavorting for Our Man Flint, from The Three Stooges to Rock Hudson, see stars trying to get on film.
Everyone's worst travel nightmare - being stuck next to an obnoxious dork on a flight where there are no spare seats.
Andy directs Lou Reed drinking a Coke.
Penthouse Pet Michelle Bauer jumped from the pages of early-'80s men's mags to the wild celluloid of mid-'80s horror flicks. This gal works all the time and has played everything from hookers to holy women.
This is the screen test video trailer version of Fred Dekker 1995 script for the live action version of Jonny Quest. The script takes place in Hong Kong 1964 where a top commander Race gets recruited to Dr Quest as his bodyguard. He also befriends the doctor's son Jonny who is more adventurous than some might know but also distanced from his father. Together they are headed for the lost city in the jungle where they will prevent a Chinese doctor from taking the magic power of the gods.
12 beautiful women audition for film roles.
Andy Warhol Screen Test No. 335: Screen test of influential art critic Amy Taubin
Get to know the cast of Nanalan' in an exclusive screen test!
Andy Warhol directs The Factory regular Louisa "Jackie" Foster for a screen test.
Andy directs Edie for a screen test.
In a series of vintage screentests, we see young, anonymous girls posing and hoping for a role in a film. A couple of typical poses, a battle with the strangeness of the situation, the clumsiness of the cameraman - the compilers from the Archivio Nazionale del Film di Famiglia preserved all imperfections with love.