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poster Glorifying the American Girl
Glorifying the American Girl
(2.9/5)
95mn - Music, Comedy
A young woman, who wants to be in the Follies, is making ends meet by working at a department store's sheet music department, where she sings the latest hits. She is accompanied on piano by her childhood …
poster A Star Is Born
A Star Is Born
(3.7/5)
111mn - Drama, Romance
Esther Blodgett is just another starry-eyed farm kid trying to break into the movies. Waitressing at a Hollywood party, she catches the eye of her idol Norman Maine, is sent for a screen test, and before …
poster Penny Serenade
Penny Serenade
(3.6/5)
119mn - Drama, Romance
Julie and Roger are a love-struck married couple who desperately want to have a child. Tragedy after tragedy gets in their way, as the two attempt to rise above their troubles and fulfill their dreams of …
poster Second Chorus
Second Chorus
(2.9/5)
84mn - Comedy, Romance, Music
Danny O'Neill and Hank Taylor are rival trumpeters with the Perennials, a college band, and both men are still attending college by failing their exams seven years in a row. In the midst of a performance,…
poster Mae West
Mae West
(3.2/5)
95mn - Drama, Short
Biography of the curvaceous and sharp-witted actress who scandalized Broadway and Hollywood in the 1920s-30s with her frank approach to sex.
poster A Simple Matter of Justice
A Simple Matter of Justice
58mn -
A powerful and moving piece documenting the lesbian, gay and bisexual movement in the early 1990s, A Simple Matter of Justice expresses all the emotions of the joyful protest that was the 1993 March on Wa…
poster Livin' for Love: The Natalie Cole Story
Livin' for Love: The Natalie Cole Story
(3.4/5)
85mn - Drama
The true life story of famed singer Natalie Cole, daughter of Nat 'King' Cole. Gripping drama of her struggle with addiction and living in her father's shadow while still maintaining her own celebrity sta…
poster Blondie on a Budget
Blondie on a Budget
(3.3/5)
72mn - Comedy
Dagwood wants to join the trout club and Blondie wants a fur coat. Jealousy reigns when Dag's old girlfriend Joan shows up, but nothing else matters when a drawing at the movie theatre provides money for …
poster Scarlet Street
Scarlet Street
(3.9/5)
102mn - Drama, Thriller
Cashier and part-time starving artist Christopher Cross is absolutely smitten with the beautiful Kitty March. Kitty plays along, but she's really only interested in Johnny, a two-bit crook. When Kitty and…
poster The Stork Club
The Stork Club
(3.2/5)
90mn - Comedy, Music
When Judy Peabody, a spirited hat-check girl at New York's prestigious Stork Club, rescues an elderly man from drowning, she has no idea he's actually a millionaire in disguise. As a token of gratitude, h…
poster Song of Old Wyoming
Song of Old Wyoming
(3.3/5)
63mn - Western, Music
In post-Civil War Wyoming, the formidable Ma Conway fights for statehood while facing threats from corrupt politicians and bankers. As publisher of the Laramie Bulletin and owner of a cattle ranch, she re…
poster Lady Gangster
Lady Gangster
(2.9/5)
62mn - Crime, Drama
An actress gets involved with a criminal gang and winds up taking the rap for a $40,000 robbery. Before being sent to prison, she steals the money from her partners and hides it, thinking to use it as a b…
poster Lady of Burlesque
Lady of Burlesque
(3.2/5)
91mn - Comedy, Music, Mystery
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.
poster Rock-a-Bye Baby
Rock-a-Bye Baby
(3.4/5)
103mn - Comedy, Romance
An average television repairman must care for the newborn triplets of his former hometown sweetheart—now a famous movie star—so her career will not suffer.
poster The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
(3.7/5)
116mn - Drama, Thriller
Three childhood friends, Martha, Walter and Sam, share a terrible secret. Over time, the ambitious Martha and the pusillanimous Walter have married. She is a cold businesswoman; he is the district attorne…
poster Take Care of My Little Girl
Take Care of My Little Girl
(3.3/5)
93mn - Drama
A young woman enters college and learns some hard truths about sorority life, including snobbery and the cruelty of hazing.
poster Teaserama
Teaserama
69mn - Documentary
A collection of numerous burlesque acts from the 1950s, including strippers, and cult character Betty Page introducing the acts.
poster What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
(2.9/5)
93mn - Drama, Thriller, Short
An elderly, bedridden former movie star is "cared for" by her sister, who hates her and keeps her a virtual prisoner in the family mansion.
poster Springtime in the Rockies
Springtime in the Rockies
(3.4/5)
91mn - Music, Romance, Comedy
Broadway partners Vicky Lane and Dan Christy have a tiff over Christy's womanizing. Jealous Vicky takes up with her old flame and former dance partner, Victor Price, and Dan's career takes a nosedive. In …
poster An Old-Fashioned Girl
An Old-Fashioned Girl
(3.1/5)
82mn - Comedy
A music teacher in 1870s Boston works hard to succeed, while her wealthy distant relatives find their fortunes turning.
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