During the Great Depression, all Broadway shows are closed down. A group of desperate unemployed showgirls find hope when a wealthy songwriter invests in a musical starring them, against the wishes of his high society brother. Thus start Carol, Trixie and Polly's schemes to bilk his money and keep the show going.
Холивуд, 1927 г. Нищо не предвещава някакви особени промени за звездите на нямото кино Дон Локууд и Лина Ламонт. Все пак страстните отношения на двамата влюбени на екрана извън пределите на снимачната площадка далече не са идеални. На Дон отдавна са му омръзнали постъпките на глупавата и шавлива Лина и предпочита компанията на честолюбивата стартлетка Кейти Селдън.
Танцьорката от бруклински нощен клуб, Ръсти Паркър, обожава хореографа Дани, но той не й обръща внимание. С надеждата да измени своя живот, тя взима участие в конкурса "Момиче на корицата" и успява да победи конкуренцията. Неочаквано Дани разбира, че може да изгуби и започва да атакува Ръсти. Какво ще избере честолюбивата девойка - любовта, или кариерата...
After one member of their group is murdered, the performers at a burlesque house must work together to find out who the killer is before they strike again.
A producer puts on what may be his last Broadway show, and at the last moment a chorus girl has to replace the star.
The vaudeville act of Harriet and Queenie Mahoney comes to Broadway, where their friend Eddie Kerns needs them for his number in one of Francis Zanfield's shows. When Eddie meets Queenie, he soon falls in love with her—but she is already being courted by Jock Warriner, a member of New York high society. Queenie eventually recognizes that, to Jock, she is nothing more than a toy, and that Eddie is in love with her.
A researcher investigating a notorious serial killer who was hanged 20 years earlier seemingly becomes possessed by the long dead strangler.
Two golddiggers go fishing for millionaires in Havana.
Discovery by Flo Ziegfeld changes a girl's life but not necessarily for the better, as three beautiful women find out when they join the spectacle on Broadway: Susan, the singer who must leave behind her ageing vaudevillian father; vulnerable Sheila, the working girl pursued both by a millionaire and by her loyal boyfriend from Flatbush; and the mysterious European beauty Sandra, whose concert violinist husband cannot endure the thought of their escaping from poverty by promenading her glamor in skimpy costumes.
A soldier falls for a chorus girl and then experiences trouble when he is posted to the Pacific.
Swellegant and elegant. Delux and delovely. Cole Porter was the most sophisticated name in 20th-century songwriting. And to play him on screen, Hollywood chose debonair icon Cary Grant. Grant stars for the first time in color in this fanciful biopic. Alexis Smith plays Linda, whose serendipitous meetings with Porter lead to a meeting at the alter. More than 20 of his songs grace this tail of triumph and tragedy, with Grant lending is amiable voice to "You're the Top", "Night and Day" and more. Monty Woolley, a Yale contemporary of Porter, portrays himself. And Jane Wyman, Mary Martin, Eve Arden and others provide vocals and verve. Lights down. Curtain up. Showtune standards embraced by generations are yours to enjoy in "Night and Day."
Maisie Revere, a showgirl stranded in Los Angeles, decides to join the local police department on the persuasion of Lieutenant Paul Scott who wants to use her as an undercover agent to expose a conman.
Когато Мей се сблъсква с бившата танцьорка Бъбълс, Бъбълс напуска шоуто, а Пеги заема нейното място. Пеги се влюбва в богатия Ранди, а Мей се опасява, че разликата в класите може да направи дъщеря й нещастна. Във филма Марлин Монро изпълнява песните "Every Baby Needs a Da Da Daddy" и "Anyone Can See I Love You."
Chorus girl and rich playboy want to marry but he'll lose his fortune unless his trustee approves of his mate. So she goes to work in the trustee's brokerage firm under an assumed name to get on his good side but complications ensue.
When a music-hall dancer is murdered, a moss rose marks the page of a Bible next to her body. Luckily, another chorus girl saw a gentleman leaving the lodgings. She approaches him directly, saying she'll go to the police if he doesn't meet her demands, but he brushes her off contemptuously. When he learns she's dead serious, he tries to buy her off with a thick wad of pound notes. But it's not money she's after; all she wants is two weeks at his country estate, living the life of a lady.
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.
Steve Raleight wants to produce a show on Broadway. He finds a backer, Herman Whipple and a leading lady, Sally Lee. But Caroline Whipple forces Steve to use a known star, not a newcomer. Sally purchases a horse, she used to train when her parents had a farm before the depression and with to ex-vaudevillians, Sonny Ledford and Peter Trott she trains it to win a race, providing the money Steve needs for his show.
Karel Novak is an incredibly naive Czech immigrant who is taken under the wing of streetwise New York chorus girl Sylvia. With the help of lovable cop-on-the-beat Murphy, Sylvia hides Karel from the immigration authorities and ultimately falls in love with him. In addition to Karel's illegal-alien status, the plot is complicated by a crooked lawyer and a group of well-meaning welfare workers who endeavor to place Sylvia's kid brother Frank in a foster home.
A Hollywood heartthrob helps a small-town girl achieve stardom.
Изискан писател води у дома си необразовано младо момиче с идеята тя да го вдъхнови, за да напише новия си роман. Действията на новодошлата възмущават родителите на писателя и те по всякакъв начин се опитват да го убедят да я изгони от къщата. Но скоро поведението на момичето ще ги накара да погледнат по различен начин на живота. В ролята на младото момиче е Сали О'Нийл, която изпълнява ролята и в постановката на Бродуей. Появила се като една от бъдещите холивудски звезди в средата на 20-те, скоро след "Калпазанката" ангажиментите й прекъсват и тя така и не достига звезден статус.