Director Lloyd Bacon's 1931 drama takes a different look at the Broadway arena by focusing on the owners of a theatrical costume shop.
Turmoil becomes the order of the day when a Mexican theatrical company begins its rehearsals of absurdist philosopher Albert Camus's “Caligula” for an influential upcoming international theater festival.
The partners of stage-producer J. J. Hobart gamble away the money for his new show. They enlist a gold-digging chorus girl to help get it back by conning an insurance company. But they don’t count on the persistence of insurance man Rosmer Peck and his secretary Norma Perry.
An innocent, young, small-town church organist is thrown out of her home, told she was adopted, and that her mother was an evil woman. She follows a crush to the big city and is left fending for herself.
Scambiata per l'amante di un miliardario, una ballerina di fila è promossa star dello spettacolo dall'impresario indebitato che spera in finanziamenti. Equivoci, disavventure e incidenti comici tengono frizzanti il ritmo della commedia.
The life of Paco Martínez Soria (1902-1982), one of the most famous and beloved Spanish actors, both on stage and screen; a comedian, a theatrical producer, an idol for the masses. A celebration of the uncommon gift of making people laugh.
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.
L'attricetta Eva Lovelace vuole avere successo a tutti i costi. Dopo un esordio tutt'altro che positivo (si ubriaca a un ricevimento e inizia a recitare brani di Amleto suscitando l'ilarità generale), capisce che deve darsi da fare per realizzare il suo sogno: inizia così a lavorare in teatro, sbrigando anche le faccende più umili, e intanto impara la parte da protagonista della pièce che sta per andare in scena. Proprio la sera del debutto, le viene chiesto di sostituire la prima attrice.
This world war two story depicts the personal war between a Soviet sniper and a German sniper. Their feud continues after the war in Soviet occupied Germany. At the same time a Nazi rocket scientist continues his research while a Soviet secret police team arrives from Moscow to find hidden Nazi rocket research documents and rocket propulsion systems.
Actress Jessica Wells, sister of actor Damon Wells, is on top of her form except when her husband Vance is around. When Vance takes her to the apartment of a theatrical producer she comes home incoherent and Vance is found dead in the vanished producer's hotel suite
Katelyn discovers she is a character in a film after fighting back against 'The Narrator' that controls her life.
Three naval cadets accidentally get possession of a secret diary that was stolen from Bestuzhev, a vice-chancellor of Russia. If this diary ever gets abroad, the consequences for the country would be grave. The cadets are trying to return the papers to their owner, but there are others who want to get the papers...
Un produttore di Broadway, per frodare il fisco, si fa finanziare da ricche vecchiette uno spettacolo, sicuro che sarà un fiasco. Film d'esordio di M. Brooks (che prese un Oscar per la sceneggiatura) è diventato un cult movie per la sgangherata forza satirica nella rappresentazione del mondo teatrale. Grande spasso nelle scene della commedia musicale. La voce della canzone “Springtime for Hitler” è di Brooks.